Accordingly, the EU has officially removed vermicelli, vermicelli and pho from the list of regulations requiring the use of a Food Safety Certificate according to Appendix 2 to Regulation No. (EU) 2021/2246 amended and supplemented. Regulation (EU) 2019/1793.

The EU continues to maintain the requirement to supplement the Certificate of Food Safety with shipments of instant noodles originating from Vietnam in ingredients containing spices and a number of other ingredients and additives. The EU continues to maintain dragon fruit in the list of additional requirements for the use of a Food Safety Certificate according to Appendix 2 to Regulation No. (EU) 2021/2246 amending and supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793, with The reason why Dragon fruit is still a high risk for food safety and the frequency of shipments being warned has not made much progress. The spice groups are still subject to the EU border inspection frequency of 50%.

Thus, from July 3, 2022, shipments of vermicelli noodles to the EU do not need to supplement a certificate of food safety issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and are not controlled at the EU border gate. The group of instant noodles containing spices and sauces (HS 1902 30 10 30) still needs a certificate from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

For details, please refer to the link: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2022.158.01,0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2022 %3A158%3ATOCac

The Ministry of Industry and Trade's timely establishment of a department to issue food safety certificates with the group of vermicelli and noodles and the timely direction of the Ministry with practical arguments, the effective coordination of the Vietnamese Trade Offices in Vietnam. The European region, the EU has recognized the control of food safety by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Vietnam and has made certain amendments to the regulations on emergency control of food.

Source: Vietnam Trade Office in Belgium, Luxembourg and EU