Mangoes are labelled for traceability. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Science and Technology hasjust issued a circular regulating the management of traceability of productsand goods.
The circular, consisting of five chapters with 14 articles, willtake effect on June 1.
It requires organisations and individuals producing, trading andproviding services to trace the origin of goods when creating data to ensure atleast the name of product and goods; images of products and goods; name ofproduction and business unit; and address of production and business unit.
Along with that are stages in production and business; productionand business time; codes to trace the origin of products and goods; brand,trademark, code, product serial number (if any); shelf life of products andgoods (if any); national standards and technical regulations, internationalstandards, regional standards and facility standards applied.
This information is printed with a code attached to the productpackaging, connected to the National Product and Goods Traceability Portal.Consumers can look up the expiration date and origin of the product.
The circular applies to organisations and individuals producing,doing business and providing services that trace the origin of products andgoods; organisations and individuals providing services and solutions relatedto traceability of products and goods; State management agencies and otherorganisations and individuals involved in implementing traceability of productsand goods.
The portal is invested by the National Numbering and BarcodesCentre and was completed in 2022. It is expected to be officially put intooperation in the second quarter of this year./.
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Mangoes are labelled for traceability. (Photo: VNA) 
