Office to persuade EU to ease EO residual control on instant noodles
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has asked the Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point (Vietnam SPS Office) to give opinions to tackle difficulties caused by Vietnamese instant noodles subject to ethylene oxide (EO) residual control by the EU.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has asked the Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Poinꦅt (Vietnam SPS Office) to give opinions to tackle difficulties caused by Vietnamese instant noodles subject to ethylene oxide (EO) residualcontrol by the EU.
The MoIT made the request in a document recently sent to theoffice to prepare for the 84th meeting of the WTO’s SPS Committee.
In February 2022, the EU listed instant noodles from Vietnam asa product subject the regulations on EO residual control.
Since then, the granting of certificates to each batch of exportinstant noodles has been causing a substantial burden in terms ofadministrative procedures and commercial expenses on Vietnam, the MoIT said.
Therefore, it asked the Vietnam SPS Office, which is underthe Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, to discuss with relevantagencies and express concerns about differences in the application of rules on EOresidual control for food in different countries and territories.
The office should also request the EU provide statistics andassessment about the control of EO residues in instant noodles from Vietnamsince February 2022; clarify the basis for applying, maintaining and reducingEO check measures and the requirement for EO residue certificates; and build aplan to gradually remove these measures, according to the MoIT./.
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