Vietnam attends largest food, beverage fair in North America
Vietnamese food and beverages are attracting huge attention from visitors to the largest specialty food industry event in North America held in New York from June 30 to July 2.
New York (VNA) – Vietnamese food and beverages are attracting hugeattention from visitors to the largest specialty food industry event in NorthAmerica held in New York from June 30 to July 2.
Nine prestigious exporters bring to the Summer Fancy FoodShow their outstanding products such as frozen and canned fruits andvegetables, coconut and coconut products, processed cashew nuts, pepper,instant noodle and vermicelli, and canned fruit juices.
Hoang Van Du, deputy director of the Agricultural TradePromotion Centre under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said thesamples are still traditional exports but now they are organic, with qualityimproved and food safety ensured.
Vietnam’s attendance at the event aims to help the country’sbusinesses maintain partnership with US importers, develop new products forexport, sign more export contracts and promote Vietnam’s cuisine, food andagricultural products, he said.
According to Du, in 2017, the US Food and DrugAdministration started modernising food safety regulations and the newmechanism requires strict control over products, from cultivation and husbandryto processing and export.
Therefore, he advised Vietnamese enterprises to tightencontrol over product quality and invite US experts to Vietnam for assessment atleast once a year.
In addition, US customs offices have also tightened theaccreditation of imports. In the past, only 2 percent of products were accreditedbut the rate has now exceeded 50 percent, even 100 percent for certain productssuch as catfish.
This year’s Summer Fancy Food Show attracts theparticipation of 2,650 businesses from 83 nations and territories showcasingtheir products in over 3,600 booths. The event draws the participation of over50,000 visitors.
This is the third time Vietnam has attended the event,following its presence in 2006 and 2016.-VNA
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Foreign partners visit Vietnam's booth (Source: VNA) 
