Food Safety Certificate (Certificate of Food Hygiene and Safety)
Businesses in the F&B sector are required to obtain a Food Safety Certificate; however, the regulatory process, technical standards, and documentation requirements can be challenging to navigate.
We support clients by assessing compliance readiness, advising on legal and regulatory requirements, preparing application dossiers, and working with authorities throughout the process.
While certification depends on the actual conditions of each facility, our structured approach helps minimize uncertainty, reduce procedural risks, and improve submission quality.
You will be support through the following roadmap:
Step1: Send your initial documents (as listed below) to us (to our email). We contact you back with our free initial consultation tailored for your specific case on the compliance readiness, and the reasonable quotation and timeline for the further service.
Step 2: If you want us to further assist in preparing and submitting the dossiers for the Food Safety Certificate, we will send the legal contract for your consideration and engagement.
Step 3: We advise on legal and regulatory requirements in details, preparing application dossiers, submitting the dossier on your behalf, and support working with authorities throughout the process.
If you want to have our assistance, for the 1st step, kindly provide us with the following initial documents:
1. A copy of Enterprise Registration Certificate;
2. A copy of Documents relating to the business/production location (e.g., lease agreement, lending agreement, LURC, etc.);
3. Documents relating to input materials (including purchase contracts, food safety documents/certificates of suppliers, documents of material quality, and invoices evidencing the purchase of materials from such suppliers);
4. Information regarding the Company’s facilities, equipment, and tools used for production and business operations (fill in our form);
5. List of personnel directly engaged in production and business operations, and the owner/person in charge of the establishment; and tick on whether the personnel have the health certificate by the medial institution yet.
In Vietnam, there is currently no regulation requiring businesses to use barcodes for their products. Therefore, enterprises may choose to register and use barcodes depending on their operational needs, as barcodes can help facilitate production and business activities. However, once a company decides to use barcodes, registration with the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality (STAMEQ/GS1 Vietnam) is required.
If you need assistance with barcode registration, simply provide us with (i) a certified copy of your Enterprise Registration Certificate and (ii) the List of Products to Be Assigned Barcodes (using our template), we will complete the rest.
Note: If you have another barcode beforehand which has been revoked/out of date, please also let us know.
As there are some specific requirements of the Vietnamese law on the use and maintain of the barcodes, after obtaining the barcode registration, we will further instruct how to use and manage the registered barcode correctly.
Kindly contact us for dedicated advisory support.