National Assembly Standing Committee Reviews Draft Amended Law on Food Safety
The NA Standing Committee reviews the amended Law on Food Safety to address 15-year implementation gaps, shifting toward risk-based management throughout the supply chain.
At the 6th Session held on September 24th, the National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) dedicated time to the preliminary review of several critical draft Laws to be presented at the 2nd session of the National Assembly. A key focus of the agenda was the draft amended Law on Food Safety.
According to the agenda, the NASC sessions focused on evaluating feasibility and refining the legal framework for new draft Laws. Regarding the draft amended Law on Food Safety, the Ministry of Health—the lead drafting agency—emphasized the urgency of these amendments to overcome shortcomings exposed during the 15 years of implementing the 2010 Law on Food Safety.
Currently, the food safety management system faces bottlenecks, including fragmented management models, overlapping jurisdictions, unsynchronized databases, and underutilized risk analysis mechanisms. The new draft Law, comprising 9 chapters and 76 articles, aims to build a modern legal framework capable of meeting management requirements in the new context.
The core of the draft is to promote decentralization, simplify administrative procedures, and heavily integrate science, technology, and digital transformation. Notably, the management method will be updated to focus on risk control across the entire supply chain, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of prevention and ensuring food safety within the community.
