Decision No. 809/QD-TTg approving the Scheme on improvement of the capacity for quality management of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and salt for the 2011-2015 period

ISSUll nos 03-04!Junll 2011 (Gong Bao nos 363-364/June 12. 2011) Part II. OTHER DOCUMENTS THE PRIME MINISTER Decision No. 809/QD-TTg of May 30, 2011, approving the Scheme on improvement of the capacity for quality management of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and salt for the 2011-2015 period THE PRIME MINISTER 41 At the proposal ofthe Minister ofAgriculture and Rural Development, DECIDES; Article 1. To approve the Scheme on improvement of the capacity for quality management of agricultural, forestrY,aJ.1dfishery products and salt for the 2011-20 15 p~riod with the following principal contents: L GENERAL OBJECTI VES To improve the capacity for manage,JTIent and control of the food quality and safety of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and salt, ensuring food sources up to food quality and safety standards for the dornestlc market and export, contrihuting to improvingjhe living standards of people and preserving me prestige of Viet narncsc agl ieul uu al, Ioresu y awl fishery products on the world market. II. SPECIRC OBJECTIVES THROUGH 2015 I. To consolidate and improve the capacity of management agencies, reinforce and develop the force in charge of controlling food quality and safety of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and salt from the central to local levels. 2. To perfect the system of legal documents on management of food quality and safety of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and salt, ensuring their conformity with i ntcrnational standards and commitments. 3. To build advanced and modern Pursuant to the December 2'1.200/ /.(JW Oil infrastructure to meet management and (Jrgallizution ()ftl1c Go\,crnmcllT; integration requirements in a new period. 42 1I1.1ASKS 1. To rei nforcc and consol idatc the system of state management agencies in eh:.lr~c or food quality and safety of agricultural, forestry and fishery products. aJ Objectives: To improve the capacity of state m;lTl~J[':r~mf'n{:Jgcnc;l~s from the ccntrul to local levets to suit the sector development and international economic integration. hI Contents: Reviewing and rcva luating the organizational apparatus of agencies in charge of managing food quality and safety of agricultural, forestry and fishery products from the central to local levels; Studying some models of food quality and safety management of developed countries and countries with similar development conditions; Changing and adding functions and tasks and reinforcing and consolidating the apparatus of stare management agencies in charge of food quality and safety of agricultural, forestry and fishery products of the. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and their provincial level sub-departments in the direction of uniform management from farms to dining tables and regarding each chain of commodity lines under their management. Formulating a mechanism of regulation and coordination amo ng relevant st ate management agencies in charge of food safety; Determining a framework personnel complement according to working positions to serve as a basis for consolidating the state management apparatus in charge of quality Issue nos03·041June 2011 (Cong BaD nos 363-364/June 12. 2011) I1IClII,tgCIJICIII I)l" dgl :LuIIUI al, forc:'lr) and l"i:shcry products of localities: Step by step dcceruraliz.ing tCl"!-:.S of sLlte manugcmcnt of food quality and safety of ag.riculturaL forestry and fishery products to pr ovincial-, district-, and commune-level People's Committees: Expertrncntally cstublishing non-business units attached to Agro-Forestry-Fishcries Quality Assurance Sub-ncpartl1lt~nls111 provide public services of corisultancy on, testing and certification of agricultural, forestry and fisheries processes and products in some localities in which conditions permit. cl Implementation duration: 2011 - 20l2. 2. To improve effectiveness of the specialized food quality and safely control aIObjectives: To i mprove the effectiveness of activities of controlling food quality and safety, ensuring the control of the process of production or trading of food products made of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and salt for domestic consumption and export bl Contents: ~ Reviewing and evaluating the actual state of the system of food quality and safety control of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and salt; studying models offood quality and safety control of developed countries and countries having similar development conditions; Esrabltshing a specialized management information system and a national database on food qua Ii ty and safety of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and salt: Reinforcing and developing the force controlling from production establishments to Issue nos 03-04{JY~2011 (CongSilO nos 363-3641June 12. 2011) the market and export towards mohilizing different human resources in the society: for the ncar luturc, quick ly developing services of consultuncy OIl. tl's!ini,' and certi Iication 01" food quality .md s~\kty of :Igricultural. forcsuy and fishery product» and salt, and developing human resources of production or business establish ments for COil! rull ing the process of product ion. trading and consumption by themselves: Formulating a mechanism olcoordination ill con trol bet ween stat.: management agcncies and forces with s()cializ~d human resources: Finalizing and supplementing programs (1) control of food safety in chains of commodity line production and trading. cI Implcmcutation duration: 2012 - 2014. 3. To perfect lill' system of kgal documents al Objectives: To perfect the system ofll'Qal documents and technical regulations to sui! the sector development and i nt crnat ionul com rni tmcn ts: hi Contents: Revising or supplementing the system of kgal documents Oil management of food quality and sali:.,ty of ~lgricllllllral. forestry and fishery products and sail towards perfection; Revising. supplcmenti nl; and pcrfecti nl! the system of technical standards to ensure fond safety in the process of production, trading. export and import ill contormuy with national standards and rl'gulatiollS as \\'ell as intc rnuuunal rcgulatiolls.th,-reby satisfyillS'- the WTO commiunents. cl Implementation duruuon: 20 II - 2()12. 4. To btlild ad vanced and modern pily~ical 43 and technical Iou ndations. a/ Ohjectivcs: To build and improve physical and technical foundations otxtutc management agencies and the control systc m towards ~IJv~lIICeJIll'lJland modcrnitv in scrvire or food quality and safety management and control, satisfying rcq u i rc rncnt x of the sector development and the world market: hi Contl'nts: Building 1-2 new national lahoratories up to rcgi onul standards (or tcsti Ilg food quality and safety of agricultural. forestry and fishery products andjoin the system ufASEAN testing Iahoratories; Upgrading some specialized laboratories into national laboratories for different groups of food quality and S~Jfcly norms applicable to groups or an I mal, plant and fisher: cs commodi ty lines under the Law un l-ood Safety; I ipgrading specialized laboratories or National Administrations and Departments to he fully capable of analyzing I()O% of food quality and safety norms applicahle to agricultural. forestry and fishery products and saIL up to standard TCYN/ISO !7025: l1ui iding basic laboratories for Agro Porestrv-Fisheries Quality Assurance Sub Dcpartme nt« in major provinces and cities; Building a national database and information system for warning risks of food quality and safety or agricultural. forestry and fishery products and saIt from the central to local levels <11HlcstabJlshIllCnts: Building laborut oric s for quic), cxumin.uion or Lcstil]~ offood quality and safety of agricultural, forestry ami fishery products and Issue nos 03·041June 2011 (Gong Bao nos 363-364/June 12, 2011) salt imported 011 a pilot basis through some major border gates. c! hnpIcmcu ta ti011 durati on: 2012 - 2015. IV. MAJOR SOLUTIONS L Mechanisms and policies Stl~(~in2 :md formulating a financial mechani~msuitable to the system of management and corl't~ol of food quality and safety of agricultl'lfl'tt, forestry and fishery products and salt in the dlid:tion of heightening their autonomy ,....-~ and cnsr1tl'hg state budget allocutions. ." . Pe~cting regulations on collection, r~m;ttaun' ann management of the fee for "., management of food quality and safety of agricult l, forestry and fishery products and salt. e~ing uniformity and consistency througm'm'l the country; St~ing mechanisms and policies to promotGlJ.e socialization in the direction of-expanc!i~the puhlic-pri vate partnership (PPP) model::.£i0mOling investment of socio profes~~1 organizations and individuals at home oro--abroad in providing services of consulta"iJcy on, training in, testing and certifkdtil'ln of assurance of food quality and safety ~;ricultural, forestry and fishery ~ produe~1dsalt; S~ing and building a framework personnel complement based On working positions for agencies in charge of managing food quality and safety of agricultural, forestry and fishery products at central and local levels. 2. Stepping up the decentralization and socialization of the task of controlling food quality and safety of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and salt Quickly developing local specialized forces for food quality and safety control; arranging full-time officers to take charge of managing food quality and safety in rural and urban districts; and concurrently assigning tasks to animal health, plant protection, agriculture Iand fisheries extension staffs of communes; Production or business establishments shall quickly organize by themselves forces and intensify close control and surveillance of the whole process from production to trading and sale of products; Encouraging enterprises, organizations and individuals to build laboratories in order to enhance the self-control and self-surveillance of stages in the production or business process of production establishments; Establishing ann devploping tht' monel of self-management and self-control of production or business establishments; developing the model of full-time or seasonal collaborators of units supervising food quality and safety: Stepping up the decentralization of management and control tasks to local administrations at all levels and mobilizing the participation of all soci a! forces in the work. 3. Human resource training Surveying and evaluating needs for training in management and control at all levels and production establishments: Intensifying training and fostering programs LU irupt ove PIUft:~sh.llla14U<i1ificutioIlS and skills of officers and civil servants at the central and local levels, especially new relevant Vietnamese and international policies and Issue nos 03·041June 2011 (Cong Bao nos 36J.364/June 12, 2011) regulations. with a view to satisfying immediate and long-term requirements for management of food quality and safety; Organizing regular short-term refresher courses to improve professional skills of district and commune-level full-time officers and civil servants and personnel of control forces, employees and officers working in production establishments; ~ Formulating programs for specialized training in food quality and safety of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and salt in universities, colleges and professional secondary schools. 4. Administrative reforms: ~ Building and putting into operation a database and a system of specialized information on food quality and safety of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and salt, to serve the prompt direction and concurrently satisfy requirements of export markets; Further revising and perfecting administrative procedures, ensuring that adrnini strative procedures are com pact and xiu rpl c and infor ruation is regul arly, promptly and accurately updated and stored; ~ Promoting the appl ication of information technology to the provision of public services to serve people and businesses. 5. Stepping up the application of modem technologies and technical advances to the management of food quality and safety of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and salt; conceutrat ing on studying quick. accurate and effective analysis and detection methods; 45 concentrating on investing in research and analysis of food safety risks to serve as a ground for devi sing management measures. 6. Enhancing international cooperation: Formulating and cffcct i vc ly implementing bilateral and multilateral cooperation programs, schemes and projects in relevant fields. Expanding cooperation and exchange of experience in management and control of food quality and safety of agricultural, forestry and fishery products. More actively participating in negotiations on hi lateral and multilateral cooperation agreements on accreditation or recognition of food safety management systems. V. PROJECTS PRIORITIZED FOR IMPLEMENTATION 1. Project 1 "Investment in enhancing the capacity of inspection of food quality and safety of agricultural, forestry and fishery products from central to local levels," which consists of the following sub-projects: Building new national laboratories for testing food quality and safety of agricultural, forestry and fishery products up to regional standards. Upgrading some specialized laboratories under the National Agro-Forestrv-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department, the Animal Health Department and the Plant Protection Department into national laboratories. Raising the capacity of other specialized laboratories under Departments and National Administrations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Building on a pilot basis laboratories for 46 qurckly testmg and checking food quality and safety of imported agricultural, forestry and fidlt~ry products at ~OIl1C important hOI-d,.'!" H:lre~. Building basic laboratories for provincial level Agro-Forestry-Fishcries Quality Assurance Sub-Departments. 2. Project 2 "Building of a national specialized database and information system to warn food safety risks of agricultural, forestry auu fisher y PIOUuClf> and sa It. " 3. Project 3 "Intensification of professional and expert i se training in management of quality of agricultural, forestry and fishery productsand salt." 4. Project 4 "Enhancement of the capacity for analyzing and managing food safety risks of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and salt," VI. FUNDS FOR THE SCHEME IMPLEMENTAnON 1.Funds for the scheme implementation will be raised from many sources: the state budget and capit84 of businesses, organizations and individuals. In which: al The central budget shall prioritize investment in building and upgrading physical and tecftnical facilities, equipment and technologies of laboratories and specialized laboratories of central and local management agencies; building the management information system and database for quality management of agricultural, forestry and fishery products; consolidating the structure of state management agencies at the central level and in provinces Issue nos03·04/June 2011 (Cong Baonos 363-3641June 12, 2011) and centrally run cities: training and improving expertise and professional skills of central and Inca) civil xcrv.mts and public employees: and studying, formulating and improving specialized mechanisms, policies, standards and technical regu lations: bl Local budgets and the central budget's supports stlat t he allocated for building and upgrading physical and technical facilities and equipment of laboratories of local management agencies for management and control of risks; consolidating the structure of food quality and safety management agencies at all levels; organizing training courses for raising expertise and professional skills of civil servants, public employees, staffs and collaborators (If local administrations: building, consolidating and improving the force in charge of food quality and safety control of agrlcultural, forestry and fishery products and salt, and organizing regular and irregular examination and control drives: cl Capital of organizations an d indivirlllak Organizations and individuals may invest in building laboratories for managing the production and business process or the performance of contracts on provision of consultancy Onand certification or food qual ity and safety; organizing and building socialized forces for controlling food quality and safety; training and improving expertise and professional skills of employees of businesses and socialized control forces; Other investment capital may be raised through bilateral and multilateral coupt:latiui\ international programs and projects for building physical and technical facilities: professional training and fostering courses, etc. Issue nos 03-041June 2011 (CongBaonos 363-364/June 12, 2011) 2. Funds needed for the scheme implementation The tolal lund tor [Ill' schern« irnpicmcu tation is estimated at around VND l ..'i trillion. Of w hicl). Central budget: 4()!,i Local uudacts: 37'!i ODA and funds raised from organizations and individuals: 23':i·. VII. ORGANIZATION OF IMI'LEMI:NJ'ATlON 1. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall assu mc the prime responsi biIi ty for. and coordinate with related localities and agencies in. instructing uud working out a detailed roadmap: urge and inspect the performance or the scheme's tasks: assume the prime rcsponsibii ity for organizing the implementation of projects 1, 2 and 4, and cuurdlruue with localities in implementing projects I and 3. 2, The Minixu y of Plannmg and Investment and the Ministry of Finance shall assume the prime resuonsibil itv for, and coordi nate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in. balancing and allocating funds for ministries. sectors and locahtics to Implement the scheme on schedule and effccuvel y; and coordi nate with the Mi n i s try of Ag r ic u lt uro and Rural Development in inspecting and supervising the scheme implementation, 3. The Ministry of Home Affairs shall assume the prime responsibility for. and coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and 47 Rural Development and related agencies and localities in. studying and claborating payroll criteria, consolidating the structure of agencies munug inu (Dod qua li ry and safety of agriculturaL Iorcs.try and fislwry produus at central and local kvels; studying the establishment and operation mechanism of the control force and preferential mechanisms and policies for socialization. 4, Other related ministries and sectors shall coordinate with the Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Dcvciopmcn. in performing effectively and on schedule the assigned tasks ill the scheme relating to their functions, tusks, powers and scope of management. 5. Provincial-level People's Committees shall direct and urge functional ag~ncics and subordinate People's Committees in organizing the performance of the scheme's tasks: build and improve the structure of management ~1i:';CTH'ie;; and the sy;;tel1l of control forces, ensuring higher effcct i vcne ss of the management of food quality and safety of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and salt in their localities; fonnulatc and implement in vestrne nt pI ujcc(S urI upgrading physical and technical facilities, and train human sources; arrange zrounds for building offices and works of the system of management of food quality and safely of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and salt: elaborate and promulgate mechanisms and policies to encourage and support organiIatiol1r, and individuals investing in physical and technical facilities, organiLing control forces in order to enhance control in the production process, thereby assurrng food 48 quality and safety oi agricultural. forestry and fishery products and salt. Article 2. Implementation provisions This Decision takes effect on the date of its sigrung. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies ~d government-attached agencies. and chairpersons of provincial-level People's Commiuees shall implement [his Decision Forthe Prune Minister Deputy Prime Minister NGUYEN SINH HUNG Issue nos 03·04JJune 2011 (CongBaD nos 36J364iJune 12, 2011)