Circular
29/2023/TT-BYT
Circular No. 29/2023/TT-BYT Guiding Content and Presentation of Nutrient Components and Nutrient Values on Food Labels
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Ministry of Health
Vietnam's ministry for public health: medical examination and treatment, preventive medicine, pharmaceuticals and vaccines, food safety, health insurance and population policy. In 2025 it also took on child-protection functions from the former MOLISA.
Document Type | Document Number | Status | Date Effective | Issuing Body | Official Source URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Circular | 29/2023/TT-BYT | In effect | 15/02/2024 | Ministry of Health | https://phapluat.gov.vn/legal-documents/166451 |
Summary
Circular No. 29/2023/TT-BYT, issued by the Ministry of Health on 30 December 2023, guides the content, manner of declaration, and implementation roadmap for nutrient components and nutrient values on labels of prepackaged foods produced, traded, imported and circulated in Vietnam. It is issued pursuant to the Law on Food Safety No. 55/2010/QH12 and relevant decrees including ND-CP 43/2017 (as amended by ND-CP 111/2021) and ND-CP 15/2018, and follows the Ministry's organizational decree ND-CP 95/2022. The Circular applies to organizations and individuals responsible for food labeling and state food-safety management agencies; certain categories of materials and foods are excluded (including non-retail ingredients, single-ingredient foods, natural mineral water and bottled water, table salt and refined salt, edible vinegar and substitutes, flavors,…