SPS - Sanitary or phytosanitary measure - Any measure applied:
To protect animal or plant life or health within the territory of the Member from risks arising from the entry, establishment or spread of pests, diseases, disease-carrying organisms or disease-causing organisms, risks arising from additives, contaminants, toxins or disease-causing organisms in foods, beverages or feedstuffs, risks arising from diseases carried by animals, plants or products thereof, or from the entry, establishment or spread of pests and to prevent or limit other damage within the territory of the Member from the entry, establishment or spread of pests.
| S.No. | Date | Notifying Member | Region Country | Product Covered | Brief | Notification | Final Date of Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Apr 2026 | Vietnam | All Trading Partner | Plant Varieties (Rice seeds, Maize seeds), Fertilizers, Animal Feed, Livestock Waste Treatment Products, Veterinary Drugs, Aquatic Feed, Aquaculture Environmental Treatment Products, Wood Adhesives, Agricultural Machinery and Equipment, Plant Protection products | The Circular is promulgated to replace Circular No. 16/2021/TT-BNNPTNT dated 20 December 2021 of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development promulgating the list of products and goods likely to cause safety risks under the management responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, serving as the basis for applying methods of state inspection of product and goods quality.The promulgation of the Circular does not create any new administrative procedures related to state quality inspection of products and goods.The following products: plant varieties (rice seeds and maize seeds), fertilizers, animal feed, livestock waste treatment products, veterinary drugs, aquaculture feed, and aquaculture environmental treatment products are currently classified as products and goods capable of causing safety risks under Circular No. 16/2021/TT-BNNPTNT, and are therefore subject to quality inspection of imported goods prior to customs clearance.Under the draft Circular, the above-mentioned products and goods have been reviewed, assessed, and classified as products and goods with a medium level of risk. Accordingly, enterprises will not be required to undergo quality inspection upon importation, thereby helping to shorten customs clearance time, reduce compliance costs, and facilitate production and business activities. | G/SPS/N/VNM/182 | 20 Jun 2026 |
| 2 | 13 Apr 2026 | Vietnam | All Trading Partner | Plants and plant products | Draft Circular on procedures for plant quarantine inspection for import, export, transit and post-entry quarantine of regulated articles | G/SPS/N/VNM/180 | 12 Jun 2026 |
| 3 | 20 Oct 2025 | Vietnam | All Trading Partner | Plant protection products | This Draft Circular is promulgating the List of permitted plant protection products and List of banned plant protection products in Viet Nam in 2025. Circular including three parts: Circular, Annex 1 (List of permitted plant protection products in Viet Nam) and Annex 2 (List of banned plant protection products in Viet Nam).This Circular adds 16 new plant protection active ingredients (Ivermectin, Capsaicin, Streptomyces misionensisBacillus siamensis, Fluopimomide, Allicin, Dicloran, Cupric nonyl phenolsulfonate, Florylpicoxamid, Pyrisoxazole, Imazalil, Saflufenacil, Fluroxypyr, Cholecalciferol, S-Abscisic acid, Flumetralin) to Annex 1 at the request of pesticide registration organizations or individuals in 2025. In addition, this Circular includes several new plant protection products containing existing active ingredients and mixtures that are already included in the list. | G/SPS/N/VNM/173 | N/A |
| 4 | 30 Jul 2025 | Vietnam | All Trading Partner | Allkinds of foodstuff | Draft of the Food Safety Law replacing the Food Safety Law2010-This Law stipulates the rights and obligations of organizations and individuals in ensuring food quality and safety; conditions for ensuring quality and safety for food, raw materials for food, food additives, and food processing aids; conditions for business establishments; import and export; testing; risk analysis, prevention, mitigation, and incident handling; information, education, communication; and state management responsibility for food, raw materials for food, food additives, and food processing aids. | G/SPS/N/VNM/171 | 28 Sep 2025 |
| 5 | 10 Feb 2025 | Vietnam | All Trading Partner | Albacore Tuna and Albacore Tuna products | Food safety; Human health; Food safety; Human health | G/SPS/N/VNM/166/Corr.1 | N/A |
| 6 | 07 Feb 2025 | Vietnam | All Trading Partner | Albacore Tuna and Albacore Tuna products | Human health; Food safety | G/SPS/N/VNM/166 | N/A |
| Source: wto.org Note:-For Earlier SPS/TBT Notifications May Kindly Refer to eping |
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