WHAT ARE NEW MEASURES TO IMPROVE TRACEABILITY OF PRODUCTS AND GOODS PROVIDED?
The Ministry of Science and Technology has recently issued a circular to tighten the management of traceability of products and goods. Under Circular 02/2024/TT-BKHCN dated March 28, organizations and individuals producing, trading and providing services are required to trace the origin of goods when creating data to ensure at least the name of product and goods; images of products and goods; name of production and business unit; and address of production and business unit.
Other information includes stages in production and business; production and business time; codes to trace the origin of products and goods; brand, trademark, code, product serial number (if any); shelf life of products and goods (if any); national standards and technical regulations, international standards, regional standards and facility standards applied.
The information must be printed with a code attached to the product packaging, connected to the National Product and Goods Traceability Portal. Consumers can look up the expiration date and origin of the product.
The newly-issued Circular applies to organizations and individuals producing, doing business and providing services that trace the origin of products and goods; organizations and individuals providing services and solutions related to traceability of products and goods; State management agencies and other organizations and individuals involved in implementing traceability of products and goods.