Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has become the fifth nation in the world authorised bythe European Union (EU) to export insect-based food to the demanding market,according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Agency of Foreign Trade.
Underthe European Commission (EC)’s Regulation (EU) 2021/171, Vietnam has providedsufficient evidence and guarantees to the EC’s Directorate-General for Healthand Food Safety (DG SANTE) to be included in the list of third countries orregions authorised for the entry of consignment of insects into the EU market.
Theregulation took effect on February 15, 2021.
BeforeVietnam, Canada, Switzerland, the Republic of Korea and Thailand have also beengranted the permission for their insect-based products, touted by nutritionistsas the food of the future, to access the EU market.
TheEU regulation is expected to provide a new engine for Vietnam’s food industryto expand further./.
Underthe European Commission (EC)’s Regulation (EU) 2021/171, Vietnam has providedsufficient evidence and guarantees to the EC’s Directorate-General for Healthand Food Safety (DG SANTE) to be included in the list of third countries orregions authorised for the entry of consignment of insects into the EU market.
Theregulation took effect on February 15, 2021.
BeforeVietnam, Canada, Switzerland, the Republic of Korea and Thailand have also beengranted the permission for their insect-based products, touted by nutritionistsas the food of the future, to access the EU market.
TheEU regulation is expected to provide a new engine for Vietnam’s food industryto expand further./.
VNA
