| THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness |
| No. 01/2005/QD-BYT | Hanoi, January 7, 2005 |
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH
At the proposal of the Director of the Department for Food Safety and Hygiene, the Director of the Legal Department and the Director of the Department for Science and Training of the Ministry of Health,
DECIDES:
Article 2. This Decision takes effect 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
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FOR THE MINISTER OF HEALTH
VICE MINISTER
Tran Chi Liem
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(Issued together with the Ministry of Healths Decision No. 01/2005/QD-BYTof January 7, 2005)
Article 1. Scope of regulation
1. This Regulation governs conditions to ensure food safety and hygiene in the process of producing and/or processing beverage.
2. This Regulation does not apply to establishments producing bottled natural mineral water.
Article 2. Subjects of application
This Regulation shall apply to Vietnamese as well as foreign organizations and individuals that produce and/or process beverage in Vietnam.
Article 3. Interpretation of terms
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1. Food safety and hygiene means necessary conditions and measures to ensure the food does not cause harms to human health and life.
2. Beverage means bottled drinking water or drinks prepared from water and substances of natural or synthetic origin.
PROVISIONS ON BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
Article 4. Position, structure and design
1. Position: Beverage establishments must be built separately from areas prone to cause food pollution.
2. General structure:
a) To be designed and built according to the one-direction principle in compatibility with the order of processes included in the production chain and divided into separate areas, thus avoiding cross-pollution between processes or areas.
b) The total acreage and the acreage structure between areas must be compatible with the designed capacity of establishments, avoiding the situation of overload which may easily cause contamination and difficulty in the maintenance, cleaning and inspection process.
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3. Design:
a) Wall and ceiling surfaces must be flat, in bright colors and easy to clean; the water-proof wall sections must be at least 2 meters high.
b) The house floor must be built of water-proof and easy-to-clean materials with rational slope so as to well drain water.
c) Doors must be tight, made of water-proof and easy-to-clean materials. It is encouraged to install automatic doors.
d) The anti-insect and harmful animal intrusion system must be made of stainless and easy-to-clean materials and installed in such a way as to prevent to the utmost the intrusion by insects and harmful animals.
e) The ventilation system must be arranged in such a way as to eliminate condensed steam, dusts, and hot air and polluted air; the ventilation system must not be directed from polluted areas to clean areas.
f) Pouring and capping workshops must be tight and equipped with a sterilization system, which must be put under a control regime so as to ensure their good operation.
g) The lighting system must satisfy the following requirements: in production areas, the light intensity must not be lower than 200 lux; in product-checking areas, 540 lux. Lamps must have protective boxes or nets.
h) Water resource-protection areas must be built in such a way as to prevent dirty dusts as well as the intrusion of harmful insects and animals.
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Article 5. Processing equipment, facilities and devices
1. Equipment and devices in direct contact with beverages and food must be those exclusively used for food, made of stainless and anti-corrosive materials, neither be infected with toxic substances nor diffuse strange smell into products.
2. Equipment and devices used in the production and processing process must be made of stainless materials, not cause pollution to products, be easy to sanitize and regularly sanitized upon each production shift.
3. There must be special-use devices for gathering and storing garbage.
Article 6. Water drainage system
1. Water-drainage ditches on the floor must well drain water. Ditches must be made of water-proof materials, with sizes suitable to the maximum flow of wastewater and have lids made of water-proof materials, with appropriate number and size of drainage holes. Water-drainage ditches must be structured for easy sanitization.
2. Solid waste-setting sumps must be arranged in compatibility with wastewater flow and drainage ditch networks. Sumps must have lids and be easy to clean and sterilize. Sumps must be arranged outside production areas.
3. The pipes outside processing areas conducting waste water to tanks and waste water-treating areas must have lids, which are easy to remove and clean.
4. Beverage establishments must abide by legislation on environment and waste treatment. Waste-treating areas must be built inside the establishments protection fences so as to prevent intrusion by animals.
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1. Workshops, equipment, facilities and devices used in production process must be regularly sanitized.
2. The general sanitization of establishments must be carried out at least once every 6 months.
3. Water pipes, beams, pillars, lampshades and places where dirty matters accumulate must be cleaned up regularly so as to minimize the development of microorganisms.
4. Insecticidal and germicidal preparations and chemicals used in beverage establishments must meet requirements prescribed by law.
1. Beverage establishments must have water-closet areas separated from processing areas.
2. Water closets must be structured in a way that their doors must not be directed towards the processing areas.
3. Each water closet must be arranged with a place for hand washing where soaps and towels are available (it is encouraged to use hand-drying devices and tissue paper).
4. Water-closets must be cleaned regularly.
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1. Water used for beverage production and processing must comply with the drinking-water standards, issued together with the Minister of Healths Decision No. 1329/2002/BYT/QD dated April 18, 2002.
2. Water, which are not up to requirements prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article, may be used for other purposes such as freezing, fire fighting, supply to steam boilers or for other purposes, but must not be connected to water sources used for production and processing and must be marked with specific signs in order to avoid misuse.
Article 4. Position, structure and design
1. Position: Beverage establishments must be built separately from areas prone to cause food pollution.
2. General structure:
a) To be designed and built according to the one-direction principle in compatibility with the order of processes included in the production chain and divided into separate areas, thus avoiding cross-pollution between processes or areas.
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c) The vicinities of the areas under the establishments management must be ensured with a clean environment; yards and passages therein must be paved or asphalted so as to avoid dirty dust and stagnant water.
3. Design:
a) Wall and ceiling surfaces must be flat, in bright colors and easy to clean; the water-proof wall sections must be at least 2 meters high.
b) The house floor must be built of water-proof and easy-to-clean materials with rational slope so as to well drain water.
c) Doors must be tight, made of water-proof and easy-to-clean materials. It is encouraged to install automatic doors.
d) The anti-insect and harmful animal intrusion system must be made of stainless and easy-to-clean materials and installed in such a way as to prevent tithe utmost the intrusion by insects and harmful animals.
e) The ventilation system must be arranged in such a way as to eliminate condensed steam, dusts, and hot air and polluted air; the ventilation system must not be directed from polluted areas to clean areas.
f) Pouring and capping workshops must be tight and equipped with a sterilization system, which must be put under a control regime so as to ensure their good operation.
g) The lighting system must satisfy the following requirements: in production areas, the light intensity must not be lower than 200 lux; in product-checking areas, 540 lux. Lamps must have protective boxes or nets.
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i) There must be a suitable number of locker rooms. Walls and floors of locker rooms must comply with the provisions of Points a and b, Clause 3 of this Article.
Article 5. Processing equipment, facilities and devices
1. Equipment and devices in direct contact with beverages and food must be those exclusively used for food, made of stainless and anti-corrosive materials, neither be infected with toxic substances nor diffuse strange smell into products.
2. Equipment and devices used in the production and processing process must be made of stainless materials, not cause pollution to products, be easy to sanitize and regularly sanitized upon each production shift.
3. There must be special-use devices for gathering and storing garbage.
Article 6. Water drainage system
1. Water-drainage ditches on the floors must well drain water. Ditches must be made of water-proof materials, with sizes suitable to the maximum flow of wastewater and have lids made of water-proof materials, with appropriate number and size of drainage holes. Water-drainage ditches must be structured for easy sanitization.
2. Solid waste-settling sumps must be arranged in compatibility with wastewater flow and drainage ditch networks. Sumps must have lids and be easy to clean and sterilize. Sumps must be arranged outside production areas.
3. The pipes outside processing areas conducting waste water to tanks and waste water-treating areas must have lids, which are easy to remove and clean.
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1. Workshops, equipment, facilities and devices used in production process must be regularly sanitized.
2. The general sanitization of establishments must be carried out at least once every 6 months.
3. Water pipes, beams, pillars, lampshades and places where dirty matters accumulate must be cleaned up regularly so as to minimize the development of microorganisms.
4. lnsecticidal and germicidal preparations and chemicals used in beverage establishments must meet requirements prescribed by law.
1. Beverage establishments must have water- closet areas separated from processing areas.
2. Water closets must be structured in a way that their doors must not be directed towards the processing areas.
3. Each water closet must be arranged with a place for hand washing where soaps and towels are available (it is encouraged to use hand-drying devices and tissue paper).
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5. The number of water closets must comply with the labor sanitation standards, issued together with the Minister of Healths Decision No. 3733/2002/QD-BYT dated October 10, 2002.
1. Water used for beverage production and processing must comply with the drinking-water standards, issued together with the Minister of Healths Decision No. 1329/2002/BYT/QD dated April 18, 2002.
2. Water, which are not up to requirements prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article, may be used for other purposes such as freezing, fire fighting, supply to steam boilers or for other purposes, but must not be connected to water sources used for production and processing and must be marked with specific signs in order to avoid misuse.
Article 10. Responsibilities of establishment owners
1. To organize courses on food safety and hygiene knowledge for people directly engaged in production.
2. To organize periodical health checks for people directly engaged in production at least once a year at medical establishments of district or higher levels.
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Article 11. Requirements on people directly engaged in production and processing
1. Those who are infected with contagious diseases prescribed by the Ministry of Health must not participate in production and processing.
2. People directly engaged in production and processing must fully comply with personal hygiene requirements in production and attend courses on food safety and hygiene knowledge.
3. People directly engaged in production and processing must comply with the following requirements while being engaged in production or processing
a) To wear specific outfits. Those who work in pouring workshops must wear hats and clean masks, use disposable gloves or wash hand with sterilizing soaps;
b) To keep their fingernails short, clean and jewelry-free;
c) To wash hands carefully with clean water and soap, then dry them:
- Before starting to work;
- After touching dirty surfaces;
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d) Not to eat, drink, chew gums, smoke, hawk or spit.
1. Bottles, cans, lids and stoppers must be made of materials exclusively used for food and be closely packed.
2. Assorted lids or stoppers or plastic bottles of a capacity of under 10 liters must not be reused.
3. Plastic cans of a capacity of 10 liters or more and glass bottles may be reused.
4. All bottles and cans which are used for the first time or reused must be cleansed, sterilized and carefully rinsed before being poured in, except for cases where bottles, which are turned out according to closed technology including sterilization process, are used for the first time. In bottle-cleansing areas, it is necessary to supervise the course of sterilization and cleansing and to record supervision results.
5. After being cleansed, bottles must be turned upside-down so as to prevent dirty dust and strange objects from falling therein, except for cases where bottles are cleansed by automatic machines.
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1. Beverages must be placed in containers so as to ensure hygiene and avoid collusion and disproportion in the course of transportation.
2. Products must be preserved at dry, well-ventilated and hygienic places.
Beverages must be transported by means, which do not affect their quality, hygiene and safety.
Article 15. Provisions on production and processing process
1. In the course of producing and/or processing beverages, if bottles are poured by hand, the pourers must wear hats, clean masks and disposable gloves or wash and with germicidal soaps.
2. In the course of pouring and bottling, attention must be paid so as to avoid damage to bottles and prevent strange objects from falling therein. Equipment must be supervised and regularly maintained so as to avoid similar threats. The course of supervision and maintenance must be fully recorded.
3. Pouring and capping equipment must be kept clean and hygienic, be cleansed and sterilized when starting production at least once a week in case of continuous production.
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5. Bottles' caps must be tight before circulation.
6. Finally, products must be checked so as to eliminate those, which are not up to perceptible requirements, have their packings damaged or their labels lost, and be periodically tested. In cases where technologies are controlled under the HACCP system, which have already been recognized, the final check of products is not required.
2. The Department for Food Safety and Hygiene shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with functional departments of the Ministry of Health and concerned agencies in, guiding and directing the implementation of this Regulation.
3. The provincial/municipal Health Services shall organize the implementation of this Regulation in their respective localities.
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Decision No. 01/2005/QD-BYT of January 7, 2005, promulgating the regulation on food safety and hygiene conditions applicable to beverage establishments.
Tóm tắt
| Cơ quan ban hành | Bộ Y tế |
| Số hiệu | 01/2005/QD-BYT |
| Loại văn bản | Quyết định |
| Người ký | Trần Chí Liêm |
| Ngày ban hành | 2005-01-07 |
| Ngày hiệu lực | 2005-02-16 |
| Lĩnh vực | Thể thao - Y tế |
| Tình trạng | Hết hiệu lực |