إجراء مقترح من فيتنام: الأغذية

The draft National Technical Regulation QCVN 8-1:2026/BYT establishes maximum levels (MLs) for six groups of mycotoxins in food, namely aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, patulin, deoxynivalenol, zearalenone, and total fumonisins. While maintaining the same six groups of mycotoxins regulated under QCVN 8-1:2011/BYT, the draft updates and expands the scope of regulated food categories and revises certain maximum levels to harmonize with relevant international standards. The main amendments include: Aflatoxins: expansion to 21 food categories, including eight new categories based on Codex standards 2025, one category for foods intended for infants and young children based on Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915, and a more detailed classification of oilseeds; Ochratoxin A: expansion to 25 food categories, including three new categories based on Codex standards 2025, twelve categories based on Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915, and revised maximum levels for dried grapes and dried figs, roasted and ground coffee, instant coffee, and dried spices; Deoxynivalenol: revision of maximum levels for cereals intended for further processing, inclusion of wheat, maize and barley flour, and addition of foods intended for infants and young children and foods for special medical purposes for infants and young children; Total fumonisins: inclusion of maize flour as an additional regulated food category in accordance with Codex standards 2025; Patulin and zearalenone: maintenance of the existing…