Decision No. 43/2006/QD-TTg Approving the National Action Plan for Food Safety and Hygiene until 2010.

The purpose of this Decision is to approve the national action plan for food safety and hygiene, which shall have the following objectives: raise the awareness and responsibility of food producers, dealers and consumers towards food safety and hygiene; try to comply to world food standards; achieve the target that 100 percent of high-risk food production establishments apply the hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP); prevent the spread through food of food poisoning and diseases; etc. Contents and implementation solutions of the national action plan, and implementation progress are described in article 1. The Inter-branch Steering Committee for Food Safety and Hygiene shall have the responsibility to direct, monitor, inspect and urge ministries, branches, etc., in effectively implementing this plan. Article 2 describes the responsibilities of each ministry in organizing the implementation of the plan.