Decision No. 2129/2002/QD-BYT on issuing the "Technical Specifications for Quantifying Arsenic (AS) in Food"

Pursuant to …;

Regarding the issuance of the "Technical Standard for Quantifying Arsenic (As) in Food"

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THE MINISTER OF HEALTH

Pursuant to the Government Decree No. 68/CP dated October 11, 1993, stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Health;

Pursuant to the Government Decree No. 86/CP dated December 8, 1995, on the division of responsibilities for state management of product quality;

Pursuant to the Prime Minister's Decision No. 14/1999/QĐ-TTg dated February 4, 1999, establishing the National Food Safety Quality Control Agency;

At the proposal of the Director of the Science and Training Department, the Director of the Legal Affairs Department of the Ministry of Health, and the Director of the National Food Safety Quality Control Agency,

Pursuant to …;

Article 1. The "Technical Standard for Quantifying Arsenic (As) in Food" is hereby issued together with this Decision.

Article 2. This Decision shall take effect fifteen days from the date of issuance.

Article 3. The Permanent Secretaries, Inspectors General, Heads of Departments of Science and Training, Legal Affairs, Preventive Medicine - Ministry of Health; the Director of the National Food Safety Quality Control Agency; the Directors of Health Services of the provinces and centrally governed cities; and the Heads of units under the Ministry of Health are responsible for implementing this Decision.