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VIET NAM - Following the Japanese Ambassador's letter to Minister of Fisheries Ta Quang Ngoc, regarding the possibility that Vietnamese seafood exports to Japan could be stopped, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) requested heavy punishment of enterprises that have exported unsafe consignments.
After a meeting of VASEP’s members on July 3, association Chairman Tran Thien Hai sent a notice to the Minister of Fisheries, declaring a state of emergency for seafood exports and proposing stricter control over exports to Japan.

VASEP has asked the Ministry of Fisheries to instruct the National Fisheries Quality Assurance and Veterinary Directorate (Nafiqaved) to strictly control all export consignments from enterprises that still cannot assure the quality of their exports to find chloramphenicol and AOZ derivatives.

VASEP has also asked the ministry to stop the issue of export licences to enterprises which have had many consignments of exports discovered as containing antibiotics residues. The suspension would last one to six months, depending on the seriousness of the violations.

However, Mr Hai said that the application of the urgent measures would not help settle the problem of antibiotic residues to the root. In order to retain the Japanese market, it is necessary to strengthen control over the antibiotic residues in seafood materials before processing.
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Source: TheFishSite