On 13 June 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam issued a consultation document to amend the Notice on food safety supervision, inspection and monitoring of honey production.  Main Contents:  
 
(1) Revised the definitions of related terms.  Including toxic residues, honey and other 10 related terms definition;  
 
(2) Supervisory institutions.  The Animal Health Department is responsible for the inspection and supervision of export honey production units;  Provincial veterinary departments inspects and supervises other honey farming enterprises;  
 
(3) Requirements for supervising sampling personnel;  
 
(4) Monitoring plan formulation.  Contents of the basis and monitoring plan: including toxic and harmful substances and microorganisms;  
 
(5) Contents of check and supervision, including honey processing enterprises’ compliance with food safety requirements and inspection methods: inspection records, documents, veterinary health status of enterprises and food safety assurance, etc.  zSampling monitoring;  
 
(6) Sampling of export honey food safety monitoring.  Sampling location, sampling method and specific requirements for sample testing;  
 
(7)Treatment measures of unqualified honey, etc. 

The consultation document has a feedback period of 60 days.