Circular No. 24/2019/TT-BYT on the Management and Use of Food Additives is partially revised by:

• Circular No. 17/2023/TT-BYT on Amendments to and Annulment of Certain Legislative Documents on Food Safety in 2023, and

• Circular No. 08/2024/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health: Abolishing part of legal documents issued by the Minister of Health in 2024.

On September 6, 2024, the authority issued "Consolidated Document 09/VBHN-BYT Regulations on Management and Use of Food Additives", which is an updated and consolidated document of the current effective version of Circular No. 24/2019/TT-BYT. It provides for the list of food additives; use and management of food additives and responsibilities of relevant agencies, organizations and individuals.

Contents

• Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Chapter II REGULATIONS ON THE LIST OF FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR USE

• Chapter III REGULATIONS ON THE USE OF FOOD ADDITIVES

• Chapter IV REGULATIONS ON FOOD ADDITIVE MANAGEMENT

• Chapter V IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS

• APPENDIX 1 LIST OF FOOD ADDITIVES ALLOWED TO BE USE IN FOOD

• APPENDIX 2A MAXIMUM LEVELS OF USE OF FOOD ADDITIVES

• APPENDIX 2B MAXIMUM LEVELS OF FOOD ADDITIVES IN FOODS NOT SPECIFIED BY CODEX STAN 192-1995 (2018)

• EXPLANATION OF NOTES IN APPENDIX 2A AND APPENDIX 2B

• APPENDIX 3 LIST OF FOOD ADDITIVES AND FOOD PRODUCTS USED ACCORDING TO GMP

• APPENDIX 4 FOOD GROUP GROUPS AND DESCRIPTIONS