Enterprises operating restaurants, eateries, or food processing businesses should note the prohibited acts under the Law on Food Safety, which include:
- Using ingredients that are not intended for food preparation.
- Using food ingredients that are expired, of unknown origin, or unsafe for production and processing.
- Using food additives or processing aids that are expired, not on the permitted list, or exceeding allowed limits; using chemicals of unknown origin, or chemicals prohibited in food production and business.
- Using animals that died from illness, epidemics, or unknown causes, or animals that were destroyed, for food production or business.
- Producing or trading:
a) Food that violates regulations on labeling;
b) Food that does not meet applicable technical standards;
c) Spoiled or deteriorated food;
d) Food containing toxic substances or contaminants exceeding permitted limits;
đ) Food with unsafe packaging or containers, or packaging that is broken, torn, or deformed during transport causing contamination;
e) Meat or meat products that have not undergone veterinary inspection, or failed inspection;
g) Food not allowed to be produced or traded to prevent or control epidemics;
h) Food not registered with a compliance declaration with the competent state authority, if required;
i) Food of unknown origin, unclear source, or past expiration date. - Using vehicles or means that contaminate food, or vehicles that have transported toxic substances without proper cleaning, to transport food ingredients or food.
- Providing false or forged food testing results.
- Concealing, falsifying, or destroying evidence or the scene of a food safety incident, or intentionally obstructing the detection and remediation of food safety incidents.
- Persons with infectious diseases participating in food production or business.
- Producing or trading food at facilities without a food safety certificate as required by law.
- Advertising food with false information that misleads consumers.
- Publishing or disseminating false information on food safety causing public concern or damage to production and business.
- Illegally using roads, sidewalks, corridors, common areas, or shared spaces to prepare, produce, or trade street food.
Legal basis: Article 5, Law on Food Safety 2010.
