Electronic tracing stamps help prevent sugar smuggling

DNHN - The Ministry of Finance proposes that production and business organizations and individuals in Vietnam build, deploy, and apply the stamp of traceable electronic chips following government regulations and guidelines. of ministries, branches, and related agencies regarding the traceability of imported and domestically produced sugar.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (the agency responsible for managing the sugar industry) shall assume primary responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance (the General Department of Customs), the Ministry of Science and Technology, The Ministry of Industry and Trade and related agencies will study and submit to the Prime Minister the application of traceability electronic stamps for cane sugar and develop a Circular guiding the application process.

The People's Committees of provinces and cities directly administered by the central government should work with appropriate ministries, departments, and agencies to execute the traceability of sugar products in their respective regions.

Organizations and people conducting business in Vietnam take the initiative in creating, installing, and utilizing electronic chip stamping for traceability in compliance with government legislation and the direction of relevant ministries, branches, and agencies. key agencies for the traceability of imported and local sugar.

According to the Ministry of Finance's research and proposal, the solution for electronic stamps for road traceability is an RFID-enabled electronic stamp that includes the following information: type of road, name/address of the production facility, origin, customs declaration number, time of importation, and the ability to trace product origin.

Subjects apply to locally produced and imported sugar packed in at least 20-kilogram volumes. Imported sugar has been electronically stamped using RFID technology if, after customs clearance, its packaging specifications are altered or it is divided into small packages for retail sale on the domestic market, and compliance with the source traceability feature in its entirety original has been verified via QR code.

Imported sugar is stamped at the border gate area by the companies themselves, under the observation of customs officials, before customs clearance.

The utilization of stamps with traceability QR codes can be printed on paper or directly on packaging to enable authorities and customers to trace the provenance of a product. manufacturing facility for the product.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development should assume primary responsibility for and cooperate with relevant ministries and branches on the affixing of QR-coded stamps to domestically produced and imported sugar for traceability purposes. Enterprises must build a traceability system based on the "first step - next step" principle to ensure the ability to identify and trace product units at each stage of manufacturing, trade, packaging change, distribution, and consumption on the market.

Enterprises utilize QR Codes for traceability in the following manner: For sugar produced domestically, at the site of production. For imported sugar packaged in less than 20 kg, the firm is chosen twice to apply the QR code for traceability. At the manufacturing plant of the exporting nation, or the border gate area before customs clearance.

According to the Ministry of Finance, the adoption of electronic traceability stamps adds to the transparency of information and product provenance, avoiding and curbing smuggling and fraud.

Commercial fraud of imported sugar; letting consumers, manufacturers, and companies access information about products; Authorities can quickly verify and monitor the origin of items, serving inspection/inspection in importing, shipping, and distributing commodities on the market 

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