MARD suggests changing import laws
MARD suggests changing import laws
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has asked for permission from the Government to allow the import of frozen white innards again.
Deputy minister of Agriculture Vu Van Tam said the ban on imports of white innards such as cow stomach, intestine and testicles caused difficulties in the country's trade relationships with major partners such as the US, Australia and Poland.
A 2010 decision halted imports of both white and red innards, which include cattle and poultry heart and liver, due to a huge wave of frozen poultry and cattle innards imported to Viet Nam.
One year later, red animal innards were permitted to be imported again. Since then, nearly 1,000 tonnes of frozen red innards have been imported to the country from the US, Australia, Canada, France, Spain and Poland.
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