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Journey output for honeybees export

( Update: 27/10/2014 )

After nearly 6 years that hard, honey Vietnam's new market presence in 27 countries in the EU and are exported to other countries more.

* 6 years that hard, honey Vietnam were present in 27 EU countries

In previous years, the export of honey encountered numerous difficulties due to lack of assurance requirements for sanitary veterinary and food safety as required by the importing country. The enterprise manufacturing and trading of honey and bee risky, lost a lot.

However, for almost two years now, honey Vietnam has been exporting to many countries around the world, especially in the markets of 27 countries in the bloc European Union (EU) market which is also required requirements, veterinary hygiene standards, food safety the most demanding.

From the opening of the market for honey exports to the EU, other countries also believe quality honey imported from Vietnam and one more day. Thus, the export of honey production in Vietnam has increased dramatically.

Specifically: 2013 has been exporting over 40 thousand tons (twice in 2012); First 9 months of 2014 have been exported over 40 thousand tons and is placed in the top 3 of the world in the export of honey. Estimated exports this year will be about 60 thousand tons, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, bringing employment to more than 35 thousand farmers and 4 thousand professional beekeepers.

To get this achievement, which is the outstanding efforts of the veterinary system, the relevant agencies, production firms, trading honey and beekeepers in all parts of the country have overcome technical barriers to the export of fresh water is.

Specifically, in early 2007, the inspection team of EU food safety to Vietnam to inspect and test all of the management chain of veterinary hygiene, food safety, from preparing food for the bees , beekeeping, honey collection and processing of honey; manufacturing system, management and use of veterinary medicines for bees; System monitoring food safety ...

Due to the lack of more specific guidelines on the management rules of origin, monitoring residues in honey and honey the EU has banned exports of Vietnam to the EU market beginning in mid-2007, as a result, the export of honey from Vietnam to other countries also face many difficulties.

EU side agreed to open the market again after Vietnam fully meet the above requirements. Since 2007 - 2012, after several inspections and requirements of the EU Animal Health Department in collaboration with the Vietnam Association of Apiculture, production enterprises, business organizations honey remedy exists that the the EU launched.
To comply with the demanding requirements of the importing country honey from Vietnam on the basis of the documents specified by Vietnam sent to the country, recommended the organization or individual activities related to producing food for bees, veterinary medicines for bees, raising bees, collecting and processing honey for export and domestic consumption should fully implement the provisions as required by the importing country honey products in order to maintain market; if not re-pinned 6 year hugh, hard of tens of thousands of people and cost more money of the people.

It is supplementary documents designed to ensure traceability, animal health and hygiene and food safety, including:

1) Must have records system transporting honey, honey products for traceability through quarantine and quarantine certificates shipped to control bees, honey from farms bees to collection facilities and processing;

2) The bees, bee farms, processing honey must have code to manage;

3) Must be organized bee disease surveillance;

  4) Once diagnosed, treatment for bee vets have prescribed medications;

5) Must have factory veterinary medicines for bees;

6) Must have specialized shops selling veterinary medicines for bees;

7) Honey must be monitored 50 indicators residues such as antibiotics, plant protection chemicals, heavy metals and more targets other veterinary hygiene, frequency of 2 times / year by the device modern tests worth tens of billion;

8) Honey upon detection of antibiotic residues to destroy or change the purpose of use as animal feed;

  9) Be organized training for beekeeper, collection facilities, production, processing honey ...

Specifically, a series of legal documents of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has been reviewed, synthetic or promulgation to submit to the EU, such as Decision No. 47/2005 / QD-BNN-TY day 25/7 / 2005 regulations on quarantine and honey bees being transported out of the district, for the purpose of traceability; Circular No. 23/2009 / TT-BNN dated 29/4/2009 regulations on inspection and supervision of veterinary hygiene for manufacturing, trading honey; Circular No. 52/2009 / TT-MARD dated 21/8/2009 regulations on list of drugs, veterinary medicine raw materials are permitted for use in breeding bees and many additional guidance documents related to the production processing and handling of honey is not satisfactory ... as required by the EU.

Also DAH has provided training and guidance to organizations and individuals involved in honey production and implementation of prescribed content. With the above requirements, the EU agreed to allow Vietnam is exporting honey to the EU market in late 2012.

Thus, after nearly 6 years that hard, honey Vietnam's new market presence in 27 countries in the EU and are exported to other countries more.

However, in our opinion, the honey is exported to the EU and other countries have been difficult, but maintaining the prestige market more difficult. In doing so, organizations and individuals must comply with the provisions were enacted as quarantine declaration and honey bees being transported out of the district and other regulations.

According to a report of 771 bodies in the local veterinary (including 63 Department of Animal Health and Veterinary Station 708 districts), from the beginning of the year just implement quarantine and quarantine certificates for honey when shipped out in 2 provinces of Dak Lak and Gia Lai provinces, with the number 6 thousand tons (per 1 shipment quarantine about 10 tons of honey) and issued 600 certificates for transport services out of the province; however, the amount of honey from the beginning of the year has been more than 40 thousand tons of exports.

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