Food safety violations that affect health can be punished with up to 7 years in prison and a fine of up to 1 billion VND.
According to the latest regulations, those who violate food safety regulations can be imprisoned for up to 07 years if causing serious consequences? The issue of concern of Ms. Tran Thi Van (Hoang Mai commune, Nghe An).
Reply:According to Clause 21, Article 1 of the Law amending the Penal Code 2025, No. 86/2025/QH15, amended and supplemented in Article 317 of the Penal Code, effective from July 1, 2025, a person who violates food safety regulations in one of the following cases shall be fined from 400 million to 1 billion VND or imprisoned from 03 to 07 years:
- Organized;
- Causing death;
- Causing serious poisoning affecting the health of 21 to 100 people;
- Causing harm to another person's health with a bodily injury rate of 61% or more;
- Causing harm to the health of 02 or more people with the total body injury rate of these people from 61% to 121%;
- Food using substances, chemicals, antibiotics, veterinary drugs, pesticides, food additives or food processing aids banned from use or not on the list of permitted uses, worth from 100 million to less than 300 million or illegal profits from 20 million to less than 100 million VND
- Food using raw materials from animals that died of disease, epidemics or animals that were destroyed with a value from 100 million VND to less than 300 million VND;
- Food containing substances, chemicals, antibiotics, veterinary drugs, pesticides, food additives or food processing aids that are not permitted for use or circulation in Vietnam, with a value from 300 million VND to less than 500 million VND or illegal profits from 100 million to less than 200 million VND.
- Dangerous recidivism.
In addition to the prison sentence, the offender may also be fined from 40 to 200 million VND and banned from practicing for 1 to 5 years.
