Ho Chi Minh City launches poultry & livestock traceability plan

Managing the supply chain through digital tools

According to the plan, the city will accelerate adoption of information technology to develop a traceability system for poultry products. A centralized, publicly accessible database will connect with the National Product and Goods Traceability Information Portal.

The system will store and synchronize product information, supporting inspections and monitoring by authorities. Consumers will also gain easy access to product origin details.

Enhanced traceability is expected to improve food safety, strengthen brand credibility, and expand international market opportunities. Key priorities include completing digital infrastructure, developing product identification solutions, and ensuring connectivity with the national system.

Monitoring from breeding to consumption

Beyond technology, Ho Chi Minh City will review regulations and strengthen oversight across the supply chain. Monitoring will cover breeding stock, animal feed, veterinary drug use, farming, slaughtering, transportation, and retail sales.

Comprehensive supply chain management is expected to improve food safety oversight, reduce administrative procedures, and enable rapid traceability when product quality issues occur.

The city will also strengthen cooperation with provinces supplying poultry products to ensure stricter control at the source, safeguarding food safety from production to consumption.

To support implementation, relevant agencies will prepare guidance materials and traceability models for priority poultry products.

Stronger inspections and enforcement

The plan calls for intensified inspections and supervision of traceability compliance at slaughterhouses, production facilities, and poultry meat businesses. Products lacking traceability information or with unverifiable origins will be handled according to regulations.

Electronic data will allow authorities to detect incomplete or non-compliant shipments early, enabling timely warnings, enforcement actions, or recalls. Inter-agency inspections will also target illegal slaughterhouses and businesses trading products of unknown origin.

Responsibilities assigned to government agencies

The Department of Food Safety will lead development of regulations on identification and traceability. It will also organize training, awareness campaigns, and guidance for businesses participating in the system.

The Department of Industry and Trade will coordinate efforts to bring traceable products into retail channels and institutional kitchens at hospitals, schools, export processing zones, and industrial parks.

Supermarkets, convenience stores, and wholesale market operators will only be permitted to accept products with complete traceability information.

Meanwhile, the Department of Science and Technology will study solutions to connect the city’s system with the national portal. The Digital Transformation Center will integrate data with the shared repository and provide information to residents through the Digital Citizen application.

The Ho Chi Minh City Police Department will coordinate enforcement against violations such as falsified records, counterfeit QR codes, and fraudulent electronic data. Businesses, cooperatives, farms, slaughterhouses, and traders must fully comply with traceability regulations and provide data for monitoring.