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| Document number | 20/2017/TT-BNNPTNT |
| Title | Circular No. 20/2017/TT-BNNPTNT dated November 10, 2017 providing guidelines 39/2017/ND-CP on management of feeds |
| Summary | This Circular applies to domestic and foreign organizations and individuals having activities related to animal and aqua feed in the Vietnamese territory. New animal and aqua feeds must be tested according to the process developed by the Directorate of Fisheries and the Department of Livestock Production and submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for promulgation suitable for each livestock species. In case livestock subjects do not have the testing procedure promulgated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the test shall be carried out according to the process developed by the testing establishment and approved by the Council for appraisal of the testing protocol established by the General Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Fisheries, Department of Livestock established to accept. |
| Doc Type | Circular |
| Issued date | 11-10-2017 |
| Issue agencies |
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development |
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This Circular applies to domestic and foreign organizations and individuals having activities related to animal and aqua feed in the Vietnamese territory.
New animal and aqua feeds must be tested according to the process developed by the Directorate of Fisheries and the Department of Livestock Production and submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for promulgation suitable for each livestock species. In case livestock subjects do not have the testing procedure promulgated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the test shall be carried out according to the process developed by the testing establishment and approved by the Council for appraisal of the testing protocol established by the General Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Fisheries, Department of Livestock established to accept.
On November 10, 2017, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development issued the Circular No. 20/2017/TT-BNNPTNT guiding the Government’s Decree No. 39/2017/ND-CP dated April 04, 2017 on management of feeds.
Accordingly, new feeds must undergo testing following suitable procedures. In case procedures are yet to be promulgated, testing shall be carried out following the procedures established by the testing facility and approved by the testing outline assessment council.
The veterinary medicines used in feeds for the purpose of livestock and poultry disease prevention and treatment must be specified in the list of veterinary medicines that are licensed in Vietnam or allowed by a competent authority to be used for livestock and poultry disease prevention and treatment. Veterinary medicines used in feed during the processing must ensure its quality, safety and efficacy over the shelf life of the feed.
Users of antibiotic-containing veterinary medicines in feeds for the purpose of young/immature livestock and poultry disease prevention and livestock and poultry disease treatment are not required to specify names and contents of the antibiotics in the applied standards and product label samples when registering feed products licensed in Vietnam but have to specify names and contents of antibiotics, instructions for use and dosing interval on the label or secondary label and package or attached documents, and retain the abovementioned information in the production records.
This Circular takes effect on December 25, 2017.
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