Vietnam: What are the penalties for the act of producing or trading animal breeds of which every indicator of quality level is lower than the announced standard?
- Do producers and trades of breeders need to own the declaration of quality standard applied to breeders?
- What are the penalties for the act of producing or trading animal breeds of which every indicator of quality level is lower than the announced standard?
- What are the rights and obligations of facilities producing and trading livestock breed products in Vietnam?
Do producers and trades of breeders need to own the declaration of quality standard applied to breeders?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 22 of the 2018 Law on Animal Husbandry in Vietnam stipulating as follows:
Conditions for production of and trading in breeders
1. Breeder refers to an individual domesticated animal raised for reproduction or breeding multiplication purpose.
2. Any producer of breeders must:
a) satisfy conditions specified in Article 55 hereof;
b) apply the appropriate quality management system and declare the quality standards applied to breeding livestock;
c) ensure that the facility nurturing origin breeds and facility producing livestock breeds and lines have technicians holding the university degree or higher in animal husbandry, animal health or biology;
dd) ensure that the facility breeding parental breed stocks of pigs and poultry or breeding stock or producing breeders have technicians trained in animal husbandry, animal health or biology;
dd) have a breed dossier that clearly specifies name, grade, origin and number of breeds, and applicable economic-technical standards.
3. Traders of livestock breeders must own the declaration of applied quality standard provided by producers of such breeding animals and breed dossier as prescribed in Point dd Clause 2 this Article.
Thus, producers and trades of breeders need to own the declaration of quality standard provided by producers of such breeding animals.
At the same time, they must have a breed dossier that clearly specifies name, grade, origin and number of breeds, and applicable economic-technical standards.
What are the penalties for the act of producing or trading animal breeds of which every indicator of quality level is lower than the announced standard?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 11 of Decree No. 14/2021/ND-CP stipulating as follows:
Offences against regulations on quality of animal breeds used for production and trading purposes
1. Imposing the fine ranging from 5,000,000 dong to 10,000,000 dong for the act of producing or trading animal breeds of which every indicator of quality level is lower than the announced standard applied to each shipment of these animal breeds that is worth less than 50,000,000 dong.
2. Imposing the fine ranging from 10,000,000 dong to 15,000,000 dong for the act of producing or trading animal breeds of which every indicator of quality level is lower than the announced standard applied to each shipment of these animal breeds is worth at least 50,000,000 dong.
3. Remedies
The remedy existing in the form of compelling the recall and change of uses of these animal breeds sold on the market shall be applied to the offences prescribed in clause 1 and 2 of this Article.
According to the above regulations, the act of producing or trading animal breeds of which every indicator of quality level is lower than the announced standard shall face the following fines:
- Imposing a fine ranging from 5,000,000 dong to 10,000,000 dong for the act of producing or trading animal breeds of which every indicator of quality level is lower than the announced standard applied to each shipment of these animal breeds that is worth less than 50,000,000 dong.
- Imposing a fine ranging from 10,000,000 dong to 15,000,000 dong for the act of producing or trading animal breeds of which every indicator of quality level is lower than the announced standard applied to each shipment of these animal breeds is worth at least 50,000,000 dong.
Remedies: The remedy existing in the form of compelling the recall and change of uses of these animal breeds sold on the market shall be applied to the offences.
The above fine is imposed upon individuals, the fine imposed upon organizations is double (Clause 2, Article 5 of Decree No. 14/2021/ND-CP).
Vietnam: What are the penalties for the act of producing or trading animal breeds of which every indicator of quality level is lower than the announced standard? (Image from the Internet)
What are the rights and obligations of facilities producing and trading livestock breed products in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 25 of the 2018 Law on Animal Husbandry in Vietnam stipulating as follows:
Rights and obligations of facilities producing and trading livestock breed products in Vietnam
1. Every facility producing and trading livestock breed products is entitled to:
a) produce and trade livestock breed products if meeting requirements specified in Article 22 and 23 hereof;
b) enjoy benefits from State policies intended for producers and traders of livestock breed products;
c) send complaints and denunciations or file a lawsuit regarding production of and trading in livestock breed products as per law provisions;
d) have their information about production of and trading in livestock breed products kept as confidential, except for cases required by competent regulatory agencies.
2. Every facility producing and trading livestock breed products is required to:
a) make a declaration of livestock breeding as prescribed in Article 54 hereof;
b) satisfy conditions applied for producers and traders of livestock breed products during production and trading process;
c) retain the breed dossier for at least 3 years from the production or trading date;
d) provide the buyer of livestock breed products with a dossier including information on name and address of production facility, name of livestock breed, quantity of livestock breed products sold, annals (for livestock breed products of cattle), declaration of applied standard and breeding process;
dd) ensure and take responsibility for quality of livestock breed products meeting the applied quality standard declared;
e) withdraw livestock breed products not meeting requirements for species, sources and quality and make compensation as per law provisions;
g) undergo inspection carried out by competent regulatory agencies.
Thus, facilities producing and trading livestock breed products have the rights and obligations according to the above provisions.
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