The declaration of complete feeds and concentrated feeds in Vietnam

The declaration of complete feeds and concentrated feeds in Vietnam (Image from the Internet)

On November 19, 2018, the 14th National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, at its 6th session, passed the Law on Animal Husbandry No. 32/2018/QH14 (referred to as the Law on Animal Husbandry 2018).

The Law on Animal Husbandry 2018 provides for raising of livestock, rights and obligations of organizations and individuals involved in animal husbandry and state management in animal husbandry.

According to the provisions of Clauses 26 and 27, Article 2 of the Law on Animal Husbandry 2018 (effective from January 1, 2020), “complete feed" means a mixture of multiple feed ingredients compounded to create a nutritionally adequate feed capable of sustaining life and promoting production of domesticated animals over growth stages or production cycles without other feeds than water.

“concentrated feed” means a combination of animal feed ingredients of which the nutrition content is higher than nutritional need of a livestock and that is intended to be mixed with other feed ingredients to create a complete feed.

According to the provisions of Article 33 of the Law on Animal Husbandry 2018, the declaration of complete feeds and concentrated feeds is specifically regulated as follows:

1. Information on complete feeds and concentrated feeds shall be posted on the portal of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development by producers or traders thereof.

2. The dossier of declaration of complete feed and concentrated includes:

a) documents specified in Point b, c, d, dd and e in Clause 2 Article 34 hereof for domestic complete feeds and concentrated feeds;

b) documents specified in Point b, c, d, dd, e and g in Clause 3 Article 34 hereof for imported complete feeds and concentrated feeds; The dossier provided shall be the original or certified true copy or certified Vietnamese translation.

3. Organizations and individuals shall access to the portal of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to post up information about complete feeds and concentrated feeds. The information posted must be consistent with those provided in the dossier mentioned in Clause 2 this Article.

After declaring animal feed products, such organizations or individuals may produce or trade such animal feed and take responsibility for quality and safety of the aforesaid products.

4. Changes in information about complete feeds and concentrated feeds shall be made as follows:

a) New post of animal feed information shall be updated as prescribed in Clause 2 and 3 this Article in case of changes in the producer’s address and product quality;

b) For changes not specified in Point a this Clause, changes in information posted shall be updated on the portal of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

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