The declaration of feed additives in animal husbandry in Vietnam

The declaration of feed additives in animal husbandry 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 Clause 28, Article 2 of the Law on Animal Husbandry 2018 (effective from January 1, 2020), “feed additive" means any single ingredient or compound of multiple feed ingredients added to the feed ration for the purpose of balancing nutrients essential to domesticated animals, maintaining or improving characteristics of animal feed or improving livestock’s health or characteristics of animal products.

According to the provisions of Article 34 of the Law on Animal Husbandry 2018, declaration of feed additives in animal husbandry is specifically regulated as follows:

1. Feed additive products must be appraised to be posted on the portal of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. This regulation shall not apply to single ingredients.

2. The application for declaration of domestic feed additive products includes:

a) An application form;

b) A certificate of eligibility for production of animal feed;

c) Contract for leasing or processing animal feed in case the organization or individual lease or process animal feed at the animal feed production facility granted a certificate of eligibility for production of animal feed;

d) Applied standards and written announcement of receipt of conformity declaration;

dd) The result note of testing of quality and safety standards of the product specified in applied standards declared and equivalent national technical regulations issued by the laboratory appointed or accredited by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;

e) Sample of product’s label

3. The application for declaration of imported feed additive products includes:

a) An application form;

b) A certificate of circulation or document with equal validity granted by the competent authority of the exporting country;

c) An ISO Certificate of Quality Management System or Good Manufacturing Practice Certificate or Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Certificate or equivalent certificates of the producer;

d) Product information sheet provided by the producer which specifies feed ingredients, useful effects, using instructions; quality and safety standards as regulated by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development;

dd) Applied standards declaration registered under law provisions on product and goods quality and the sub-label in Vietnamese as regulated;

e) The result note of testing of product quality and safety issued by the laboratory appointed by the competent authority of the exporting country or accredited by the international or regional accreditation organization or the laboratory appointed or accredited by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;

g) A label sample provided by the animal feed producer

The application provided shall be the original or certified true copy or certified Vietnamese translation.

4. The application for re-declaration of feed additive products shall be prepared as follows:

a) As for domestic feed additives, such application shall be made as prescribed in Point a Clause 2 this Article;

b) As for imported feed additives, such application shall be made as prescribed in Point a Clause 3 this Article.

5. Declaration of feed additive products shall follow the procedure below:

a) The organization or individual shall access to the portal of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to apply for declaration of feed additive products as prescribed in Clause 2, 3 and 4 this Article;

b) The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall check the application's components and notify the applicant through the portal for him/her to provide additional information if the application is found unsatisfactory within 3 working days from the day on which the application is received.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall appraise the application and post the product information on its portal or provide explanation if the application is rejected within 20 days from the day on which the satisfactory application is received.

6. The feed additive products may be put on circulation for 5 years from the day on which information about such product is posted on the portal of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Product re-declaration shall be requested under regulations in Clause 4 and 5 this Article 6 months before the expiration date of product

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