What are the fines for violations against regulations on expiry date of animal and aqua feed products in Vietnam?
My name is Trong Toan. I'm doing a research into the law on administrative violations against regulations on livestock breeds, animal feeds and aqua feeds. I have a question. What are the fines for violations against regulations on expiry date of animal and aqua feed products in Vietnam? Which document stipulates this issue? Thank you!
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Pursuant to Article 11 of the Decree 64/2018/ND-CP on livestock breeds, animal feeds and aqua feeds, the fines for violations against regulations on expiry date of animal and aqua feed products in Vietnam are stipulated as follows:
1. A warning or a fine ranging from VND 200,000 to VND 400,000 shall be imposed for trading each animal and aqua feed product after the expiry date written on its label or package provided that the product is worth less than VND 1,000,000.
2. A fine ranging from VND 400,000 to VND 600,000 shall be imposed for trading each animal and aqua feed product after the expiry date written on its label or package provided that the product is worth VND 1,000,000 – VND 2,000,000.
3. A fine ranging from VND 600,000 to VND 1,000,000 shall be imposed for trading each animal and aqua feed product after the expiry date written on its label or package provided that the product is worth VND 2,000,000 – VND 3,000,000.
4. A fine ranging from VND 1,000,000 to VND 2,000,000 shall be imposed for trading each animal and aqua feed product after the expiry date written on its label or package provided that the product is worth VND 3,000,000 – VND 5,000,000.
5. A fine ranging from VND 2,000,000 to VND 3,000,000 shall be imposed for trading each animal and aqua feed product after the expiry date written on its label or package provided that the product is worth VND 5,000,000 – VND 10,000,000.
6. A fine ranging from VND 3,000,000 to VND 5,000,000 shall be imposed for trading each animal and aqua feed product after the expiry date written on its label or package provided that the product is worth VND 10,000,000 – VND 20,000,000,
7. A fine ranging from VND 5,000,000 to VND 7,000,000 shall be imposed for trading each animal and aqua feed product after the expiry date written on its label or package provided that the product is worth VND 20,000,000 – VND 30,000,000,
8. A fine ranging from VND 7,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for trading each animal and aqua feed product after the expiry date written on its label or package provided that the product is worth VND 30,000,000 – VND 40,000,000,
9. A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 15,000,000 shall be imposed for trading each animal and aqua feed product after the expiry date written on its label or package provided that the product is worth VND 40,000,000 – VND 50,000,000,
10. A fine ranging from VND 15,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for trading each animal and aqua feed product after the expiry date written on its label or package provided that the product is worth VND 50,000,000 – VND 70,000,000,
11. A fine ranging from VND 20,000,000 to VND 30,000,000 shall be imposed for trading each animal and aqua feed product after the expiry date written on its label or package provided that the product is worth VND 70,000,000 – VND 100,000,000,
12. A fine ranging from VND 30,000,000 to VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed for trading each animal and aqua feed product after the expiry date written on its label or package provided that the product is worth VND 100,000,000 and above.
13. A fine ranging from VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for failure to write or incorrectly write the manufacturing date on product’s label or package when manufacturing, processing or trading animal and aqua feed products.
14. A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 15,000,000 shall be imposed for using each expired animal feed ingredient, or each expired animal fee product in course of manufacturing or processing.
15. Remedial measures:
a) With regard to the commitment of one of the violations prescribed in Clause 4, Clause 5, Clause 6, Clause 7, Clause 8, Clause 9, Clause 10, Clause 11 and Clause 12 of this Article: Enforced recall and repurposing of the batch of products. The batch of products that cannot be repurposed shall be destroyed;
b) With regard to the commitment of the violation prescribed in Clause 14 of this Article: Enforced repurposing of products if they meet requirements concerning the new purpose. In case products cannot be repurposed, all expired ingredients and the batch of products made of expired ingredients must be destroyed.
Above are the fines for violations against regulations on expiry date of animal and aqua feed products in Vietnam. Please refer to the Decree 64/2018/ND-CP for more details.
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