Animal and aqua feeds approved for sale in Vietnam

1. In order to obtain authorization for sale in Vietnam, animal and aqua feeds must meet quality requirements in conformance to the applicable standards and relevant technical regulations (if any), and must be published on the Portal of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

2. Animal and aqua feeds approved for sale in Vietnam shall be obliged to meet the following requirements:

- Release applicable standards in accordance with laws and regulations on construction, apply relevant standards and have appropriate quality relative to standards which have been announced for application. Make a declaration of conformity as prescribed by relevant national technical regulations (if any).

- Each animal and aqua feed product for which only one quality standard is announced for application shall bear only 01 corresponding trade name.

- New animal and aqua feed: Upon receipt of the decision to recognize a new animal and aqua feed granted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, if an organization or individual needs to have its new animal and aqua feed approved for sale in Vietnam, such organization or individual must comply with regulations set forth in Point a Clause 2 of this Article and shall be allowed to use experimental results included in the documentation submitted to apply for recognition of that new animal and aqua feed for declaration of applied standards or declaration of conformity.

3. Animal and aqua feeds manufactured for internal consumption or for consumption according to the conventional practices shall not require application for approval for sale in Vietnam but must meet regulations set out in relative technical regulations.

Decree No. 39/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government takes effect from May 20, 2017.

- Ngoc Duyen -

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