Eligibility requirements applied to facilities manufacturing and processing animal and aqua feeds in Vietnam

1. Animal and aqua feed manufacturing and processing sites must be placed in the vicinity of areas which are not affected by polluting factors such as hazardous wastes, chemicals, livestock and aquatic animal farms.

2. Production sites must be enclosed by walls or fences.

3. Environmental impact assessment report or environmental protection plan must be prepared in accordance with applicable laws and regulations on environment.

4. Requirements concerning a production plant and equipment:

- A production site is designed and furnished with equipment items according to the single-direction rules in which raw material areas and product areas are kept separate in order to prevent cross-contamination.

- The technological production line is appropriate for manufacturing of particular types of animal and aqua feed products; feed materials, ingredients and finished feed products are palletized (except when warehouse and entire plant grounds are well-ventilated and moisture-resistant).

- Its warehouse or storage facility must be designed to store animal and aqua feed ingredients that require a particular storage mechanism in uniformity with specific feed manufacturer’s instructions.

- With respect to a facility manufacturing and processing animal feeds containing antibiotics, it must set up a separate area for mixing, preparation and formulation of these products in order to ensure cross-contamination that may occur is contained so that it cannot affect the ambient environment.

- Measurement devices or instruments must be in place in order to control quality of animal and aqua feed products and ensure accuracy in accordance with applicable laws and regulations on measurement.

- Technical solutions to controlling foreign matters (e.g. sand, dust or metals) that may affect quality of feed ingredients must be offered by using equipment and devices (fans, sieves, magnets, etc.).

- Solutions to preventing and controlling fire, avoiding rodent, bird and other harmful animal infestation must be available.

- Relevant dust collection equipment and waste treatment systems must be in place to avoid contaminating feed products and assure that environmental standards conform to relevant regulations.

5. Technicians working for these facilities must obtain at least university degrees in one of the following majors, including animal science, animal science - animal health, animal health, food technology or biotechnology (in terms of animal feeds) or in the aquaculture science, biology or food technology (in terms of aqua feeds).

6. They must have or rent testing laboratories used for analyzing quality of animal and aqua feeds in the course of production and processing.

Decree No. 39/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government takes effect from May 20, 2017, replacing Decree No. 08/2010/NĐ-CP.

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