Vietnam: Animal and aquaculture feed must be tested for quality

11:37, 27/11/2017

This is a notable content of Circular No. 20/2017/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam providing guidelines for Decree No. 39/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government on management of feeds.

According to Circular No. 20/2017/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, feed testing quality shall be conducted as follows:

- The feed testing serving state management must be carried out at testing laboratories and by employing testing methods designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development or the Directorate of Fisheries, the Department of Livestock Husbandry and the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department.

- For the criteria serving state management for which a specific testing method is not designated or the testing method designated is different from the one specified in the applied standard, the Directorate of Fisheries, the Department of Livestock Husbandry shall establish an advisory council (for complex methods) or consult with at least 03 experts (for simple methods) in order to determine an/the most appropriate testing method. According to the conclusion of the advisory council or experts’ opinions, the Directorate of Fisheries, the Department of Livestock Husbandry shall decide on a temporarily applied method serving state management.

View members of advisory council at Circular No. 20/2017/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam.

- Thanh Lam -

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