Vietnam: Information to know when using feeds containing antibiotics

According to Article 12 of Decree No. 13/2020/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, every Vietnamese and foreign organization and individual (hereinafter referred to as the “entity”) involved in animal husbandry within the territory of Vietnam must comply with the following regulations when using feeds containing antibiotics:

Firstly, criteria applied to domestic animals in the juvenile period permitted to use feeds containing antibiotics for animal disease prevention:

- Piglets must weigh up to 25 kg or must be from birth to 60 days of age;

- Chickens, ducks, swans and quails must be from 01 to 21 days of age;

- Rabbits must be from birth to 30 days of age;

- Buffalo and cow calves must be from birth to 06 months of age.

Secondly, antibiotics shall be only used to produce complete feeds for cattle and poultry and concentrate feeds for grass-fed cattle.

Thirdly, antibiotics shall be used for prevention of livestock diseases as follows:

- If a veterinary drug that contains an antibiotic on the WHO list of critically important antimicrobials for human medicine has been licensed for free sale for the purpose of livestock disease prevention, it may be sold and used until December 31, 2020;

- If a veterinary drug that contains an antibiotic on the WHO list of highly important antimicrobials for human medicine has been licensed for free sale for the purpose of livestock disease prevention, it may be sold and used December 31, 2021;

- If a veterinary drug that contains an antibiotic on the WHO list of important antimicrobials for human medicine has been licensed for free sale for the purpose of livestock disease prevention, it may be sold and used until December 31, 2022;

- If a veterinary drug that contains an antibiotic is not the one specified in Points a, b or c of this Clause and has been licensed for free sale for the purpose of livestock disease prevention, it may be sold and used until December 31, 2025.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall publish the list of antibiotics mentioned above.

View full text at Decree No. 13/2020/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, which takes effect from March 05, 2020.

Thu Ba

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