Vietnam: Maximum levels of undesirable substances in aquaculture feed

08:39, 12/03/2020

Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam issued Circular No. 04/2020/TT-BNNPTNT promulgating the National technical regulation on animal feed and ingredients in aquaculture feed.

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Maximum levels of undesirable substances in traditional feed and ingredients in aquaculture feed derived from fishery products are promulgated together with Circular No. 04/2020/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, specifically as follows:

No.	Type of feed and ingredient(1)	Substance	Maximum level
1	Corals, mollusk shells	Total arsenic (As)	10.0 mg/kg
		Lead (Pb)	15.0 mg/kg
		Fluorine (F)	1000.0 mg/kg
		Mercury (Hg)	0.5 mg/kg
		E. coli	Not detected in 1.0 g
		Salmonella	Not detected in 25.0 g
2	Fats and oils processed from fishery products	Total arsenic	25.0 mg/kg
		Insoluble impurities	1,0%
		Peroxide value	40.0 meq/kg oil
		E. coli	Not detected in 1.0 g
		Salmonella	Not detected in 25,0 g
		Ethoxyquin	200.0 mg/kg
3	Other types derived from fishery products	Total arsenic (As)	25.0 mg/kg
		Cadmium (Cd)	2.0 mg/kg
		Lead (Pb)	10.0 mg/kg
		Mercury (Hg)	0.5 mg/kg
		E. coli	Not detected in 1.0 g
		Salmonella	Not detected in 25.0 g
		Ethoxyquin	300.0 mg/kg (fish meal) 150.0 mg/kg (other product)

(1) In naturally-occurring and single or processed form, with or without technical substances.

Ethoxyquin is only applicable to ingredients in aquaculture.

Peroxide value and insoluble impurities are not applicable to ingredients in aquaculture.

More details can be found in Circular No. 04/2020/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, which takes effect from July 01, 2020.

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