Vietnam: Maximum levels of undesirable substances in aquaculture feed derived from plants

09:25, 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 plants 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	Cereal and cereal products
1.1	Grain, rice, rice bran and grain products	Total arsenic (As)	2.0 mg/kg
		Lead (Pb)	10.0 mg/kg
		Aflatoxin B1	30,0 µg/kg
		Peroxide value	40.0 meq/kg oil (rice bran)
		Salmonella	Not detected in 25.0 g
1.2	Wheat, wheat bran and wheat products	Total arsenic (As)	2.0 mg/kg
		Lead (Pb)	10.0 mg/kg
		Aflatoxin B1	30.0 µg/kg
		Peroxide value	40.0 meq/kg oil (wheat bran)
		Salmonella	Not detected in 25.0 g
1.3	Maize, other cereal and products thereof	Total arsenic (As)	2.0 mg/kg
		Lead (Pb)	10.0 mg/kg
		Aflatoxin B1	30.0 µg/kg 50.0 µg/kg (maize, maize products)
		Salmonella	Not detected in 25.0 g
2	Legumes and oilseeds	Total arsenic (As)	2.0 mg/kg
		Lead (Pb)	10.0 mg/kg
		Aflatoxin B1	30.0 µg/kg
		Salmonella	Not detected in 25.0 g
3	Cottonseeds and cottonseed meal	Total arsenic (As)	2.0 mg/kg
		Lead (Pb)	10.0 mg/kg
		Aflatoxin B1	30.0 µg/kg
		Free gossypol	1,200.0 mg/kg (cottonseed meal) 5,000 mg/kg (cottonseed meal)
		Salmonella	Not detected in 25.0 g
4	Soybean meal, peanut meal, palm kernel meal, rapeseed meal, sesame meal, sunflower meal, linseed meal, coconut meal, lupine meal and other oil cakes	Total arsenic (As)	2.0 mg/kg
		Lead (Pb)	10.0 mg/kg
		Aflatoxin B1	30.0 µg/kg 50.0 µg/kg (peanut meal)
		Hydrocyanic acid	350.0 mg/kg (linseed meal)
		Salmonella	Not detected in 25.0 g
5	Cassava, tapioca and cassava products	Total arsenic (As)	2.0 mg/kg
		Lead (Pb)	10.0 mg/kg
		Aflatoxin B1	30.0 µg/kg
		Hydrocyanic acid	100.0 mg/kg 200.0 mg/kg (cassava with husks, cassava husks)
		Salmonella	Not detected in 25.0 g
6	Root, trunk, bulb, fruit, other legumes; products and by-products thereof.	Total arsenic (As)	2.0 mg/kg
		Lead (Pb)	10,0 mg/kg
		Aflatoxin B1	30.0 µg/kg
		Salmonella	Not detected in 25.0 g.
7	Gluten, starch	Total arsenic (As)	2.0 mg/kg
		Lead (Pb)	10.0 mg/kg
		Aflatoxin B1	30.0 µg/kg
		Salmonella	Not detected in 25.0 g
8	Products and by-products obtained from food manufacturing and processing	Total arsenic (As)	2.0 mg/kg
		Lead (Pb)	10.0 mg/kg
		Aflatoxin B1	30.0 µg/kg
		Salmonella	Not detected in 25.0 g
9	Terrestrial plants and weeds, by-products of plants	Total arsenic (As)	4.0 mg/kg
		Lead (Pb)	30.0 mg/kg
		Aflatoxin B1	30.0 µg/kg
		Salmonella	Not detected in 25.0 g
10	Aquatic plants, products of aquatic plants	Total arsenic (As)	40.0 mg/kg
		Cadmium (Cd)	2.0 mg/kg
		Lead (Pb)	30.0 mg/kg
		Mercury (Hg)	0.5 mg/kg
		Aflatoxin B1	30.0 µg/kg
		Salmonella	Not detected in 25.0 g
11	Oils and fats derived from plants	Total arsenic (As)	25.0 mg/kg
		Insoluble impurities	1,0 %
		Peroxide value	40.0 meq/kg oil
		Salmonella	Not detected in 25.0-g sample
12	Other types derived from plants	Total arsenic (As)	40.0 mg/kg
		Lead (Pb)	30.0 mg/kg
		Aflatoxin B1	30.0 µg/kg
		Salmonella	Not detected in 25.0 g

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

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.

Le Hai

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