Vietnam’s new regulations on penalties for violations against regulations on quality of animal and aqua feed products

According to Decree No. 64/2018/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, fines and the power to impose fines for violations against regulations on livestock breeds, animal and aqua feeds; rules for determining the degrees of violations against regulations on quality of animal and aqua feed products are specified as follows:

- The maximum fine imposed upon an individual for committing an animal breed offense is VND 50,000,000; the same imposed upon an organization is VND 100,000,000. The maximum fine imposed upon an individual for committing an animal or aqua feed offense is VND 100,000,000; the same imposed upon an organization is VND 200,000,000.

- The fines for administrative violations prescribed in Chapter II herein are imposed upon individuals. The fine incurred by an organization is twice as much as that incurred by an individual for committing the same administrative violation.

- The fines imposed by the authorized persons prescribed in Chapter III herein are incurred by individuals for committing administrative violations herein. An authorized person may impose a fine which is twice as much as the one imposed on an individual for committing the same violation.

- The degrees of violations against regulations on quality of animal and aqua feed products herein shall be determined according to analytical results while taking into account tolerances for quality-control testing as regulated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Decree No. 64/2018/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government takes effect from June 22, 2018.

- Thanh Lam -

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