Circular of the Minister of Aquatic Resources No. 2/1998/TT-BTS implementing Decree No. 15-CP/1996 on animal feed

1. Aquatic animal feeds mentioned in this Circular are products which have been industrially processed from materials with origins from plants, animals, micro-organisms, chemicals, minerals to supply aquatic animals with nutrients in order to ensure their life, growth and reproduction.

2. Complete compound feeds for aquatic animals are feeds in pellets (bits or pellets, collectively called as pellets) which are the mi>..'ture of many single feeds processed according to given formulas to ensure sufficient nutrients to maintain the life, growth, development and reproduction of domestic aquatic animals without adding any other feed. The size of pellets must be suited to each growth period of the reared animals. The feeds may be sinking or floating, suited to the eating habits of each kind of reared aquatic animals. II.REGISTRATION OF PRODUCTION OR BUSINESS

1. Vietnamese and foreign organizations and individuals that produce and/or trade in aquatic animal feeds on the territory of Vietnam must meet the following conditions: a/ Having the site, workshops and production and quality control equipment and facilities, technological processes for the feed production, which ensure the quality and environmental hygiene standards. THE MINISTRY OF AOUATIC RESOURCES b/ Having technical personnel who are capable of meeting the requirements of the aquatic animal feed production technology and quality control. CIRCULAR No.2/1998/TT-BTS OF MARCH 14, 1998 GUIDING THE 2. Cases of aquatic animal feed production and/or trading which must be registered: IMPLEMENTATION OF DECREE No.15-CP OF MARCH 19, 1996 OF THE a/ Feeds which are produced for the first time; 24 OFFICIAL GAZETTE No.18 (30-6-1998) b/ Feeds which have been granted production 4. The production ofand/or trading in aquatic animal registration papers but is now subject to a change in feeds which are not on the list offeeds permitted to be one of the following contents: the name, the produced and/or traded in, feeds which are of poor composition of nutrients, formula, product form, quality or have past their expiry date, feeds without a packaging and trademark. clear origin or a quality control stamp upon their delive1y from the factory, unregistered feeds or feeds c/ Feeds which have been produced abroad and with the registration paper having been withdrawn, are now applying for production registration in Vietnam. strictly prohibited. di Feeds which are produced abroad but expected to be sold in Vietnam through outlets licensed to 5. The aquatic animal feed production and/or trading operate in Vietnam. locations must have signboards showing the registered names of the enterprises or the shop. Such signboards

3. Dossiers of application for aquatic animal feed must be clearly -written and posted at a place to be easily production and/ or trading : seen by everyone. a/ An application for registration of the aquatic 6. Commercial aquatic animal feeds must be animal feed production and/or trading according to packaged with the trademark thereon according to the the prescribed form. registered standards. b/ The production or business license granted by the competent agency (a notarized copy). 7. The trademark's contents must be written in Vietnamese language and may be also in a foreign cl The goods quality registration paper according language provided that the size of the foreign language to form O1-TS/DKCL issued together with Decision letters must be smaller than that of the Vietnamese letters No. 14/KHCN of January 9, 1997 of the Minister of and put below the Vietnamese letters. A trademark must Aquatic Resources (for feeds which are on the list of include the following contents: goods subject to quality registration). a/ For complete compound feeds in pellets and

4. Each registration paper may permit the condensed feeds: production of and/or trading in one or more than one kind of aquatic animal feed. - Name of the producer. - Place of production.

5. The registration results shall be notified not later than seven days from the date the registry receives - The commercial name of the feed. the valid dossiers. - The quality registration code. - Net weight. III. AQUATIC ANIMAL FEED - Names and percentages of main nutrients (crude PRODUCTION AND TRADING protein, fat, fibrous matter, calcium, phosphorus, dissolubility and humidity ... ). I. The list of feeds of various kinds which are - Aquatic animals to be fed with, their sizes; and permitted or not pem1itted to be produced or traded in use instructions. Vietnam is included in Appendix 2 attached to this Circular. The specific name of each kind of feed - Date, month and year of production. permitted to be produced or circulated shall be - Expiry date. announced, adjusted or supplemented every year by the Ministry of Aquatic Resources. - Presen·ation instructions.

2. Aquatic animal feeds can be produced or traded b/ For complementary feeds: The trademarks must in only after they are issued registration papers by the include all the contents like those required of complete competent agencies stated in Section Vofthis Circular. compound feeds in pellets and condensed feeds and at the same time the names and proportions of

3. Each batch of aquatic animal feeds must be complementary substances. tested by the production establishments before their delivery from the factory and their samples must be 8. Safety must be ensured in the transportation of kept for the monitoring purpose for a period of six aquatic animal feeds, neither letting them be contaminated months while the testing record must be filed at the with noxious substances and bacteria, nor causing establishments for at least three years. changes in their composition to affect their quality. No.18 (30-6-1998) OFFICIAL GAZETTE 25

9. At the aquatic animal feed-storing or selling ex'J)orted. places, there must be storage to preserve their quality The exportation of aquatic animal feeds shall and ensure aquatic animal veterinary and comply with the Trade Ministry's annual import and environmental hygiene. Such articles which may export mechanism for the export of ordinary goods. damage or affect the quality of aquatic animal feeds as chemical fertilizers, pesticides, petrol, oil... must not be left together with aquatic animal feeds,. V. STATE MANAGEMENT OVER

10. Any new aquatic animal feed as the result of AQUATIC ANIMAL FEEDS successful research conducted by organizations or 1. At the central level. individuals must be experimentally used and shall be commercially produced only after the Ministry of a/ The Ministry of Aquatic Resources shall perform Aquatic resources so permits. the unified State management over aquatic animal feeds. It shall assign the Department for Protection of Aquatic

11. Aquatic animal feeds producers shall have to Resources to assume the main responsibility for this make quarterly and annual reports on their production task. The Department shall have the following tasks: situation to the Registration agency. - Assuming the main responsibility and coordina- ting with the functional departments in studying and IV. IMPORT AND EXPORT OF drafting documents to guide the provisions on the AQUATIC ANIMAL FEEDS AND RAW management of the aquatic animal feed production and MATERIALS FOR THE PRODUCTION trading for the Ministry to issue them or submit to the THEREOF Government for issuance. - Granting papers of registration of aquatic animal

1. Import feed production and trading to foreign-invested establishments (joint ventures or companies and a/ The importation of aquatic animal feeds and raw enterprises with 100 per cent of foreign capital), units materials for the production thereof shall comply with attached to the Ministry of Aquatic Resources, central the Aquatic Resources Ministry's regulations on the production and trading branches as well as foreign specialized aquatic product import and export. companies' agents and branches that sell aquatic b/ The aquatic animal feeds and their raw materials animal feeds in Vietnam. imported into Vietnam shall be permitted to be - Organizing or authorizing the Aquatic Resource marketed only if they meet one of the two following Protection Sub-Departments to organize the aquatic conditions: animal feed quality registration for the above- - They have been tested and granted with the State mentioned establishments which produce aquatic certificates for their quality. animal feeds in Vietnam or produce them abroad but register for their sale in Vietnam according to the - They have been tested and granted with aquatic regulations on the goods quality registration animal quarantine certificates. exclusively applicable to the aquatic resource sector cl Aquatic animal feeds which are for the first time issued together with Decision No. 14-QD/KRCN of brought into Vietnam must be subject to laboratory January 1, 1997 of the Minister of Aquatic Resources. test. The Ministry of Aquatic Resources shall designate - Conducting the test and granting State certificates its research institutions to conduct such test. All costs for quality of aquatic animal feeds which are produced of laboratory test shall be incurred by the aquatic in Vietnam in accordance with the regulations on animal feed owners. Basing itself on the testing results, inspection and State certification of aquatic resource the Ministry of Aquatic Resources shall consider to quality issued together with Decision No. 1184-QD/ permit the marketing of such feeds. KHCN of December 21, 1996 of the Minister of Aquatic Resources.

2. Export. - Checking and granting aquatic resource All kinds of feeds on the list of aquatic animal feeds quarantine certificates for imported or exported feeds pem1itted to be produced and traded in, which ensure and their raw materials which are not on the list of the registered quality standards and have been granted goods subject to quality inspection and certification. State certificates for their quality (for those feeds on the list of aquatic animal feeds which must be tested - Organizing the inspection and supervision of and granted .State certificates for quality) can be State management over aquatic animal feeds 26 OFFICIAL GAZETTE No.18 (30-6-1998) nationwide. VI. COMMENDATION AND - Coordinating with the departments and functional HANDLING OF VIOLATIONS agencies in proposing the lists offeeds the production and trading of which are permitted or banned and 1. Organizations, individuals and State employees submitting them to the Ministry for annual that record merits in the implementation of Decree No. announcement. 15-CP issued on March 19, 1998 by the Government shall be commended according to current regulations. b/ The Science and Technology Department shall assume the main responsibility and coordinate with 2. Organizations, individuals and State employees the Aquatic Resources Protection Department and that violate the stipulations in Decree No. 15-CP of the concerned agencies in setting aquatic animal feed Government and relevant provisions shall, depending quality standards as well as production, preservation on the e~ient of damage, be administratively sanctioned and use procedures and regulations and propose them and have to pay material compensation in accordance to the Ministry of Aquatic Rresources or the Ministry with the provisions of law. of Science, Technology and Environment for issuance.

2. The provinces and cities directly under the VII. IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS Central Government. a/ The provincial/municipal Aquatic Resources This Circular takes effect from the date of its Departments or the provincial Agriculture and Rural signing. The previous provisions which are contrary Development Deparbnents(of the localities where to this Circular are hereby annulled. there is no Aquatic Resources Department) shall advise All departments, institutes and research centers of the People's Committees of the provinces or cities tl1e Ministry of Aquatic Resources and the provincial/ directly under the Central Government to perform the municipal Aquatic Resources Departments and function of State management over aquatic animal Agriculture and Rural Development Departments feeds within their respective localities and direct the shall, according to their functions and powers, guide, Aquatic Resource Protection Sub-Departments or urge and supervise the implementation of this Circular agencies to perform the following tasks: Any problems arising in the course of implemen- - Elaborating documents guiding the State tation must be promptly reported to the Ministry of management of aquatic animal feeds in the localities. Aquatic Resources for amendment and supplement. - Granting papers of registration of aquatic animal feed production and/or trading to production and/or For the Minister ofAquatic Resources trading establishments falling under the scope of the Vice Minister localities' management. NGUYEN NGOC HONG - Granting aquatic animal feed quality certificates in accordance with the regulations on the specialized aquatic product registration issued together with Decision No. 14-QD/KHCN of January 9, 1997 of the Minister of Aquatic Resources. - Organizing the inspection and granting of State Appendix 2 certificates of quality for those kinds on the list of aquatic animal feeds which must be inspected and LISTS OF FEEDS ALLOWED FOR OR granted State certificates of quality and fall under the scope of the localities' management. BANNED FROM PRODUCTION AND/ OR CIRCULATION IN VIETNAM - Supervising, inspecting and handling violations of the State management over aquatic animal feeds at the locally-run establishments or, when authorized, THE CONTENTS OF NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES, centrally-run establishments. QUANTITIES OFPAIBOGENIC BACTERIA, NOXIOUS FUNGUS SPORES, FINENESS, AND b/ For localities where there is no aquatic resources HUMIDITY OF AQUATIC ANIMAL FEEDS protection agency, the Aquatic Resources Protection AND RAW MATERIALS THEREOF Department shall direct the provincial/municipal Agriculture and Rural Development Departments to (Issued together with Circular .Vo. 21J99811T-BTS perform the above-mentioned tasks. ofMarch 14, 1998) No.18 (30-6-1998) OFFICIAL GAZETTE 27 Table 1: The list of aquatic animal feeds which Table 4: Quantities ofpatl10genic bacteria, noxious are permitted to be produced and/or circulated in fungus spores in complete compound feeds, condensed Vietnam feeds and complementary feeds Code Names of feeds Code List Allowable quantity 01 Complete compound feeds 08 Pathogenic bacteria in 02 Condensed feeds complete compound feeds, 03 Complementary feeds condensed feeds and complementary feeds Not allowable Table 2: The list of aquatic animal feeds which 09 Noxious fungus spores are banned from production and/or circulation in in complete compound Vietnam feeds, condensed feeds and complementary feeds Not allowable Code Names of feeds 04 Kinds of hormone (except for sexual Table 5: Fineness and humidity of aquatic animal hormone) or anti-hormone feeds for feeds and raw materials thereof aquatic animals. Kinds of feeds which contain artificial growth chemical Code List Allowable norm stimulants, matters which are noxious 10 Allowable maximum to human beings and water fineness of raw materials environment. for the production of complete compound feeds, Table 3: Allowable contents of Aflatoxin and condensed feeds and noxious substances in aquatic animal feeds and raw complementary feeds 100-200µ materials t11ereof ll Allowable maximum Code list Allowable content humidity for complete compound feeds, 05 Content of Aflatoxin condensed feeds and in corn, corn powder, complementary feeds 10~12% wheat flour, rice bran, broken rice, fish powde1 soya bean cakes. peanut cakes, etc., as raw mate- rials for the production of aquatic animal feeds Not allowable 06 Allowable content of Aflatoxin in complete compound feeds Not allowable 07 Allowable maximum 2.4 D: 0.2 mg/kg content of toxins (plant Butyl hydro~'}' toluen protection drugs, (BHI): 0.02% preservation chemicals) Butyl hydro~')' anisole in maize, corn powder (BHA): 0.02% wheat, flour, rice bnm, Etho:-..-yquin: 0.15% broken rice, fish powder, Sorbate: 0.3% soya bean cakes, peanut Benzoate: 0.3% cakes, etc., as raw Malathion: 2mg/kg materials for the production of aquatic animal feeds