Decision No. 07/2005/QD-BTS promulgating the lists of chemicals and antibiotics, which are banned or restricted from use in fisheries production and business

DECISION No. 07/2005/QD-BTS OF FEBRUARY 24, 2005 PROMULGATING THE LISTS OF CHEMICALS AND ANTIBIOTICS, WHICH ARE BANNED OR RESTRICTED FROM USE IN FISHERIES PRODUCTION AND BUSINESS THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES Pursuant to the 2004 Veterinary Ordinance; Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 43/ 2003/ND-CP of May 2, 2003 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Fisheries; Pursuant to the Fisheries Minister's Decision No. 03/2002/OO-BTS of January 22, 2002 promulgating the Regulation on management of aquatic veterinary drugs; At the proposals of the director of the National the Fisheries Minister's Decision No. 07/2005/OD Fisheries Quality Assurance and Veterinary BTS of February 24, 2005". f3irectorate and the director of the Science and Technology Department, DECIDES: Article 1.- To promulgate together with this Decision: The list of chemicals and antibiotics, which are banned from use in fisheries production and business, stated in Appendix 1, and the list of chemicals and antibiotics, which are restricted from use in fisheries production and business, in order to control residues in aquatic products below the permitted maximum limits, stated in Appendix 2. Article 2.- The mixing of more than 02 antibiotic active-substances in 01 medicinal or chemical product or the mixing of active substances of Fluoroquinolone group is not permitted. In cases where a product contains 02 antibiotic active substances, production establishments must have enough scientific and practical grounds to ensure that the mixing thereof shall neither reduce the effects of each active substance nor adversely affect domestic animals and the environment. All products being feed, detergents, germicides, pond- and marsh-deterging chemicals, veterinary drugs and fisheries preservatives must be labeled according to the Prime Minister's Decision No. 178/ 1999/OD-TTg of August 30, 1999 and the Fisheries Minister's Circular No. 03/2000/TT-BTS of September 22, 2000, and inscribed with the phrase: "Not containing substances banned from use under Article 3.-This Decision takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette and replaces the Fisheries Ministry's Decision No. 01 / 2002/QD-BTS of January 22, 2002 on banning the use of some chemicals and antibiotics in fisheries production and business and the list of aquatic veterinary drugs restricted from use in aquaculture, issued together with the Fisheries Ministry's Decision No. 17/2002/QD-BTS of May 24, 2002. Particularly for substances with ordinal numbers from 12 thru 17 in Appei:idix '1, the effective date is July 1, 2005. Article 4.- The director of the National Fisheries Quality Assurance and Veterinary Directorate shall have to organize and inspect the implementation of this Decision. The director of the Office, the heads of the Departments, the head of the Inspectorate, the director of the National Fisheries Extension Center, and the heads of non-business units, of the Ministry; the directors of the provincial/municipal Fisheries Services and Agriculture and Rural Development Services which perform the State management over fisheries; as well as individuals and organizations that produce, trade in, import and/or use feed, veterinary drugs, chemicals, bio preparations and/or microorganisms used in fishery activities shall have to implement this Decision. For the Minister of Fisheries Vice Minister NGUYEN VIET THANG Ordinal number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Appendix 1 LIST OF CHEMICALS AND ANTIBIOTICS BANNED FROM USE IN FISHERIES PRODUCTION AND BUSINESS (Issued together with the Fisheries Minister's Decision No. 07/2005/QD-BTS of February 24, 2005) Name of chemicals or antibiotics Objects of application Aristolochia spp and preparations thereof Feed, veterinary drugs, Chloramphenicol chemicals, environment treatment substances, Chloroform detergents, germicides, Chlorpromazine preservatives, hand-skin lotion in all stages of breed Colchicine production, culturing of Oapsone aquatic animals and plants and amphibians, fishery Oimetridazole services as well as Metronidazole preservation and processing Nitrofuran (including Furazolidone) Ronidazole Green Malachite lpronidazole Other Nitroimidazoles Clenbuterol Diethylstilbestrol (DES) Glycopeptides Trichlorfon (Dipterex) Ordinal number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Appendix2 LIST OF CHEMICALS AND ANTIBIOTICS RESTRICTED FROM USE IN FISHERIES PRODUCTION AND BUSINESS (Issued together with the Fisheries Minister's Decision No. 07/2005/QD-BTS of February 24, 2005) Name of Maximum Chemicals/antibiotics chemicals residue level Use purposes use stoppage time or antibiotics (MRL) (ppb) before harvest and use as food Amoxicillin 50 Used as raw Production/business Ampicillin 50 materials for establishments must Benzylpenicillin 50 production of have enough scientific Cloxacillin 300 veterinary drugs for and practical grounds Dicloxacillin 300 aquatic animals regarding the duration Oxacillin 300 and plants and for controlling residues Danofloxacin 100 amphibians of chemicals or Difloxacin 300 antibiotics in aquatic Enrofloxacin 100 animals and plants and Ciprofloxacin 100 amphibians below the Oxolinic acid 100 permitted maximum limit Sarafloxacin 30 for each cultured object, Flumequine 600 and inscribe the before Colistin 150 harvest chemical/ Cypermethrim 50 antibiotics use stoppage Deltamethrin 10 time on product labels. Diflubenzuron 1,000 Teflubenzuron 500 Amamectin 100 Erythromycine 200 Tilmicosin 50 Tylosin 100 Florfenicol 1,000 Lincomycine 100 Neomycine 500 26 Paromomycin 500 27 Spectinomycin 300 28 Chlortetracycline 100 29 Oxytetracycl ine 100 30 Tetracycline 100 31 Sulfonamide (of all types) 100 32 Trimethoprim 50 33 Ormetoprim 50 34 Tricaine methanesulfonate 15"330 Notes: When registering the production of, or trading in, veterinary drugs for aquatic animals and plants and amphibians, which contain chemicals or antibiotics outside the list mentioned in this Appendix, the applying establishments must provide enough scientific and practical grounds (or testing/assaying results) for determining the properties, effects and harms, if any, of products, and maximum residue level {MAL), the duration for controlling residues of chemicals or antibiotics in aquatic animals and plants and amphibians below the permitted maximum limit for each cultured object.