Eligibility requirements and application files for importing animal and aqua feeds in Vietnam

Eligibility requirements and application files for importing animal and aqua feeds in Vietnam

I. Eligibility requirements applied to facilities importing animal and aqua feeds in Vietnam,

1. Organizations or individuals importing animal and aqua feeds must have or rent storage facilities for preservation of animal and aqua feed products which conform to storage requirements in order to ensure that these products meet requirements concerning quality standards, environmental protection and conform to recommendations given by manufacturers.

2. Animal and aqua feeds approved for sale in Vietnam

2.1. Animal and aqua feeds approved for sale in Vietnam shall be those certified by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development conformable to the applicable standards and relevant technical regulations (if any) and published on the website of the Ministry.
The duration of approval for sale of animal and aqua feeds in Vietnam is 05 years from the date of certification. Within a period of 06 months before the expiry date of approval for sale, where necessary, organizations or individuals may re-submit their application for approval for sale to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
2.2. Animal and aqua feeds approved for sale in Vietnam shall be obliged to meet the following requirements:
a) Release applicable standards in accordance with laws and regulations on construction, apply relevant standards and have appropriate quality relative to standards which have been announced for application. Make a declaration of conformity as prescribed by relevant national technical regulations (if any).
b) Each animal and aqua feed product for which only one quality standard is announced for application shall bear only 01 corresponding trade name.
c) New animal and aqua feed: Upon receipt of the decision to recognize a new animal and aqua feed granted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, if an organization or individual needs to have its new animal and aqua feed approved for sale in Vietnam, such organization or individual must comply with regulations set forth in Point a Clause 2.2 of this Article and shall be allowed to use experimental results included in the documentation submitted to apply for recognition of that new animal and aqua feed for declaration of applied standards or declaration of conformity.
2.3. Animal and aqua feeds manufactured for internal consumption or for consumption according to the conventional practices shall not require application for approval for sale in Vietnam but must meet regulations set out in relative technical regulations.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall make a public statement about animal and aqua feeds used according to conventional practices which are approved for sale in Vietnam, including provisions on minimum quality levels and provisions set forth in relevant national technical regulations (if any) in order to be applied to the production process.

II. Application files for approval for sale of imported animal and aqua feeds in Vietnam shall comprise:

1.Application form for approval for importation of animal and aqua feeds into Vietnam (according to the Form No. 05 given in the Appendix of Decree 39/2017/CP);
2.Certificate of free sale or other equivalent proving imported animal and aqua feeds, which is issued by competent authorities of the countries of origin in accordance with applicable laws and regulations;
3.Duplicate copy of one of the following documents such as ISO, GMP and HACCP or equivalents held by manufacturing facilities;
4.Product specification datasheet issued by manufacturers, including names of feed ingredients, quality, safety indicators, effects and user’s instructions;
5.Copy of written standards applied to organizations or individuals applying for approval for sale of animal and aqua feeds in Vietnam; secondary labels written in the Vietnamese language as required by laws or regulations;
6.Test reports showing product quality and safety indicators, which are issued by test laboratories designated by competent authorities of the origin countries or recognized by international or regional accreditation organizations, or designated or recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;
7.Product label samples (with certifying stamps of manufacturers or importers);

Submitted application documentation must be original or duplicate and enclose Vietnamese translations certified by importing organizations or individuals. If the original copy is not written in English, the Vietnamese translation with attestation affixed is required.

For new animal and aqua feeds that require experiments, the provisions laid down in Article 11 of Decree 39/2017/CP.

Source: Decree 39/2017/CP dated 4th April, 2017 of Vietnam Government.

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