Chapter VI
RESPONSIBILITIES OF ENTITIES, ORGANIZATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THE ANIMAL AND AQUA FEED INDUSTRY
Article 23. Responsibilities for regulatory management of animal and aqua feeds
1. The Government shall exercise the central regulatory authority over animal and aqua feeds.
2. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall assume the following responsibilities:
a) Take charge of and cooperate with relevant ministries or sectoral departments in establishment of strategic plans, aims and objectives, policies for development and utilization of animal and aqua feeds across the nation.
b) Draft, issue, or submit to competent authorities to request them to issue or implement, legislative documents on animal and aqua feeds.
c) Prepare national standards and national technical regulations on animal and aqua feeds.
d) Set a limit on the minimum number of indicators that must be included in the applied standards.
dd) Manage experiments with and recognize new animal and aqua feeds.
e) Collect and manage information or data on animal and aqua feeds.
g) Issue the negative list of substances prohibited for use in animal and aqua feeds and publicize animal and aqua feed products approved for free sale in Vietnam.
h) Issue the positive list of antibiotics allowed for use in animal feeds for promotion of growth of livestock and poultry. Provide instructions for production and utilization of animal feeds containing antibiotics for the purpose of livestock and poultry disease prevention and treatment.
i) Provide guidance on, direct and carry out inspection, audit of compliance with, and imposition of sanctions for any violations against, regulations on production, trading and usage of animal and aqua feeds.
k) Raise public awareness of and disseminate legislative documents on animal and aqua feeds.
l) Promote international cooperation in the animal and aqua feed industry.
m) Carry out regulatory management of quality of animal and aqua feeds as prescribed.
n) Conduct researches on and apply scientific and technological advances which are used in the animal and aqua feed industry.
o) Provide training, coaching and certification for personnel working in the animal and aqua feed industry.
3. Ministries and Ministry-level bodies shall, within their duties and jurisdiction, take responsibility for collaborating with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in exercising regulatory authority over animal and aqua feeds.
4. People’s Committees of centrally-affiliated cities and provinces shall assume the following responsibilities:
a) Draw up the plan for development and use of animal and aqua feeds within their jurisdictions.
b) Direct guidance on effective and environment-friendly utilization of animal and aqua feeds.
c) Adopt incentive policies for and command competent authorities within their jurisdictions to provide facilitation for enterprises located within their jurisdictions to improve animal and aqua feed quality and safety.
d) Raise public awareness of, disseminate, and provide organizations or individuals manufacturing, trading and using animal and aqua feeds with instructions on laws and regulations and information on quality of animal and aqua feeds.
dd) Plan and carry out inspection, audit of compliance with, and imposition of sanctions for any violations against, regulations in the animal and aqua feed industry within their jurisdictions.
Article 24. Responsibilities of entities or individuals engaged in production of animal and aqua feeds
1. Declare conformity with eligibility requirements for facilities manufacturing and processing animal and aqua feeds, and deposit 01 set of documents at their offices.
2. Declare the applied standards and make declaration of conformity (if any) with quality standards of animal and aqua feeds as prescribed and deposit 01 set of documents at their offices.
3. Adopt the due process for manufacturing and control of quality of products. Write and keep a logbook of the production process for at least 02 years after the product’s expiry date.
4. Carry out testing and file results of testing of raw materials and finished feed products as a manner to satisfy requirements for in-process quality control and needs for access to these results for imposition of sanctions for any future violation. Store the test results for the duration of 02 years and deposit and preserve test samples for a period of 30 days after the expiry date.
5. Display quality information on the product label or package or attached documents in which main ingredients or antibiotics (if any) must be specified in accordance with regulations adopted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
6. Comply with requests for audit or inspection of conformity and quality requirements for animal and aqua feeds in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
7. Commence their production only after having made declaration of conformity with eligibility requirements for facilities manufacturing and processing animal and aqua feeds.
8. Produce animal and aqua feeds for Vietnamese markets only in accordance with Chapter IV hereof.
9. Take legal responsibility for quality of animal and aqua feeds manufactured under their management; treat, recall or eliminate animal and aqua feed products that fail to meet stipulated quality and safety standards, and pay any required compensation to livestock farmers.
10. On a periodical basis on the 25th day of every month, prepare a review report on manufacturing of animal and aqua feeds for submission to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and an ad-hoc report upon the request of competent authorities having regulatory authority over activities relating to animal and aqua feeds.
Article 25. Responsibilities of entities or individuals engaged in purchase, sale and import of animal and aqua feeds
1. Purchase, sell and import animal and aqua feeds for Vietnamese markets only in accordance with Chapter IV hereof.
2. Check product origin, expiry date and intactness of animal and aqua feed products; pay attention to marks showing conformity with standards or regulations (if any).
3. Apply methods for preserving quality of animal and aqua feeds under manufacturer’s recommendations in order to maintain acceptable quality of animal and aqua feed products.
4. Comply with requests for audit of prices of animal and aqua feeds in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
5. Comply with requests for audit or inspection of eligibility requirements for trading of and quality of animal and aqua feeds in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Treat, recall or eliminate animal and aqua feed products that fail to meet stipulated quality and safety standards in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and pay any necessary compensation to livestock farmers.
6. Organizations or individuals importing antibiotic premix products must prepare a review report on import and consumption of feed products for submission to the sectoral regulators affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for its supervision of trading and use of feed products to serve the right purposes and according to the appropriate procedures.
Article 26. Responsibilities of entities or individuals using animal and aqua feeds
1. Comply with the Government's regulations and instructions given by animal and aqua feed suppliers for transportation, storage, conservation and usage of animal and aqua feeds. Avoid using prohibited substances in farm animal production activities.
2. Comply with requests for audit or inspection of quality of animal and aqua feeds made by regulators.
3. Cooperate in treatment and elimination of animal and aqua feed products and livestock products in breach of stipulated quality and safety standards.
4. Keep a logbook that records usage of animal feeds containing antibiotics for the purpose of animal disease prevention and treatment.
Article 27. Responsibilities of organizations granting certification of conformity in the animal and aqua feed industry
1. Assume liability and accountability to the appointed entity for the result of certification of conformity in the animal and aqua feed industry.
2. Submit the evaluation report on the result of certification of conformity in the animal and aqua feed industry to the appointed entity on a monthly basis or upon request.
3. Provide organizations or individuals with services such as storing and preserving samples for a period of at least 90 days from the date of notification of the result of certification of conformity in the animal and aqua feed industry.
4. Deposit the dossiers of certification of conformity in the animal and aqua feed industry for a period of at least 05 years.
5. Comply with requests for audit or inspection of certification of conformity in the animal and aqua feed industry made by regulators.
Article 28. Responsibilities of organizations performing experiments with animal and aqua feeds
1. Assume liability for the results of experiments with animal and aqua feeds.
2. Deposit the documentation on experiments with animal and aqua feed products for a period of at least 03 years.
3. Comply with requests for audit or inspection of experiments with animal and aqua feed products made by regulators.
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