Thông tư 01/2016/TT-BNNPTNT

CIRCULAR

SUPPLEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS TO A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF THE CIRCULAR No. 57/2012/TT-BNNPTNT STIPULATING INSPECTION, SUPERVISION AND PENALTIES FOR USE OF SUBSTANCES IN BETA AGONIST GROUP BANNED FROM LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 199/2013/ND-CP dated November 26, 2013 stipulating functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development;

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 08/2010/ND-CP dated February 05, 2010 stipulating the management of animal feeds;

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 119/2013/ND-CP dated October 09, 2013 stipulating penalties for administrative violations in the areas of veterinary medicine, livestock breeds and animal feeds;

At the request of director of the Department of Livestock Production,

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development has promulgated the Circular providing amending a number of Articles of the Circular No. 57/2012/TT-BNNPTNT stipulating inspection, supervision and penalties for use of substances in beta agonist group banned from livestock production.

Article 1. Supplements and amendments to a number of articles of the Circular No. 57/2012/TT-BNNPTNT stipulating inspection, supervision and penalties for use of substances in beta agonist group banned from livestock production (herein ‘ Circular No. 57/2012/TT-BNNPTNT’) as follows:

1. Amendments to Point a, Clause 1, Article 6:

“Method 1 (used for quick results):

Conduct qualitative analysis using the quick test kit, or semi-qualitative analysis using the ELISA kit for the group of Beta-agonist, or separately for Clenbuterol, Salbutamol and Ractopamine. The limit of detection (LOD) of the quick test kit should be lower than 5 ppb, 3 ppb and 2 ppb for Salbutamol, Clenbuterol, and Ractopamine respectively. LOD of ELISA kit should be lower than 0.2 ppb. The test will end if it proves negative. Use of quick test kit shall be instructed by the Department of Livestock Production.

If the test proves positive, continue the quantitative analysis using chromatography techniques to confirm if the sample really tests positive for the prohibited substances in the beta agonist group and determine amount of such substances in the sample.

2. Article 7 is annulled.

3. Amendments to Clause 2, Article 11:

“2. Livestock owners shall be responsible for managing, maintaining and raising livestocks from the time of detection of positive result until the official conclusion is given by the inspection agency, being subject to penalties and implementing remedial measures as prescribed in Article 13 and 36 of the Government’s Decree No. 119/2013/ND-CP dated October 09, 2013."

4. Amendments to Section 4, Annex I enclosed with the Circular No. 57/2012/TT-BNNPTNT:

“4. The urine samples or blood samples shall be taken directly (at least 150 ml for urine and 15 ml for blood) from the livestock and poultry at the breeding premises and slaughterhouses. The samples taken shall be preserved at a temperature of 40C or lower.

The amount of urine or blood samples to be taken depends on scale of the breeding premises and slaughterhouses. Specific amount of samples according to scale of the breeding premise as follows:

Number of livestock less than 100: At least 1 – 3 samples from 1-3 head:

From 100 and over: At least 3 – 5 samples from 3-5 head:

Urine samples may be taken directly when the animals are excreting, or using a nylon bag attached to the urinary organ of the male, or a urinary catheter on a female.

A urine sample or blood sample is divided into two parts, each part is sealed and confirmed in writing by the sampling agency.  Samples should be stored in appropriate containers noted with relevant information as prescribed. One part of the sample shall be sent for tests and the other part kept at the sampling agency. Urine and blood samples should always be preserved at 40C or lower.”

5. Annex II enclosed with the Circular No. 57/2012/TT-BNNPTNT shall be amended in accordance with the annex enclosed herewith.

Article 2. Effect

This Circular takes effect since February 15, 2016.

Article 3. Responsibility

Chief of the Ministry Office, director of the Department of Livestock Production, directors of the Services of Agriculture and Rural Development of central-affiliated provinces and cities, heads of units affiliated to Ministries and relevant organizations, individuals shall be responsible for executing this Circular./.

ANNEX

IDENTITY OF SAMPLES THAT TEST POSITIVE ACCORDING TO QUANTITATIVE METHOD (Enclosed with the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Circular No. 01/2016/TT-BNNPTNT dated February 15, 2016)

A sample is considered as testing positive when result of quantitative analysis is higher or equal to one of the values (in ppb) as specified in the table below: