Decisions of the State Council on Amending the Regulations on Administration of Animal Feed and Feed Additives
Decisions of the State Council on Amending the Regulations on Administration of Animal Feed and Feed Additives
Decisions of the State Council on Amending the Regulations on Administration of Animal Feed and Feed Additives
Order of the State Council of the People's Republic of China [2001] No. 327
November 29, 2001
The Decisions of the State Council on Amending the Regulations on Administration of Animal Feed and Feed Additives is released hereby and shall take effect as of the date of promulgation.
Premier Zhu Rongji
November 29, 2001
The State Council decides to make the following amendments to the Regulations on Administration of Animal Feed and Feed Additives:
Article 1. One article is added as Article 8: "The State offers protection to undisclosed test or other data acquired and submitted by the applicant of animal feed or feed additive that has been granted approval or registration and contains new chemical entities.
"For a period of six years from the date of approval or registration, if any second applicant applies for approval or registration of animal feed or feed additive by relying on the data provided in the preceding paragraph without the permission of the applicant who has been granted approval or registration, the approval or registration department shall grant no approval or registration, unless the second applicant has his own the data.
"Except for the following circumstances, the registration department shall not disclose the data provided in the first paragraph:
1. the disclosure of such data is necessary to protect the public;
2.steps have been taken to ensure that the data are protected against unfair commercial use."
Article 2. The title of Chapter III is changed to be "Administration of Production, Operation and Use".
Article 3. One article is added as Article 19: "The use of feed additive shall abide by the norms for safe use formulated by the competent agricultural administrative department of the State Council.
"It is prohibited from using the animal feed or feed additive provided for by Article 18 of these Regulations.
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