Regulations on Administration of Fodder and Fodder Additive (from government website)

Regulations on Administration of Fodder and Fodder Additive

Order of the State Council [1999] No.266

May 29, 1999

(Adopted at the 17th Executive Meeting of the State Council on May 18, 1999, and promulgated by Decree No. 266 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on May 29, 1999)

Premier : Zhu Rongji

Appendix: Regulations on Administration of Fodder and Fodder Additive

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 These Regulations are formulated with a view to strengthening the administration of fodder and fodder additive, improving the quality of fodder and fodder additive, promoting the development of fodder industry and livestock breeding industry, and maintaining people's health.

Article 2 The term "fodder" referred to in these Regulations means the fodder used for animal food after industrialized process and manufacture, including pure fodder, additive-preblended fodder, concentrated fodder, assorted fodder and supplemental fodder for refined fodder.
The term "fodder additive" referred to in these Regulations means the small or minim amount of substance added during the course of processing, manufacturing and using, including nutritious fodder additive or ordinary fodder additive. The list of varieties of fodder additive shall be worked out and published by the competent department of agriculture administration of the State Council.

Article 3 The competent departments of agriculture administration of the State Council is responsible for the administration work in relation to fodderor fodder additivethroughout the country.
The departments responsible for the administration of fodderor fodder additiveunder the people's governments at or above the county level (hereinafter referred to as fodder administration department) shall take a responsibility in the administration work in relation to fodderor fodder additivewithin their respective administrative regions.

Chapter II Administration of Verification and Import

Article 4 The State encourages the research into and invention and production of new fodder and fodder additive.
With respect to a newly invented fodder or fodder additive, before it is put into production, the inventor or the manufacturer (hereinafter referred to as the applicant) shall submit an application for verification of new product to the competent department of agriculture administration of the State Council, after the tests and feeding experiments by the institution designated by the competent department of agriculture administration of the State Council, the National Committee of Fodder Verification shall, in accordance with the result of the test and feeding experiment, conduct verification on the security, effect and impact on environment of the new product; for those found up to standard upon verification, the competent department of agriculture administration of the State Council shall issue a Certificate for New Fodder and New Fodder Additive, and make it public.
The National Committee of Fodder Verification is composed of experts in the fields such as breeding, fodder processing, nutrition for animals, toxicology, pharmacology, metabolization, sanitation, chemical synthesis, biological technology, quality standard, and environmental protection, etc.

Article 5 When applying for verification of new product of fodder and fodder additive, the applicant shall, besides the sample of the new products, provide the following documents:
1. the new product's name, major components and physical and chemical properties;
2. the new product's developing methods, manufacturing techniques, quality standards and testing methods;
3. the new product's effect in experimental breeding, dissolution trends of the survivors, and toxicology;
4. the statements on the impacts on the environment and the measures to prevent and control the pollution.

Article 6 The product quality standards for new fodderor fodder additivepromulgated by the competent department of agriculture administration under the State Council are the standards of the industry; where it is necessary to formulate State standards, the matter shall be handled according to the relevant provisions of the Standardization Law.

Article 7 Where a fodder or fodder additive is imported for the first time, an application for registration shall be submitted to the competent department of agriculture administration under the State Council, and the sample of the said fodder or fodder additive as well as the following materials shall be provided:
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