Measures for the Administration of the Safety and Health of the Feed Products from Animal Sources

Measures for the Administration of the Safety and Health of the Feed Products from Animal Sources

Order of Ministry of Agriculture[2004] No.40

August 2, 2004

The Measures for the Administration of the Safety and Health of the Feed Products from Animal Sources, examined and adopted at the 25th executive meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture on July 14th, 2004, are hereby promulgated and shall be implemented as of October 1st, 2004.

Du Qinglin, Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture

Attached: Measures for the Administration of the Safety and Health of the Feed Products from Animal Sources

Chapter I General Provisions
　
Article 1 With a view to strengthening the administration of the safety and health of the feed products from animal sources, the present Measures are enacted in accordance with the Regulation on the Administration of Feed and Feed Additives.
　
Article 2 The Ministry of Agriculture shall be responsible for the administration of the safety and health of the feed products from animal sources of the whole country.
The feed administration departments of local people's governments at the county level or above shall be responsible for the administration of the safety and health of the feed products from animal sources within their own administrative areas.
　
Article 3 The feed product from animal sources as mentioned in the present Measures refers to the single feed which takes the animals or byproducts of animals as raw materials and is processed and manufactured through industrialization.
The catalogue of the feed products from animal sources shall be promulgated by the Ministry of Agricultur(4)

Chapter II Examination and Approval of the Establishment of Enterprises
　
Article 4 To establish a production enterprise of feed products from animal sources, one shall apply to the feed administrative department of the people's government at the provincial level where the enterprise is to be establishe(4) One can handle the enterprise registration formalities only after being examined as eligible and obtaining the Certificate of Quality of Safety and Health of the Production Enterprise of the Feed Products from Animal Sources.
　
Article 5 When establishing the production enterprise of feed products from animal sources, one shall possess the following conditions:
1.Factory building and facilities
(1)The factory building shall not be in a bad condition, and the factory building and the attached facilities shall be easy for cleaning and disinfection;
(2)Relevant equipment for preventing flies, mice, birds and dust and relevant storage facilities; and
(3)Relevant dressing rooms, toilets, and washing grooves.
2.Production technology and equipment
(1)The production technology and equipment shall fulfill the requirements of safety and health and quality standards of the products; and
(2)Relevant facilities for washing, disinfection, drying and grinding
3.Personnel
(1)The persons in charge of techniques shall have an educational background of junior college or higher or a middle-level technical title or higher, be familiar with the production technology and have engaged in the corresponding professional work for more than two years;
(2)The persons in charge of quality control and the persons in charge of quality testing organ shall have an educational background of junior college or higher or a middle-level technical title or higher and have engaged in the corresponding professional work for more than three years; and
(3)The employees of special types of work shall have the corresponding professional certificates.
4.Quality testing organ and equipment
(1)establishment of the quality-testing organ;
(2)establishment of the instrument room (section), checking and manipulation room (section) and room (section) for keeping samples and observing; and
(3)the basic equipment needed for the quality testing.
5.Production circumstances
(1)The place of the enterprise shall be far from the feeding field of animals, with the minimum distance of 1,000 meters.
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