Regulations on Administration of Fodder and Fodder Additive (Revised in 2001)
Regulations on Administration of Fodder and Fodder Additive (Revised in 2001)
Regulations on Administration of Fodder and Fodder Additive (Revised in 2001)
Order of the State Council No.327
November 29, 2001
(Promulgated by Order of the State Council of the People's Republic of China No. 266 on May 29, 1999; revised according to the Decision of the State Council on Revising the Regulations on Administration of Fodder and Fodder Additive on November 29, 2001)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated for the purpose of enhancing the administration of animal feed and feed additives, improving the quality of animal feed and feed additives, accelerating the development of the feed industry and breeding industry and maintaining the health of the people.
Article 2 The term "animal feed" as used in these Regulations refers to the industrially processed and manufactured feed used by animals for food, including single feed, feed additive premixes, concentrated feed, assorted feed and concentrated supplementary feed.
The term "feed additives" as used in these Regulations refers to the small or tiny quantities of substances that are added in the course of processing, manufacturing or using animal feed, including nutritional feed additives and ordinary feed additives. The competent agricultural administrative department of the State Council shall formulate and promulgate the catalogue of feed additive varieties.
Article 3 The competent agricultural administrative department of the State Council is responsible for the administration of animal feed and feed additives throughout the country.
The departments responsible for the administration of animal feed and feed additives of the local people's governments at or above the county level (hereinafter referred to as the animal feed administrative departments) are responsible for the administration of animal feed and feed additives in their respective areas.
Chapter II Evaluation and Import Administration
Article 4 The State encourages the research in and innovative manufacture of new animal feed and new feed additives.
The developers and producers (hereinafter referred to as the applicants) of the newly developed and manufactured animal feed and feed additives shall, prior to the actual production thereof, submit to the competent agricultural administrative department of the State Council written applications for new product evaluation, and after testing and feeding experiments carried out by an agency designated by the competent agricultural administrative department of the State Council, the national animal feed assessing board shall, on the basis of the results of testing and feeding experiments, assess the safety and effectiveness of the new products and their impact on the environment; certificates for new animal feed and feed additives shall be issued by the competent agricultural administrative department of the State Council and be made public if the new products are confirmed as qualified through the assessment.
The national animal feed assessing board shall be composed of experts in the fields of animal breeding, animal feed processing, animal nutrition, toxicology, pharmacology, metabolism, hygiene, chemical synthesis, biotechnology, quality standards and environmental protection, etc.
Article 5 The applicants shall, in addition to the provision of samples of the new products, provide the following information when they apply for the evaluation of their new products of animal feed and feed additives:
1. the names, main components and physical and chemical properties of the new products;
2. the methods of development and manufacture, production process, quality standards and methods of testing of the new products;
3. the feeding effect, dynamic status of degrading residues, and toxicology of the new products; and
4. the environmental impact report and pollution prevention measures.
Article 6 The quality standards of animal feed and feed additives promulgated by the competent agricultural administrative department of the State Council are trade standards; where there is a need to formulate national standards, the matter shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Standardization Law.
Article 7 Anyone who intends to import animal feed or feed additives for the first time shall apply for registration to the competent agricultural administrative department of the State Council and provide the samples of the animal feed or feed additives to be imported together with the following information:
1. the trademarks, labels and status of popularizing and application;
2. the certificates of approval for production and marketing in the producer's country, and the registration documents issued by countries other than the producer's country;
3.
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