Vietnam: Vietnam Revises Maximum Levels for Salmonella and Heavy Metals in Feed Ingredients of Plant Origin

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   VM2021-0057

On June 30, 2021, the Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) issued Circular 05/2021 Promulgating the Amendment 1:2021 of National Technical Regulation (NTR) 190: Maximum Allowable Levels (MLs) of Undesirable Substances in Animal Feed and Aqua Feed Ingredients. This Amendment removes the zero tolerance for Salmonella and maximum levels for arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury in feed ingredients of plant origin.

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