National Technical Standards on conditions for shrimp and pangasius
(vasep.com.vn) On 29 July 2014, Circular No. 22/2014 / TT-BNNPTNT regulating National Technical Standards on conditions for aquaculture was issued by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development "National Technical Regulation on conditions for aquaculture", including hygienic conditions and food safety, applied for brackish water shrimp farms. These regulations are applied on semi-intensive and intensive farms for black tiger shrimp (Penaeus Fabricus, 1798), intensive farms for white leg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei Boone, 1931) in Vietnam.
QCVN 02 - 19: 2014/BNNPTNT is the standard defining conditions and location for farming, infrastructure (including feed ponds, settling ponds, sewage treatment, storage and so on),farming activities, sewage and waste and labor.
Base on this regulation, organizational investors and individual investors register and request for certifications. This will also be the basis for the state agencies to test, evaluate and certify farms.
This Circular takes effect from 1st February 2015.
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