This booklet was prepared for the readers to easy understand about Vietnamese Pangasius and Pangasius industry.

Vietnamese Pangasius are highly appreciated by local and international consumers, not only for its high nutritious value, white muscle, without horizontal bones, without smell of sediment and seaweed a little of taste lipid content, but also for its safety to all consumers in all age groups.

Vietnamese Pangasius is a species of traditional farming by farmers in the Mekong River Delta. To meet high demand of global and domestic consumers, after 10 year development since 1996, fish farming area has been expanded nearly 6,000 hectares in 10 Mekong Delta provinces.

Most of fish farming area are strictly managed in accordance with national regulations on food safety and environmental protection. Until June 2012, over a half of fish farming area nationwide is audited and certified by internationally sustainable standards such as GlobalGAP, AquaGAP, BAP/GAA and ASC (recently certified). The process of auditing and certifying for Vietnamese pangasius is being carried out strictly according to requirements of consumers which proved that Vietnamese pangasius is not only loved by tasty smell with high nutritious value but it also satisfies strict requirements of the market.

Vietnam has nearly 100 pangasius exporting and processing companies in which their processing facilities are equipped modern equipments and controlled in accordance with HACCP. Pangasius products are being exported to 145 countries and territories worldwide such as EU, the U.S., ASEAN, Canada, the Middle East, China, Japan, etc. Fish export volume and value to markets reported steady annual growth of 10 - 18 percent, worth by US$1.8 - 2 billion per year in two recent years.

The booklet compiled under the Q & A form provides basic knowledge of pangasius, techniques of farming and processing, quality management, information of importers and the government’s regulations on breeding, processing and exporting specific fish products.

 

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How can the chemicals and antibiotics be used in aquaculture?

The use of chemicals and antibiotics, bioproducts, treated and renovated substances in aquaculture must belong to the list legally circulated in Vietnam.

v  Circular No. 15/2009/TT-BNN dated March 17, 2009, to promulgate the List of medicines, chemicals and antibiotics banned or limited from usage.

v  Circular No. 29/2009/TT-BNNPTNT dated June 4, 2009 on supplementing and adjusting the Circular No.15/2009/TT-BNN dated March 17, 2009, signed by the Minister of MARD on the List of medicines, chemicals and antibiotics banned or limited from usage.

v  Circular No. 20/2010/TT-BNNPTNT dated April 2, 2010 on supplementing and adjusting the Circular No.15/2009/TT-BNN dated March 17, 2009, signed by the Minister of MARD on the List of medicines, chemicals and antibiotics banned or limited from usage.

v  Circular No. 03/2012/TT-BNNPTNT dated Janaury 16, 2012 on amending and supplementing the Circular No. 15/2009/TT-BNN of March 17, 2009, promulgating List of medicines, chemicals and antibiotics banned or limited from usage.

 

  1. List of chemicals and antibiotics banned for use in fishery production and trading

No.

Chemicals, antibiotics

Applied for

1

Aristolochia spp and its by-products

Animal feed, veterinary medicines, chemicals, environmental treatment substances, disinfectants, preservation substances , hand cream used in seed

production, aquatic

animal and amphibians culture, fishery services, preservation and processing activities

2

Chloramphenicol

3

Chloroform

4

Chlorpromazine

5

Colchicine

6

Dapsone

7

Dimetridazole

8

Metronidazole

9

Nitrofuran (including Furazolidone)

10

Ronidazole

11

Green Malachite

12

Ipronidazole

13

Other Nitroimidazole

14

Clenbuterol

15

Diethylstilbestrol (DES)

16

Glycopeptides

17

Trichlorfon (Dipterex)

18

Gentian Violet (Crystal violet)

19

Fluoroquinolones

20

Trifluralin

21

Cypermethrin

22

Deltamethrin

23

Enrofloxacin


2. List of chemicals and antibiotics banned for veterinary use

No.

Chemicals, Antibiotics

1

Chloramphenicol (Other name: Chloromycetin; Chlornitromycin; Laevomycin,Chlorocid,  Leukomycin)

2

Furazolidon and Nitrofurans metabolites (Nitrofuran, Furacillin, Nitrofurazon, Furacin, Nitrofurantoin, Furoxon, Orafuran, Furadonin, Furadantin, Furaltadon, Payzone, Furazolin, Nitrofurmethon, Nitrofuridin, Nitrovin)

3

Dimetridazole (Other name: Emtryl)

4

Metronidazole (Other name:  Trichomonacid, Flagyl, Klion, Avimetronid)

5

Dipterex (Other name: Metriphonat,Trichlorphon, Neguvon, Chlorophos, DTHP); DDVP (Other names: Dichlorvos; Dichlorovos)

6

Eprofloxacin

7

Ciprofloxacin

8

Ofloxacin

9

Carbadox

10

Olaquidox

11

Bacitracin Zn

12

Tylosin phosphate

13

Green Malachite

14

Gentian Violet (Crystal violet)

 


3. List of chemicals and antibiotics restricted for use in fishery production and trading

No.

Chemicals, antibiotics

MRLs (ppb)

1

Amoxicillin

50

2

Ampicillin

50

3

Benzylpenicillin

50

4

Cloxacillin

300

5

Dicloxacillin

300

6

Oxacillin

300

7

Oxolinic Acid

100

8

Colistin

150

9

Diflubenzuron

1000

10

Teflubenzuron

500

11

Emamectin

100

12

Erythromycine

200

13

Tilmicosin

50

14

Tylosin

100

15

Florfenicol

1000

16

Lincomycine

100

17

Neomycine

500

18

Paromomycin

500

19

Spectinomycin

300

20

Chlortetracycline

100

21

Oxytetracycline

100

22

Tetracycline

100

23

Sulfonamide (all types)

100

24

Trimethoprim

50

25

Ormetoprim

50

26

Tricainemethanesulfonate

15-330

27

Danofloxacin 

100

28

Difloxacin

300

29

Ciprofloxacin

100

30

Sarafloxacin   

30

31

Flumequine

600

4. List of chemicals and antibiotics restricted for veterinary use

No.

Chemicals, Antibiotics

1

Improvac (Registration number: PFU-85, manufactured by Pfizer Australia Pty Limited)

2

Spiramycin

3

Avoparcin

4

Virginiamycin

5

Meticlorpidol

6

Meticlorpidol/Methylbenzoquate

7

Amprolium (powder)

8

Amprolium/ethopate

9

Nicarbazin

10

Flavophospholipol

11

Salinomycin

12

Avilamycin

13

Monensin