Government Resolution No. 22 “On manufacturing, placing on the market and approval of the method of use of medicinal food for animals.”

This Government Decree applies to animal medicinal feed and intermediate products: (a) production, storage and transportation; (b) placement on the market, including import and use; and (c) it does not apply to animal medicinal feed and intermediate products, the label of which indicates that they are intended for export. An animal feed business operator must produce, store, provide transportation and place on the market medical animal feed and intermediate products in accordance with Appendix No. 1 "Specific requirements for an animal feed business operator in accordance with Article 4 of this rule". Medicinal animal feed and intermediate products are prepared only from veterinary drugs (including those veterinary drugs, which, in accordance with the requirements defined by the law, are intended for non-food purposes, food-purpose terrestrial and food-purpose aquatic animals outside the conditions defined by the registration), which are registered for the production of animal medicinal feed in accordance with the conditions established by this Government Decree. An animal feed business operator who manufactures medicated feed or an intermediate product must ensure that: (a) animal medicated feed or intermediate product is produced in accordance with the conditions specified in the veterinary recipe for medicated feed, or, in the cases specified in Article 8 of this rule, according to the brief description of the product characteristics, which is related to the veterinary drugs incorporated (included) in the animal feed; the conditions shall include specific requirements regarding known interactions between the veterinary medicinal product and the animal feed which may impair the safety or efficacy of the animal medicinal feed or intermediate product; (b) an animal feed additive authorized as a coccidiostat or a histomonostat, the maximum content of which is established in the relevant registration certificate, is not incorporated (included) in animal medicinal feed or an intermediate product, if it is already used as an active ingredient in a veterinary drug; (c) if the active substance in the veterinary preparation is the same as in the food containing the animal nutritional supplement, the total content of this active substance in the animal medicinal feed must not exceed the maximum content established in the veterinary prescription or in the cases specified in Article 8 of this rule in the brief description of the product characteristics; and (d) animal medicinal feed or intermediate product is properly stored when a veterinary drug is incorporated into the animal feed, which is mixed with it and forms a stable mixture during the entire storage period of the animal medicinal feed and the expiry date of the veterinary drug is observed. Medicinal animal feed and intermediate products must be placed on the market only in a sealed package or container. The package or container must be sealed so that when the package or container is opened, the seal is damaged and it is impossible to reuse the seal. The package should not be reused.