Circular 28/2019/TT-BNNPTNT of the Minister of Agriculture and Agricultural Development Regulating the Technical Requirements for Testing Prohibited Chemicals and Antibiotics in Aquatic Foods.

This Circular provides technical requirements for testing for some indicators of chemicals and antibiotics banned from being used in fishery foods with prescribed minimum required performance levels (MRPL) under the management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
MRPLs for some chemicals and antibiotics banned from being used in fishery foods are provided for in the Appendix. The CCβ value for a chemical or antibiotic banned from being used in fishery foods must be less than or equal to (≤) the corresponding MRPL prescribed in the Appendix. Each testing laboratory is required to be assessed and designated by a competent authority to perform testing for some chemicals and antibiotics banned from being used in fishery foods with established permitted MRPLs in order to serve the performance of food safety management tasks by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as prescribed herein.
Exported fishery foods shall conform to domestic regulations of importing countries and not be governed by this Circular.