Circular No. 26/2018/TT-BNNPTNT of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development regulating the management of aquatic breeds and feed aquatic products and aquaculture environmental remediation products.

This Circular provides instructions about certain regulations laid down in clause 2 of Article 23 and clause 2 of Article 31 in the Law on Fishery, including: 1. Instructions on the inspection of conditions of aquatic breeding and cultivation facilities; instructions on conditions of aquatic feed and aqua environmental product manufacturing, trading and importing establishments; 2. Instructions on the inspection of quality of aquatic breeds which are manufactured and obtain the marketing authorization; instructions on the inspection of quality of aquatic feeds and aqua environmental products which are manufactured and obtain the marketing authorization; 3. Prescribing time limits for use of aquatic parent breeds; 4. Rules of naming, allowable variances used in analysis of quality and technical indicators that must be announced by applicable standards of aquatic feeds and aqua environmental remediation products; 5. Release of the list of chemicals, biologicals and microorganisms prohibited for use in the formulation of aquatic feeds and aqua environmental remediation products; the list of chemicals, biologicals, microorganisms and ingredients contained in aquatic feeds permitted for use in Vietnam; 6. Regulations on procedures and processes for application of technical measures for handling of violations related to the quality of aquatic breeds; regulations on procedures and processes for application of technical measures for disposal of aquatic feeds and aqua environmental remediation products in violation of quality regulations; 7. Instructions on update of information about aquatic feeds and aqua environmental remediation products before free sale on the market.