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25 October 2022  
(22-7990) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  VIET NAM  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Department of Science Technology and International Cooperation  
Directorate of Fisheries  
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
No.10 Nguyen Cong Hoan Street, Ba Dinh District, Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Email: lanttt.tcts@mard.gov.vn  
Website: https://tongcucthuysan.gov.vn/  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Aquaculture feed products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft National 
technical regulation on Aquaculture feed Part 2: Feed supplements.; (10 page(s), in 
Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  This draft National technical regulation specifies safety criteria 
and thresholds for Aquaculture feed supplements.  
This draft National technical regulation applies to agencies, organizations, and individuals 
engaged in importing, manufacturing, trading, using and conformity assessment activities 
related to Aquaculture feed supplements in the territory of the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of animal or plant life or health  
8. Relevant documents:   
- AOAC 986.15, Arsenic, cadmium, lead, selenium and zinc in human and pet food s by 
atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) and anodic stripping voltammetry (ASV)  
- EN 16277:2012, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of mercury by cold -vapour atomic 
absorption spectrometry (CVAAS) after microwave pressure digestion (extraction with 65 
% nitric acid and 30 % hydrogen peroxide).  G/TBT/N/VNM/243  
 
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  - EN 16278:2012, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of inorganic arsenic by hydride 
generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HG -AAS) after microwave extraction and 
separation by solid phase extraction (SPE).  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/VNM/22_720 2_00_x.pdf  
 