How long must facilities producing and trading livestock breed products retain breed dossiers in Vietnam?

1. How long must facilities producing and trading livestock breed products retain breed dossiers in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 25 of the Law on Livestock Production 2018 stipulates every facility producing and trading livestock breed products is required to:

a) make a declaration of livestock breeding as prescribed in Article 54 hereof;

b) satisfy conditions applied for producers and traders of livestock breed products during production and trading process;

c) retain the breed dossier for at least 3 years from the production or trading date;

d) provide the buyer of livestock breed products with a dossier including information on name and address of production facility, name of livestock breed, quantity of livestock breed products sold, annals (for livestock breed products of cattle), declaration of applied standard and breeding process;

dd) ensure and take responsibility for quality of livestock breed products meeting the applied quality standard declared;

e) withdraw livestock breed products not meeting requirements for species, sources and quality and make compensation as per law provisions;

g) undergo inspection carried out by competent regulatory agencies.

Thus, facilities producing and trading livestock breed products must retain breed dossiers in Vietnam for at least 03 years from the production or trading date.

2. What are rights of facilities producing and trading livestock breed products in Vietnam?

According to Clause 1, Article 25 of the Law on Livestock Production 2018, every facility producing and trading livestock breed products is entitled to:

a) produce and trade livestock breed products if meeting requirements specified in Article 22 and 23 hereof;

b) enjoy benefits from State policies intended for producers and traders of livestock breed products;

c) send complaints and denunciations or file a lawsuit regarding production of and trading in livestock breed products as per law provisions;

d) have their information about production of and trading in livestock breed products kept as confidential, except for cases required by competent regulatory agencies.

According to this Article, facilities producing and trading livestock breed products in Vietnam have the rights specified above.

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