PLAN

THE PEAK YEAR FOR INSPECTION OF AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS

I. OBJECTIVES AND REQUIREMENTS

1. Objectives:

- Effectively prevent and facilitate the definite handling of violations against regulations on production, trading and use of antibiotics in breeding and aquaculture; pesticides, organic fertilizer and other fertilizers which are fake, smuggled or have poor quality or unclear origin.

- Prevent violations against regulations on banned substances used in breeding.

- Improve awareness of organizations and individuals of production, trading and use of cattle-feed, the harm of antibiotics used in breeding and aquaculture, pesticides, organic fertilizer and other fertilizers to human health, and impact of those on agricultural production.

2. Requirements:

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- Establish a systematic and consistent cooperation mechanism between central and local sectorial agencies in organizing the implementation of the Plan.

- Expedite, instruct and resolve difficulties that arise during the implementation of this Plan.

- Partially and wholly sum up the implementation results of this Plan to get experience thereof in effective and timely manner.

II. SCOPE, INSPECTED ENTITEIS AND INSPECTION PERIOD

1. Scope:

- Carry out the inspection of agricultural materials, in which the inspection of the production, trading and use of banned substances in breeding; improper production of antibiotics used in breeding and aquaculture; fake or smuggled pesticides, organic fertilizer and other fertilizers or those with poor quality or unclear origin shall be focused on.

- This Plan shall be implemented nationwide (63 provinces or central-affiliated cities), in which, central-affiliated agencies shall focus on implementation of the Plan in key regions to learn experience from thereof for implementing in a large scale.

2. Entities:

- Producers and sellers of cattle-feed; antibiotics used in breeding and aquaculture; pesticides, organic fertilizer and other fertilizers under the competence of agriculture and rural development authority (hereinafter referred to as agricultural materials);

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- Producers, processers and sellers of animals and animal by-products (including aquatic products).

- Importers, transporters and sellers of banned substances in breeding and antibiotics used in breeding and aquaculture inconsistently with prevailing laws.

3. Inspection period:

Uninterruptedly: From March 01, 2016 to December 31, 2016

III. INSPECTION CONTENTS AND MEASURES

1. Propagate and disseminate laws to sectorial authorities, producers, traders, users, transporters and consumers with respect to harms, rights and responsibilities as referred to in Articles 190, 191, 195, 317 of the Criminal Code in 2015.

2. Strengthen state management of production, trading and use of kinds of agricultural materials; make amendments and supplements to legislative documents according to actual situation.

3. Mainly conduct unscheduled inspection to discover and handle violations committed by entities in a timely manner in order to improve efficiency of state management task.

IV. IMPLEMENTATION ORGANIZATION

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- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall provide funding to implement operational measures and inspection activities led by Ministry Inspectorate, general departments and departments. Accordingly, Financial Department shall check and grant additional funding to central-affiliated agencies and units to implement the Plan.

+ Assigned agencies and units shall be responsible for mobilizing internal resources to implement assigned contents of the Plan.

+ Sectorial general departments/departments shall cover expenditures for sampling and analysis.

- People’s committees of central-affiliated cities or provinces shall instruct sectorial agencies to provide funding to departments of agriculture and rural development and relevant units to implement operational measures and inspection activities, and other activities included in this Plan.

- Other resources mobilized from projects (if any).

2. Implementation (detailed plan enclosed hereto):

a) Affiliates of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

- Agencies in charge of formulating the Plan must develop it in detailed for implementation.

- Ministry’s inspectorate, Directorate of Fisheries, the Department of Livestock production, Department of Animal Health and Department of Crop Production shall cooperate with the Police Department for environment-related crime prevention and control (C49) to make reconnaissance, investigation and collection of information to discover rings, production, trading and use of banned substances in breeding, and antibiotics in breeding and aquaculture inconsistently with the laws; fake or smuggled pesticides, organic fertilizer and other fertilizers or those with poor quality or unclear origin. Inspections shall be conducted to discover and strictly handle acts of violation.

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- Use portal, articles and hotlines of the Ministry Inspectorate in an effective manner; provide accurate information to news and press agencies in a timely and effective way.

- Check and propose in-charge authorities to make amendments to legislative documents to meet and fulfill requirements and duties.

b) Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development of provinces or cities

- Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development shall instruct relevant units to set up detailed plans in implementation of this Plan.

- Coordinate with relevant departments/regulatory bodies/unions to strengthen propaganda activities to people to avoid using banned substances; discover, denounce and combat against entities that deliberately produce, trade and use banned substances, fake or smuggled pesticides, organic fertilizer and other fertilizers or those with poor quality or unclear origin.

- Coordinate with police departments, especially the Police Department for environment-related crime prevention and control (PC49), to make reconnaissance, investigation and collection of information to discover rings, production, trading and use of banned substances in breeding, and antibiotics in breeding and aquaculture inconsistently with the laws; fake or smuggled pesticides, organic fertilizer and other fertilizers or those with poor quality or unclear origin. Inspection shall be conducted to discover and strictly handle acts of violation.

- Arrange resources and provide funding to implement assigned duties.

3. Information provision and reporting:

- Departments of agriculture and rural development shall, on a regular basis, report to the Ministry Inspectorate of the Plan implementation results, and coordinate with the same to handle cases ultra vires.

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- Difficulties that arise during the implementation of this Plan should be reported to the Ministry (via the Ministry Inspectorate) for consideration.

Contact address: The Inspectorate of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, No. 02 Ngoc Ha, Ba Dinh, Hanoi.

Tel.: 080.44475; email: dungpt.ttra@mard.gov.vn

MINISTER




Cao Duc Phat

PLAN

IMPLEMENTATION CONTENTS AND ASSIGNMENT
(Enclosed with the Plan No.: 1527/BNN-TTr dated March 01, 2016 by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development)

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Duties

In-charge agencies

In cooperation with

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I

PROPAGATION AND DISSEMINATION OF LAWS, AND TRAINING IN OPERATIONS

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Widely propagate and disseminate on the mass media through inspections; announce results of handling entities committing violations

Ministry Inspectorate; Ministry Office; Departments of agriculture and rural development

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Reportages

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Propagate and disseminate laws, especially Articles 190, 191, 195, 317 of the Criminal Code in 2015, to key groups of entities that may commit violations (manufacturing and trading companies, owners of cattle and poultry farms, and aquaculture establishments, traders, slaughterhouses, processing and business establishments, etc.)

Inspection teams; sectorial general departments/ departments; departments of agriculture and rural development

Press and media agencies

Documents, pamphlets, etc. which have contents aiming to improve the awareness of propagated entities of complying with laws

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Set up websites and hotlines to receive denunciations of illegal acts

Ministry Inspectorate; Departments of agriculture and rural development

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Websites and hotlines established to receive and respond to denunciations in an effective manner

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Provide training in inspection operations; examine and issue certificates of sample-taking persons

Sectorial general departments; sectorial departments

Ministry Inspectorate; C49 Department - Ministry of Public Security; Departments of agriculture and rural development

Training classes, holders of certificates of sample-taking persons

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CHECK AND PROPOSE IN-CHARGE AUTHORITIES TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS TO MEET AND FULFILL REQUIREMENTS AND DUTIES

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The Legal Department; The Ministry Inspectorate

Relevant agencies

Revised documents and/or regulations, and new ones

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Legislative documents on sectorial regulations

Sectorial general departments; sectorial departments

Ministry Inspectorate; Legal Department

Revised documents and/or regulations, and new ones

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Banned substances used in breeding

Continue the implementation of the Plan No. 9003/KH-BNN-TTr dated November 02, 2015 developing the peak period for inspection of banned substances used in breeding

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Establish inspection teams to inspect importers and sellers, etc. of banned substances in breeding; cattle-feed production and trading establishments

Ministry Inspectorate; local departments of agriculture and rural development

C49 Department - Ministry of Public Security; relevant agencies

Inspection teams are established to conduct inspections and take actions against violations

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Department of Livestock production; Local departments of agriculture and rural development

Relevant agencies

Inspection teams are established to conduct inspections and take actions against violations

1.3

Establish inspection teams to inspect slaughterhouses

Department of Animal Health; Local departments of agriculture and rural development

Relevant agencies

Inspection teams are established to conduct inspections and take actions against violations

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2.1

Collect data of import, trading and use of antibiotics from professional regulatory authorities

Ministry Inspectorate; Directorate of Fisheries; Department of Animal Health

C49 Department - Ministry of Public Security; local police agencies

Reports on current import, trading and use of antibiotics.

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Examine and make lists of producers, importers and sellers of antibiotics; large-scale cattle and poultry farms; large-scale aquaculture establishments

Directorate of Fisheries; Department of Animal Health; the Department of Livestock production

Local agencies concerned

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Make reconnaissance and verification to take actions against entities showing signs of violation.

C49 Department - Ministry of Public Security; PC49 - local police agencies

Ministry Inspectorate; Directorate of Fisheries; Department of Animal Health; the Department of Livestock production; departments of agriculture and rural development

Lists of entities showing signs of violation

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Establish inspection teams to conduct unscheduled inspections upon the detection of any entities showing signs of violation.

Ministry Inspectorate; Directorate of Fisheries; Department of Animal Health; Department of Livestock production; local departments of agriculture and rural development

C49 Department - Ministry of Public Security; PC49 - local police agencies; other agencies concerned

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Organic fertilizer and other fertilizers

3.1

Check and make lists of producers of organic fertilizer and those of other fertilizers nationwide

Department of Crop Production

Ministry Inspectorate; C49 Department - Ministry of Public Security

Established lists of producers of organic fertilizer and those of other fertilizers

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Make reconnaissance and verification to take actions against entities showing signs of violation against regulations on organic fertilizer and other fertilizers

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Ministry Inspectorate; Inspectorates of departments of agriculture and rural development

Lists of entities showing signs of violation

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Establish inspection teams to conduct unscheduled inspections of production and trading establishments in organic fertilizer and other fertilizers, take fertilizer samples for analysis (conduct inspection and take fertilizer samples of about 70% of factories of organic fertilizer and other fertilizers).

Ministry Inspectorate; Department of Crop Production; local departments of agriculture and rural development

C49 Department - Ministry of Public Security; PC49 - local police agencies; other agencies concerned

Inspection teams are established to conduct inspections and take actions against violations

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Pesticides

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Make reconnaissance and verification of smuggling of pesticides (focus on northern border provinces).

C49 Department - Ministry of Public Security; PC49 - local police agencies

Ministry Inspectorate; Plant Protection Department; Departments of agriculture and rural development

Lists of entities showing signs of violation

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Establish inspection teams to inspect entities showing signs of smuggling of pesticides (focus on northern border provinces).

Ministry Inspectorate; Plant Protection Department; Departments of agriculture and rural development

C49 Department - Ministry of Public Security; PC49 - local police agencies; Plant Protection Department; Departments of agriculture and rural development

Pesticide smuggling rings were razed

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Establish inspection teams to conduct unscheduled inspections of pesticide production and trading establishments

Ministry Inspectorate; Plant Protection Department; Departments of agriculture and rural development

C49 Department - Ministry of Public Security; PC49 - local police agencies; Departments of agriculture and rural development

Inspection teams are established to conduct unscheduled inspections and take actions against violations

IV

PUBLISHING DOCUMENTS RELATING TO MANAGEMENT AND SANCTIONS AGAISNT HANDLING VIOLATIONS AGAISNT REGULATIONS ON ANTIBIOTICS, FERTILIZER AND PESTICIDE

Ministry Inspectorate

Directorate of Fisheries; Department of Livestock production; Department of Crop Production; Plant Protection Department; Department of Animal Health

Documents compiled and sent to relevant entities

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ESTABLISHING STANDING UNITS FOR THE PEAK YEAR FOR INSPCTION OF AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS

Ministry Inspectorate; Departments of agriculture and rural development

C49 Department - Ministry of Public Security; PC49 - local police agencies; Directorate of Fisheries; Department of Crop Production; Department of Animal Health; Plant Protection Department

Establishment decisions

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PRELIMINARY SUMMING-UP, SUMMATION

Ministry Inspectorate; General Departments/ Departments; Departments of agriculture and rural development

C49 Department - Ministry of Public Security; PC49 - local police agencies

Preliminary summing-up and summation meetings

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