Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

The draft on animal health requirements for imports of used cooking oil intended for technical uses (production of renewable fuels and oleochemical products) introduces harmonized EU requirements and replaces current national rules of 27 EU member States.

The main objective of the draft is prevention of entry of used cooking oil into feed for farmed animals within the European Union and thereby to mitigate potential biological hazards in feed.

The draft introduced the following requirements:

• A consignment of used cooking oil must come from a registered storage or collection plant listed in the EU TRACES system (https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/tracesnt/directory/listing/establishment/publication/ind ex#!/search);

• A consignment must be presented at an EU veterinary border control post and be monitored in the European Union until reaches its place of destination after import;

• A consignment of used cooking oil must be accompanied by a commercial declaration

  signed by the importers stated that used cooking oil is not intended for feeding farmed animals and that water and solid particles of more than 6 mm, to reach a combined amount of moisture and solid particles of not more than 10% w/w* at the time of dispatch.

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