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AQUAFEED QUALITY CONTROL BY DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES (DOF), THAILAND. DOF has been taking charge of the Animal Feed Quality Control Act 1982 and additional 1999 (only aquafeeds) since 1992
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AQUAFEED QUALITY CONTROL BY DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES (DOF), THAILAND • DOF has been taking charge of the Animal Feed Quality Control Act 1982 and additional 1999 (only aquafeeds) since 1992 • The roles of DOF are ensuring that feed milling companies comply with feed quality control of THAI Act and international standards • The same general principle of “Food Safety” has been applied to “Feed Safety” into Thai commercial feed milling companies.
At present, DOF control aquafeeds for : 8 aquatic species • Catfish • Freshwater Fish (Herbivorous) • Freshwater Fish (Carnivorous) • Freshwater prawn • Marine shrimp • Marine Fish (Carnivorous) • Soft-shelled turtle • Frog
Types of aquafeeds must be registered are : • Complete feed ( Formula feed ) • Concentrate feed • Premix ( additives ) • Supplement ( protein, fat, vitamin, mineral) • Types of Permission Licenses that are issued : • Feed milling license • Feed sale license • Feed license • Feed Importing permission license
DOF promote the export trade of aquafeeds by inspecting and issue the certificates as follow : • Certificate of Free sale • Certificate of Formula • Certificate of Analysis • Certificate of Product information • Certificate of Health • Certificate of Feed Milling • Certificate of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) • Certificate of HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point)
Figure 1. Numbers of “Feed milling license” and “Feed importing permission license” divided by type of aquafeeds producing / importing
Figure 2. Numbers of Feed Manufacturer and Importer divided by type of feed No. of manufacturer / importer
Figure 3. Percentage of “Feed license (Formula feed)” divided by aquatic species • Note : the number in brackets represent the number of license