The phase-out has reached its final date.
Article 12(3) of Decree 13/2020/NĐ-CP sets a staged phase-out for preventive antibiotics in livestock. The final permitted period ended on 31 December 2025.
Read Article 12 · current consolidated text ↗VIETNAM / THE 2026 FEED TRANSITION
Revisit the ration.
Keep the whole programme in view.
A guide for pig and poultry nutritionists, feed-mill technical directors, farm veterinarians and specialist distributors reviewing everyday nutrition after the preventive-antibiotic phase-out.
WHAT THE RULE CHANGES
Be precise about
antibiotic use.
Treatment is a separate decision.
Treatment of diagnosed disease remains under veterinary prescription. The change does not mean every antibiotic is banned or that a feed supplement replaces necessary treatment. Growth-promotion use was already prohibited from 2018.
Read the government explanation ↗Regulatory context reviewed 9 October 2026.
WHAT TO REVIEW IN THE FEED
Three practical
nutrition questions.
Review nutrition together with biosecurity, vaccination, husbandry and veterinary management. Nutritional support is one part of that programme.
Where is gut support needed?
Identify feeding transitions and the outcome to evaluate. Review LIVEBIOS and BioLAC ingredients, stage-specific inclusion and current activity guarantees.
What is in the raw material?
Use ingredient and feed tests to understand mycotoxin exposure. Review MINGFIX alongside the acceptance, storage and quality controls already in your programme.
MINGFIX ↗What would justify the cost?
Define the comparison and the success criteria first. Include supplement cost, feed intake and saleable output; do not assign a performance or energy credit from a brochure alone.
Review the evidence ↗QUESTIONS YOUR TECHNICAL TEAM WILL ASK
Before an evaluation
or an order.
Are these products replacements for veterinary treatment?
They are presented for nutritional evaluation. The supplied materials do not establish them as treatments for diagnosed disease. Your veterinarian remains responsible for the health programme.
Which specification should a feed mill request?
The current species-specific label, guaranteed analysis, microbial strain and viable-count information, enzyme assay definitions, batch certificate of analysis, processing and storage stability, and inclusion instructions.
How should we evaluate pig or poultry performance?
Agree comparable groups, diet, feeding stage, duration and records with your nutritionist and veterinarian. Track feed intake, growth, feed conversion, uniformity and total cost per kilogram of production. Record health events and veterinary interventions so they can be considered in the result.
Are Vietnam registration and local stock confirmed?
The supplied documents do not establish Vietnam registration or local stock. Before import, a trial or a commercial order, discuss the current product status, label and required route with Biofeed Ras and your local import or regulatory team.
THE NEXT STEP
Start with your formulation challenge.
Share your species, feeding stage, feed process and target. We can discuss the product documents and evaluation you need.