{"topic_id":"cn_feed_reg_2011_art_16","category":"cn-2026","context":"---\ntopic_id: cn_feed_reg_2011_art_16\ncategory: cn-2026\ntitle: Article 16 / 第十六条 (Production Licence Application for Feed Additive / Additive Premix Enterprises)\nlang: en\nsource: cn_feed_regulation_2011.pdf\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-18\ntokens_estimated: 510\nsource_document: \"China Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs — Feed Management Regulations (2011)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MOA)\"\n  title: \"Article 16 / 第十六条 (Production Licence Application for Feed Additive / Additive Premix Enterprises)\"\n  url: \"\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-18\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n  needs_review: true\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:cn-gov\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n\n# Article 16 — Production Licence Application for Feed Additive / Additive Premix Enterprises (第十六条)\n\nArticle 16 (第十六条) of 《饲料和饲料添加剂管理条例》 (Regulation on the Administration of Feed and Feed Additives) governs production licence applications.\n\n- **Feed additive (饲料添加剂) or additive premix (添加剂预混合饲料) enterprises:** the applicant applies to the feed administration department of the provincial people's government (省、自治区、直辖市人民政府饲料管理部门). That department conducts documentary review and on-site inspection within 20 working days (20 个工作日内) and reports the materials and opinions to the administrative department for agriculture under the State Council (国务院农业行政主管部门), which organises a review and decides within 10 working days (10 个工作日内) whether to issue the licence, copying the decision to the province.\n- **Other feed production enterprises (其他饲料生产企业):** the applicant applies to the provincial department; documentary review within 10 working days; if passed, on-site inspection and decision within 10 working days.\n- The applicant uses the production licence to handle industrial / commercial registration (工商登记).\n- **Licence validity:** 5 years (5 年). Renewal must be applied for 6 months before expiry (有效期届满 6 个月前).\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/cn-approvals/cn_feed_regulation_2011.pdf` · 饲料和饲料添加剂管理条例 Article 16\n","sources":["China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MOA) — Article 16 / 第十六条 (Production Licence Application for Feed Additive / Additive Premix Enterprises) (retrieved 2026-07-18)"],"source":{"authority":"China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MOA)","title":"Article 16 / 第十六条 (Production Licence Application for Feed Additive / Additive Premix Enterprises)","url":"http://www.moa.gov.cn/","retrieved":"2026-07-18","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"China Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs — Feed Management Regulations (2011)","verification_file":"cn_feed_regulation_2011.pdf"},"source_document":"China Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs — Feed Management Regulations (2011)","source_file":"cn_feed_regulation_2011.pdf","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"A"},"tokens_estimated":644,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}