Enterprises operating as feed vendors shall apply to the competent authorities at the directly-controlled municipal government or county/city-levels for registration. Sales may only begin after the sales license is issued.
The license procedures in the previous paragraph shall be are prescribed by the central competent authority.
Competent authorities at the directly-controlled municipal government or county/city-levels that issue sales licenses may charge applicants license registration fees; the fee rates shall be set by the central competent authority.

Within 15 days of suspending business, a change in name, change in address, or a change in the name or address of its legal representative, a feed vendor shall report on such suspension or change with the competent authority at the directly-controlled municipal government or county/city-level in which the vendor is located.

Any enterprise concurrently doing business as a feed vendor shall cause any and all feeds/feed additives being offered for sale to be displayed and stored separately from any goods hazardous to health.

Samples and complimentary gifts of feeds/feed additives approved for import; self-manufactured, own-use feeds/feed additives; and feeds/feed additives that are commissioned for manufacturing, processing, or packaging for experimental purposes shall not be offered for sale.