Fishery Product Regulations (L.N. No. 40/1998).

These Regulations prescribe conditions and standards with respect to hygiene and quality in the production, processing, packing and placing on the market of fish products. The Regulations are divided into 6 Parts: Preliminary (I); Placing on the market of fishery products (II); Quality control and safety assurance (III); Competent authority (IV); Approval (V); Importation (VI); exportation (VII); Final provisions (VIII). Part II is subdivided into the following chapters: Fishing vessels (1); Requirements during and after landing (2); General conditions for plants on land (3); General conditions for handling fishery products on shore (4); Health control and monitoring of production conditions (5); Packaging (6); Identification marks (7); Storage and transport (8). Competent authorities are; the Fish Inspection and Quality Control Division of the Ministry of Fisheries, the Quality Development Unit, and the Quality Control Unit. Part V concerns the approval of processing plants. Quality control and safety assurance is carried out in accordance with principles laid down in article 24 and a HACCP program as provided for in Regulations No. 41 of 1998. (Completed by 3 Schedules containing model of health certificate (1); laying down microbiological recommended criteria (2); and laying down rules for an organoleptic check (3).