Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations 1998 (S. I. No. 994 of 1998).
Type of law
Regulation
Abstract
These Regulations consolidate with amendments several regulations of prior date implementing community legislation laying down the health conditions for the production and placing on the market of fishery products.
Part I of the Regulations contains general provisions relating to citation, commencement and interpretation (regs. 1 and 2).
Part II contains the provisions relating to the production and placing on the market of live shellfish in Great Britain. Part II also contains special requirements relating to the harvesting, transporting and relaying of live shellfish (reg. 9), and to the operation of dispatch and purification centres, which need to be approved by the local food authority (regs. 10 to 13). It also contains special rules for the wrapping, unwrapping, repackaging, storage and transportation of live shellfish within Great Britain (regs. 16 to 18), and detailed obligations relating to the placing on the market of live shellfish (reg. 19).
Part III of the Regulations deals with the production and placing on the market of fishery products. There is a registration scheme for fishing vessels on board which shrimps and molluscs are cooked, there are hygiene rules for all fishing vessels, and there are special additional rules for certain longer range vessels (regs. 21 and 22).
Part III also contains a special rule relating to the timing of gutting of fishery products (reg. 33), and rules relating to the packaging, storage and transportation of fishery products within Great Britain (regs. 34 and 35). There are also detailed obligations relating to the placing on the market of all types of fishery products (reg. 36), with special additional rules relating to the placing on the market of aquaculture products (reg. 37), processed shellfish (reg. 38) and live fish and other aquatic animals (reg. 39).
Part IV of the Regulation deals with the import conditions for fishery products and live shellfish (regs. 42 to 45). Part V deals with inspection charges for third country direct landings. Part VI contains more general provisions. These include provisions relating to the health control responsibilities of the Ministers and food authorities (reg. 52), enforcement responsibilities (regs. 54 and 56), certification of shellfish and fishery products as failing to comply with food safety requirements (reg. 57).
Part I of the Regulations contains general provisions relating to citation, commencement and interpretation (regs. 1 and 2).
Part II contains the provisions relating to the production and placing on the market of live shellfish in Great Britain. Part II also contains special requirements relating to the harvesting, transporting and relaying of live shellfish (reg. 9), and to the operation of dispatch and purification centres, which need to be approved by the local food authority (regs. 10 to 13). It also contains special rules for the wrapping, unwrapping, repackaging, storage and transportation of live shellfish within Great Britain (regs. 16 to 18), and detailed obligations relating to the placing on the market of live shellfish (reg. 19).
Part III of the Regulations deals with the production and placing on the market of fishery products. There is a registration scheme for fishing vessels on board which shrimps and molluscs are cooked, there are hygiene rules for all fishing vessels, and there are special additional rules for certain longer range vessels (regs. 21 and 22).
Part III also contains a special rule relating to the timing of gutting of fishery products (reg. 33), and rules relating to the packaging, storage and transportation of fishery products within Great Britain (regs. 34 and 35). There are also detailed obligations relating to the placing on the market of all types of fishery products (reg. 36), with special additional rules relating to the placing on the market of aquaculture products (reg. 37), processed shellfish (reg. 38) and live fish and other aquatic animals (reg. 39).
Part IV of the Regulation deals with the import conditions for fishery products and live shellfish (regs. 42 to 45). Part V deals with inspection charges for third country direct landings. Part VI contains more general provisions. These include provisions relating to the health control responsibilities of the Ministers and food authorities (reg. 52), enforcement responsibilities (regs. 54 and 56), certification of shellfish and fishery products as failing to comply with food safety requirements (reg. 57).
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Date of text
Entry into force notes
These Regulations enter into force on 29 April 1999.
Repealed
Yes
Source language
English
Legislation status
repealed
Legislation Amendment
No
Amended by
Implements