Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 994

      The Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations 1998


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


1998 No. 994

FOOD

The Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations 1998

  Made 6th April 1998 
  Laid before Parliament 8th April 1998 
  Coming into force 29th April 1998 


ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS


PART I

GENERAL
1. Citation and commencement
2. Interpretation

PART II

PRODUCTION AND PLACING ON THE MARKET OF LIVE SHELLFISH
3. Designation of areas as designated bivalve production areas
4. Designation of areas as prohibited areas for live shellfish production
5. Alterations to designated areas
6. Lists of designated production and relaying areas
7. Temporary prohibition orders concerning production areas
8. Collecting live shellfish from prohibited areas
9. Requirements relating to harvesting, transporting and relaying of live shellfish
10. Requirement for the approval of dispatch or purification centres
11. Approval of dispatch or purification centres
12. Appeals against a refusal to grant an approval or against any conditions or limitations in approvals
13. Obligations on food business proprietors operating dispatch or purification centres
14. Variation of approvals for dispatch or purification centres
15. Revocation of approvals for dispatch or purification centres
16. Wrapping of live shellfish
17. Storage and transportation of live shellfish after dispatch
18. Splitting consignments of live shellfish
19. Placing live shellfish on the market
20. Direct transfers of live shellfish on local markets

PART III

PRODUCTION AND PLACING ON THE MARKET OF FISHERY PRODUCTS
21. Registration of fishing vessels on board which shrimps or molluscs are cooked
22. Hygiene conditions for fishing vessels
23. Operation of a factory vessel or fishery products establishment without an approval
24. Approval of factory vessels and fishery products establishments
25. Requirement for the registration of auction or wholesale markets
26. Registration of auction and wholesale markets
27. Appeals against decisions under this Part to refuse to register or to grant an approval or against any conditions or limitations in such approvals
28. Obligations upon food business proprietors operating establishments and factory vessels
29. Notice of arrival obligation for masters of third country factory vessels
30. Obligations upon food business proprietors operating auction or wholesale markets
31. Variation of approvals for factory vessels or establishments
32. Revocation of approvals for factory vessels or establishments and cancellation of market registrations
33. Gutting of fishery products
34. Packaging of fishery products
35. Storage and transportation of fishery products
36. Placing fishery products on the market
37. Placing aquaculture products on the market
38. Placing processed shellfish on the market
39. Fishery products to be placed on the market alive
40. Prohibition on placing certain fishery products on the market
41. Direct transfers of fishery products on local markets

PART IV

IMPORT CONDITIONS FOR FISHERY PRODUCTS AND LIVE SHELLFISH
42. General restriction on importing fishery products
43. Additional conditions relating to certain third country imports of fishery products
44. General restriction on importing live shellfish
45. Additional conditions relating to certain third country imports of live shellfish
46. Exemption for private consignments

PART V

HYGIENE INSPECTION CHARGES FOR DIRECT LANDINGS FROM THIRD COUNTRY VESSELS
47. Interpretation of Part V
48. Charge in respect of official checks on third country direct landings
49. Sum payable by vendors to food authorities
50. The reducible element of the charge
51. Collection and remittance arrangements

PART VI

ENFORCEMENT, PENALTIES AND REVOCATIONS
52. Functions of the Ministers and food authorities
53. Offences and penalties
54. Enforcement of Parts II and III
55. Application of provisions of the Act for the purposes of Parts II and III
56. Enforcement of Part IV
57. Food treated as failing to comply with food safety requirements
58. Amendment of other Regulations
59. Revocations and transitional provision

SCHEDULES

  Schedule 1 Imports
 Part I Approved import conditions for fishery products
 Part II Approved import conditions for live shellfish
 Part III The Fishery Products Decisions
 Part IV Applicable requirements relating to imported fishery products
 Part V Applicable requirements relating to imported live shellfish
  Schedule 2 Production and placing on the market conditions for live shellfish
 Chapter I Condition for production areas
 Chapter II Requirements for harvesting and transportation of batches to a dispatch or purification centre, relaying area or processing plant
 Chapter III Conditions for relaying live bivalve molluscs
 Chapter IV Conditions for the approval of dispatch or purification centres
 Chapter V Requirements concerning live shellfish
 Chapter VI Public health control and monitoring of production
 Chapter VII Wrapping
 Chapter VIII Preservation and storage
 Chapter IX Transport from the dispatch centre
 Chapter X Marking of consignments

  Schedule 3 Production and placing on the market conditions for fishery products
 Chapter I Conditions applicable to factory vessels
 Chapter II Requirements during and after landing
 Chapter III General conditions for establishments on land
 Chapter IV Special conditions for handling fishery products on shore
 Chapter V Health control and monitoring of production conditions
 Chapter VI Packaging
 Chapter VII Identification marks
 Chapter VIII Storage and transport

  Schedule 4 Hygiene requirements relating to fishing vessels
 Part I General hygiene conditions
 Part II Additional hygiene conditions

  Schedule 5 Revocations

 Explanatory Note
 
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