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Aquaculture Management (Disease Control)Regulations 2000.

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Regulation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official Gazette of Sri Lanka (Extraordinary) No. 1155/9, 24 October 2000, pp. 1A-5A.
Subject
Food & nutrition, Fisheries
Keyword
Aquaculture Fish disease Crustaceans Molluscs Hygiene/sanitary procedures Drugs Residues Vaccination Animal health Aquatic animals Fish products Food additives Food quality control/food safety Fraud Treated food
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

These Regulations shall apply to aquaculture enterprises in order to avoid or control the spreading of disease by implementing and operating the hygiene procedures, notifying eventual outbreak of infections and diseases, disposing of dead fish and waste; furthermore it provides for the exclusion of medically treated fish from human consumption,regulating or restricting vaccination and the use of additives. In the schedule are listed the diseases affecting fish, molluscs and crustaceans to which the present Regulations apply to.

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References - Legislation

Implements

Aquaculture Management Regulations of 1996.

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1996

Keyword: Aquaculture, Mariculture

Source: FAO, FAOLEX