Aquaculture (Monitoring of Residues) Regulations 2002. Country/Territory Sri Lanka Document type Regulation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official Gazette of Sri Lanka (Extraordinary) No. 1237/19, 22 May 2002, pp. 1A-10A. Subject Food & nutrition, Fisheries Keyword Aquaculture Fish products Drugs Hygiene/sanitary procedures Residues Inspection Fish disease Animal health Food additives Food quality control/food safety Fraud MRL-maximum residue limit Slaughtering Toxicity/poisoning 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 control and monitor the eventual presence of residues of chemicals and other substances as per Schedule I, to establish and implement a national monitoring plan, collecting and analysing fish samples. Fish and their products must result clean from the abovementioned substances and the sale , trade or human consumption of adulterated fish shall not be permitted. Inspections shall be carried out in the facilities where fish is processed and even in the laboratories where samples are investigated. In case of adulteration, fish and derived products shall be marked and disposed of.The text includes four Schedules dealing with the list of substances, the sampling procedures, treatment, assessment and destruction. Full text English References - Legislation Implements Aquaculture Management Regulations of 1996. Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1996 Keyword: Aquaculture, Mariculture Source: FAO, FAOLEX