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Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) (Prohibition from Importation) Regulations, 2004 (S.I. No. 25 of 2004).

Country/Territory
Belize
Document type
Regulation
Date
2004
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Government Gazette of 31 January 2004, pp. 1-3.
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Hygiene/sanitary procedures Food quality control/food safety Animal health Animal feed/feedstuffs Pests/diseases International trade
Geographical area
Americas, Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

These Regulations prohibit the importation of specified risk commodities from the United States and Canada and prohibit the feeding of ruminant protein to animals in Belize. The preparation and use in Belize of animal feed containing animal protein is placed under the supervision of the Belize Agricultural Health Authority. “Specified risk commodities” include, among other things, live ruminants, various types of meat and offal of fish and avian meal, bones, blood and its derivates and milk replacer for calves.

Full text
English

References - Legislation

Implements

Belize Agricultural Health Authority Act, 1999 (Act No. 47 of 1999).

Legislation | Belize | 2000

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Fraud, Basic legislation, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Quarantine, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Drugs, Plant protection, Fertilizers/nutrients, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX