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Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Quarantine Inspection and Certification Fees) Regulations.

Country/Territory
Belize
Document type
Regulation
Date
2001 (2003)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
The Subsidiary Laws of Belize Revised Edition 2003, CAP. 211.
Subject
Livestock, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Animal health Pests/diseases Quarantine Animal feed/feedstuffs Plant protection Inspection International trade
Geographical area
Americas, Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

Regulations 3 to 8 prescribe fees for quarantine inspection of imported cargo and for the issuance of a phytosanitary certificate. Every container or vessel, carrying any commodity or product listed in the Schedule, which needs quarantine inspection at a private warehouse or storage facility and for which Customs entry forms have been stamped ”visual inspection required”, shall not be allowed to leave any air or sea port unless accompanied by a container application from the Authority and a Quarantine Inspector. Regulation 9 defines offences in relation to importation of plants and animals such as making false declarations, illegal possession of any plant, plant product, plant by-product, animal, animal product, animal by-product, carcass, feed, litter, dung, biological agents or similar things, etc. (11 regulations)

Full text
English
Website
www.belizelaw.org

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