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Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Service Fees) Regulations, 2004 (S.I. No. 182 of 2004).

Country/Territory
Belize
Document type
Regulation
Date
2004
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Government Gazette of 27 November 2004, pp. 1-32.
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Inspection Animal health International trade Plant protection Planting material/seeds Quarantine Plant production
Geographical area
Americas, Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

These Regulations require plants, animals and their products or by-products including food (“Commodities”) that are either exported from or imported in Belize to undergo procedures of inspection, sampling and analyzis as prescribed by the Belize Agricultural Health Authority Act and these Regulations. Inspections include inspection of materials to be exported for purposes of issuing a Sanitary or Phytosanitary Certificate, onboard inspections on arriving vessels by Quarantine Officers, inspection of a food commodity to be imported without a Sanitary Certificate and quarantine inspection. Sampling and analyzis shall concern import risks of commodities imported for the first time in Belize, commodities imported from a country or region not previously approved or otherwise at risk. Commodities in transit shall be treated a commodities to be imported in Belize. The Regulations prescribe fees for the various kinds of inspection, sampling and analyzing services.

Full text
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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