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Cabinet Regulation No. 947 of 2005 on Welfare Requirements for the Keeping and Killing of Live Fish at Retail Trade Sites of Food Undertakings

Country/Territory
Latvia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2005 (2010)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Aquaculture Animal welfare Fish products Hygiene/sanitary procedures
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Abstract

The Regulation prescribes the welfare requirements for the keeping and killing of live fish at a retail trade site of a food undertaking from the time when the fish are received until selling thereof to a consumer. The implementation of the requirements of the Regulation is supervised and controlled by the Food and Veterinary Service. The fish may be kept and killed at a retail trade site, which conforms to the requirements of this Regulation and has been registered with the Service in accordance with the requirements specified in the regulatory enactments regarding recognition and registration of activities of food undertakings.

Full text
English
Website
www.likumi.lv

References - Legislation

Implements

Animal Protection Law (1999)

Legislation | Latvia | 1999 (2017)

Keyword: Animal health, Animal welfare, Transport/storage, Slaughtering, Basic legislation, Classification/declassification, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Standards, Ranching/captive breeding, Hunting/capture, Game, Hunting rights, Keeping of live animals, Management/conservation, Protection of species, Wild fauna, Trade in species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX