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Decree No. 80/2020 approving the Regulation for the Hygiene and Sanitary Controls for Fisheries Food Products.

Country/Territory
Mozambique
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Boletim da República, I Series, No. 172.
Subject
Food & nutrition, Fisheries
Keyword
Fish products Hygiene/sanitary procedures Classification/declassification Food quality control/food safety Inspection Aquatic animals Fraud Packaging/labelling Internal trade International trade Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries
Entry into force notes
This Decree enters into force 90 days after its publication.
Abstract

This Decree approves the Regulation for the Hygiene and Sanitary Controls for Fisheries Food Products. The Regulation, consisting of 70 articles divided into six Chapters and one Annex, specifies the hygiene and sanitary requirements to be satisfied by the above mentioned food products to put them on the market. In particular, it establishes hygienic and quality management requirements related to the activities of handling and processing, transformation, distribution and trade, sanitary requirements for monitoring and certifying the health of aquatic organisms, rules for carrying out official controls and other official activities throughout the production chain, including distribution and trade requirements, consumer and public health protection, animal health and welfare protection and the environment, defining the powers of the Competent Authority and setting the sanctioning regime. The Regulation is divided as follows: General provisions and objective of the Regulation (Chap. I); Competent Authority (Chap. II); Charges for official controls and other official activities (Chap. III); Hygienic-sanitary rules (Chap. IV); Official controls and other official activities (Chap. V); Inspection, Offences and Sanitary Sanctions (Chap. VI).

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.legis-palop.org

References - Legislation

Repeals

Decree No. 76/2009 approving the Regulation for the Hygiene and Sanitary Controls for Aquatic Food Products.

Legislation | Mozambique | 2009

Keyword: Fish products, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Classification/declassification, Codex Alimentarius, Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Aquatic animals, Fraud, Packaging/labelling, Internal trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX