Fish Inspection Act (R.S.P.E.I. 1988, c.F-13). Country/Territory Canada Territorial subdivision Prince Edward Island Document type Legislation Date 1988 (2003) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Marine fisheries Marine fishes Inspection Processing/handling Internal trade Offences/penalties Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract The present Act lays down provisions relating to the inspection of fish. The Act contains at the outset a definition clause relating to various terms employed therein such as, for example, “container”, “establishment”, “fish”, “inspector”, “marketing”, “primary producer”, “processing”. Section 3 establishes that the Lieutenant Governor in Council may, for the purpose of regulating the marketing and processing of fish and the manufacture and marketing of containers, make regulations: a) prescribing the grades, quality, and standards of fish; b) defining the expressions “tainted”, “decomposed” and “unwholesome”; c) respecting the processing, storing, grading, packaging, marking, transportation, marketing, and inspection of fish; d) respecting the quality and specifications for containers for fish, and the marking and inspection of such containers. An inspector may at any time a) enter any place or premises, or any vessel, railway car used for the carriage or storage of fish and may open any container that he has reason to believe contains fish; b) require to be produced for inspection any books, shipping bills, bills of lading, or other documents or papers; c) take any samples for inspection. The present Act consists of 14 sections. Full text English Website www.gov.pe.ca References - Legislation Implemented by General Regulations (P.E.I. Reg. EC764/72). Legislation | Canada | 1972 (2004) Keyword: Marine fisheries, Marine fishes, Inspection, Processing/handling, Internal trade, Offences/penalties, Enforcement/compliance Source: FAO, FAOLEX