Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (S.R. No. 207 of 1998).

Subject

Fisheries, Food & nutrition

Keyword

Fishing vessel Crustaceans Aquatic animals Hygiene/sanitary procedures Food quality control/food safety Fish products International trade Standards Processing/handling Transport/storage Packaging/labelling

Geographical area

Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe

Entry into force notes

These Regulations enter into force on 27 July, 1998.

Abstract

These Regulations consolidate with amendments the Regulations implementing various EC Directives. Part I of the Regulations contains general provisions relating to citation, commencement and interpretation (regs. 1 and 2). Part II contains the provisions relating to the production and placing on the market of live shellfish. The Department has the power to designate certain areas as designated production areas for live bivalve molluscs; relaying areas (areas where live bivalve molluscs may be relaid after harvesting to remove contamination) are designated by district councils (reg. 3). The Department may also designate certain areas as prohibited areas for live shellfish production of various kinds (reg. 4), and district councils may make temporary prohibitions concerning layings (reg.7). Collecting shellfish from areas subject to a relevant prohibition is an offence (reg. 8). Part II also contains special requirements relating to the harvesting, transporting and relaying of live shellfish (reg. 9), and to the operation of dispatch and purification centres, which need to be approved by the local district council (regs. 10 to 13). There are also special rules for the variation and revocation of approvals of such centres (regs. 14 and 15). Part II also contains special rules for the wrapping, unwrapping, repackaging, storage and transportation of live shellfish (regs. 16 to 18), and detailed obligations relating to the placing on the market of live shellfish (reg. 19). Part III of the Regulations deals with the production and placing on the market of fishery products. There is a registration scheme for fishing vessels on board which shrimps and molluscs are cooked, there are hygiene rules for all fishing vessels, and there are special additional rules for certain longer range vessels (regs. 21 and 22). Factory vessels and establishments on land which are involved in the production of fishery products both have to be approved by the local district council (regs. 23 and 24), and their proprietors have to comply with various specified requirements (reg. 28). Part V deals with the inspection charges for third country direct landings (products landed from third country vessels which have or had not been on land prior to their importation into the European Community). Part VI contains more general provisions. These include provisions relating to the health control responsibilities of the Department and district councils (reg. 52), enforcement responsibilities (regs. 54 and 56), certification of shellfish and fishery products as failing to comply with food safety requirements, etc.

Full text

English

Website

www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Food Safety Act 1990.

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1990 (2021)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Food quality control/food safety, Fraud, Inspection, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Council Directive 92/48/EEC laying down the minimum hygiene rules applicable to fishery products caught on board certain vessels in accordance with Article 3 (1) (a) (i) of Directive 91/493/EEC.

Legislation | European Union | 1992

Keyword: Fish products, Standards, Processing/handling, Transport/storage, Internal trade, Marine fishes

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Council Directive 91/493/EEC laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products.

Legislation | European Union | 1991

Keyword: Fish products, Standards, Processing/handling, Transport/storage, Packaging/labelling, Internal trade, International trade, Marine fishes

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. No 285 of 1999).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1999

Keyword: Fish disease, Animal health, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Food quality control/food safety, Fish products, International trade, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. No. 83 of 1999).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1999

Keyword: Fish disease, Animal health, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Food quality control/food safety, Fish products, International trade, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX