Ministerial Order No. 135/2011 approving Specific Rules for the Sanitary Certification of aquatic animal origin food stuff. Country/Territory Mozambique Document type Regulation Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Boletim da República, I Série, 2nd Supplement, No. 21. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Certification Hygiene/sanitary procedures Aquatic animals Internal trade International trade Standards Food quality control/food safety Inspection Processing/handling Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries Entry into force notes This Ministerial Order enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Ministerial Order approves Specific Rules for the Sanitary Certification of aquatic animal origin food stuff. The above mentioned Rules are divided into 14 articles and 5 Annexes, establishing terms and conditions to be satisfied by aquatic animal products in order to obtain a sanitary certification of food stuff and to be put on the market for human consumption. It regulates categories of fish products, rules for performing external trade, certification documents, sanitary certification for exportation, products for commercial promotion, samples for laboratory analysis, rules for importation, requirements for international and National transit of fish products, etc. The competent authority for carrying out controls on these products is the National Institute of Fish Inspection. Annexes lay down model forms for inspection and fulfil sanitary licensing requirements. Full text Portuguese Website www.legis-palop.org References - Legislation Implements 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control/food safety, Inspection, Aquatic animals, Fraud, Packaging/labelling, Internal trade Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Ministerial Order No. 97/2023 approving the Specific Rules for the Health Certification of Fishery Products and Aquatic Animal Feeding. Legislation | Mozambique | 2023 Keyword: Certification, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Aquatic animals, Internal trade, International trade, Standards, Inspection, Processing/handling, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Aquaculture, Mariculture, Food quality control/food safety Source: FAO, FAOLEX