Ministerial Order No. 200/2011 establishing controls and hygiene sanitary requirements for alive and processed bivalve molluscs.

Subject

Food & nutrition

Keyword

Inspection Molluscs Hygiene/sanitary procedures Processing/handling Internal trade International trade Food quality control/food safety

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 (in the Annex) controls to be carried out and hygiene/sanitary requirements to be satisfied by alive and processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods. This Annex, consisting of 4 Chapters and 1 Appendix, establishes specific hygiene and sanitary requirements for collection, production, handling, processing and putting on the market of alive and processed bivalve molluscs, including import conditions; specific rules for carrying out official inspections in order to assess the implementation of specific hygiene/sanitary measures and all the activities related to this sector. The Annex is divided as follows: General provisions (Chap. I); Official controls in production areas (Chap. II); Hygiene and sanitary requirements (Chap. III); Bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods (Chap. IV). The Appendix specifies microbiological controls and maximum limit of microbes contained in molluscs.

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