Ministerial Order No. 34/99 establishing sanitary controls to be carried out by the Fisheries General Inspection on living bivalve molluscs. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República No. 164/99 (I-B), 16 July 1999, p. 4441. Subject Fisheries, Food & nutrition Keyword Institution Molluscs Hygiene/sanitary procedures Food quality control/food safety Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Abstract This Ministerial Order establishes the controls to be carried out by the General Inspection on Fisheries ('Inspecção-Geral das Pescas - IGP') regarding sanitary measures to be applied for producing and placing on the market living bivalve molluscs. 'IGP' shall be the competent authority entitled to control the fulfilment of the Regulation prescribed in the annex 2 of Decree-Law No. 112/95 23 May, article 2 of Decree-Law No. 293/98 of 18 September and Decree-Law No. 375/98 of 24 November. Full text Portuguese References - Legislation Implements Decree-Law No. 112/95 regulating the production and placing in the market of living molluscs. Legislation | Portugal | 1995 Keyword: Mariculture, Molluscs, Aquatic animals, International trade, Food quality control/food safety Source: FAO, FAOLEX