Order No. 553/95 approving the Sanitary Regulation on the production and placing in the market of fishing products. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Regulation Date 1995 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República No. 133/95, 8 June 1995, pp. 3737-3746. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Hygiene/sanitary procedures Fish products International trade Processing/handling Food quality control/food safety Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Abstract This Order establishes that the General Direction of Fisheries (DGP) shall be competent for the approval of establishments, wholesale markets and fishing vessels, where fishing products are prepared, treated, frozen, packaged and stored. DGP shall mark the following with a veterinary identification number: establishments, wholesale markets and registered fishing vessels. The extension of fishing activities beyond those authorized is prohibited, except in cases where approval of a new register is required. The EU shall be informed of such registration activities. Full text Portuguese References - Legislation Implements Decree-Law No. 283/94 approving EEC Council Directive No. 91/493/EEC of 22 July, approving sanitary procedures concerning the production and placing in the market of fish products. Legislation | Portugal | 1994 Keyword: Institution, Fish products, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, International trade, Food quality control/food safety Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Decree-Law No. 375/98 regulating sanitary procedures for the production and placing on the market of fish products. Legislation | Portugal | 1998 Keyword: Institution, Fish products, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, International trade, Food quality control/food safety Source: FAO, FAOLEX