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The Fisheries and Fish Products (Inspection and Quality Control) Act, 2020 (Law No. 20 of 2020).

Country/Territory
Bangladesh
Document type
Legislation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Inspection Fish products Authorization/permit Internal trade International trade Transport/storage
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Entry into force notes
This Act shall come into effect immediately.
Abstract

The central competent authority shall determine the standards for the import, export, production, transportation, storage, marketing or processing of fish and fish products in the manner prescribed. No person shall import, export, produce, market, transport, store, process or otherwise transfer fish and fish products to any consumer without the standards prescribed under sub-section (1). The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish the required number of quality control laboratories within the country to test or determine the purity of exportable, imported or marketable fish and fish products, products used for processing and storing them, water, ice, swabs and fish food or food items. No person shall export fish and fish products, establish and operate factories or establishments without obtaining a license. The regional appropriate authority may issue a license to an exporter for the export of fish and fish products in the prescribed manner or to any owner to establish and operate a factory or establishment for the production and processing of fish and fish products and any other activity related therewith.

Full text
Bengali

References - Legislation

Repeals

Fish and Fish Products (Inspection and Quality Control) Ordinance 1983 (No. XX of 1983).

Legislation | Bangladesh | 1983

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Fish products

Source: FAO, FAOLEX