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