Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Part II Products Prepared Before 27th July 1998

1.  This Part of this Chapter applies to products which were prepared before these Regulations come into force and in respect of which the conditions set out in Part I of this Chapter are not satisfied, but only if the conditions set out in this Part of this Chapter are satisfied in relation to those products.

2.  Without prejudice to the requirements of the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, it must be possible to trace for inspection purposes the establishment of dispatch of consignments of fishery products, by means either of the labelling or of the accompanying documents. For that purpose, in respect of each consignment of fishery products the following information must appear on the packaging or in the accompanying documents—

• the country of dispatch;

• identification of the establishment or factory vessel of dispatch by its approval number or, in the case of separate registering of auction or wholesale markets, the registration number of the auction or wholesale market.