Fish Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Identification of aquaculture animals and aquaculture products

5.—(1) A person shall not despatch a consignment of aquaculture animals or aquaculture products unless information is provided in accordance with paragraph (2) which—

(a)identifies the consignment;

(b)enables the farm of origin or, in the case of aquaculture animals or aquaculture products from the wild, the place of origin to be traced; and

(c)where a movement document is required by these Regulations to accompany the consignment, enables the aquaculture animals or aquaculture products comprising the consignment to be linked to that movement document.

(2) The information referred to in paragraph (1) shall be provided on the container for the consignment to which it relates or on a label fixed to the container or on the movement document accompanying the consignment.