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The Imported Food Regulations 1997

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4.  After paragraph 2 of Chapter IV of Schedule 1 to the General Food Hygiene Regulations there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“2A.—(1) The captain of a sea-going vessel transporting, in tanks, bulk liquid oils or fats intended for or likely to be used for human consumption shall keep accurate documentary evidence relating to the three previous cargoes carried in the tanks concerned, and the effectiveness of the cleaning process applied between these cargoes.

(2) Where the cargo has been trans-shipped, in addition to the documentary evidence required in sub-paragraph (1), the captain of the receiving vessel shall keep accurate documentary evidence that the transport of the bulk liquid oil or fat complied with the provisions in paragraph 2(3) or (4) of this Chapter during previous shipment and of the effectiveness of the cleaning process used between these cargoes on the other vessel.

(3) Upon request, the captain of the vessel shall provide the food authority with the documentary evidence described in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2).”.

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