PART IVREGISTRATION, APPROVAL, TRACEABILITY AND MOVEMENTS

TITLE IIAQUATIC ANIMALS AND PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS

CHAPTER 1 Registration, approval, record-keeping and registers

Section 4 Record-keeping and traceability

Article 187Record-keeping obligations of disease control aquatic food establishments

1.

Operators of disease control aquatic food establishments subject to approval in accordance with Article 179 shall keep and maintain records of:

(a)

all movements into and from their establishment of aquaculture animals and products of animal origin obtained from such animals;

(b)

discharge of water and relevant biosecurity measures.

2.

Operators of disease control aquatic food establishments shall:

(a)

keep the records provided for in paragraph 1 on their establishment and shall make them available to the competent authority on request;

(b)

retain those records for a minimum period to be prescribed by the competent authority, which may not be less than three years.

The records shall be kept and maintained in paper or electronic form.