PART IIIAQUATIC ANIMALS
CHAPTER I Disease control measures for category A diseases in aquaculture animals
Article 83Placing on the market of products of animal origin from aquaculture animals of listed species produced in infected establishments
1.
When granting a derogation pursuant Article 78(5), the competent authority may allow the placing on the market of products of animal origin only if the following conditions are fulfilled:
(a)
fish must be slaughtered and eviscerated before dispatch;
(b)
molluscs and crustaceans must be fully traceable and processed to non-viable products unable to survive if returned to the water, before dispatch.
When purification is required before processing and placing on the market, it shall be conducted at a disease control aquatic food establishment or in a bio-secure purification centre.
2.
The products of animal origin referred to in paragraph 1 shall be intended for:
(a)
to the final consumer directly; or
(b)
for further processing in a disease control aquatic food establishment.