Random inspection

(1) Subject to subregulations (2) to (4), any fish or fishery product imported by the holder of a fish import permit into Belize may be subjected on a random basis to an inspection, by an Inspector, of a type set out in Column I of an item of the table to this regulation. (2) Where a type of fish or fishery product produced by a producer fails to pass a type of inspection set out in the table to this regulation– (a) the type of fish or fishery product, the name of the producer and the type of inspection shall be– (i) recorded by the Inspector on a mandatory import alert list maintained by the Authority; or (ii) reported within 5 days by the importer to an Inspector for the purpose of inclusion on a mandatory import alert list; and (b) shipments or lots of that type of fish or fishery product that are produced by that producer and 240 subsequently imported into Belize shall undergo the same type of inspection until four consecutive shipments or lots have passed that type of inspection. (3) Where a type of fish or fishery product that is produced by a producer fails to pass a label evaluation inspection, lots of that type of fish or fishery product that are produced by that producer and subsequently imported or exported from Belize shall undergo a label evaluation inspection until one lot passes the inspection. (4) Where a type of fish or fishery product that is produced by a producer is imported into Belize, and that type of fish produced by that producer has not been imported into Belize within the previous two years, that importation shall undergo every type of inspection applicable to that type of fish. (5) A person who requests that the Authority carry out a type of inspection or testing set out in Column I of an item of the table to this regulation shall pay the applicable fee set out in Column III of that item. TABLE II Column I Column II Column III Item Type of Inspection* Fee ($) 1. Sensory evaluation 25.00 2. Net content determination 10.00 3. Label evaluation 10.00 (1) Inner container (2) Outer container (3) Can coding Column I Column II Column III Item Type of Inspection* Fee ($) 4. Container integrity evaluation** (1) Cans (2) Other container 5. Histamine 120.00 6. E. coli 60.00 7. Faecal coliforms 60.00 8. Listeria monocytogenes 120.00 9. Salmonella species 80.00 10. Standard plate count 45.00 11. Staph. Aureus 80.00