Application for certificate of registration

Quality indices 25.00 *Sample size to be determined in accordance with Sampling Plan I in Sampling Plans for Prepackaged Foods (1969) issued by the Secretariat of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Program, FAO, Rome. **Prices to be determined by the respective official laboratory designated by the Authority. 12. No person who is the holder of a HACCP certificate for an establishment shall use a laboratory for the purpose of implementing and complying with their HACCP program unless it has been recognized by the Managing Director as being competent to conduct those services or has been accredited by the Belize Bureau of Standards. etc. 13. Unless otherwise permitted by the Managing Director, fish or fishery products shall be packed in new, clean, sound 14.–(1) For the purpose of preserving the identity of any fish or fishery products, an Inspector may detain the fish or fishery products by attaching to any of the fish or fishery products or any container thereof a numbered tag upon which shall be clearly written– (a) the word “held”; (b) an identification number; (c) a brief description of the lot detained; (d) the date; and (e) the signature of the Inspector. (2) Where any fish or fishery products are detained pursuant to subregulation (1), the Inspector shall deliver or mail to the owner or his agent a duly completed notice of detention. (3) Where any fish is detained pursuant to subregulation (1) on premises owned by a person who is not the owner of the fish or fishery products, a copy of the notice of detention shall be delivered or mailed to that person. (4) No person shall alter, deface or remove a tag attached to any fish or fishery products or container thereof pursuant to subregulation (1) or move, export, sell or dispose of any such fish or fishery products or container thereof unless he has obtained a release from an Inspector. (5) Notwithstanding subregulation (4), where it is necessary for any fish or fishery products or container thereof referred to in that subregulation to be moved from one warehouse to another, or the owner of the fish or fishery products or container or his agent has made a reasonable request for the fish or fishery products or container to be moved under detention, an Inspector may permit such fish or fishery products or container thereof to be moved accordingly. (6) Where an Inspector is satisfied that any fish or fishery products detained pursuant to subregulation (1) meets the requirements of these Regulations, he shall prepare a notice of release and deliver or mail one copy thereof to the owner of the fish or his agent and one copy to the person, if any, on whose premises the fish or fishery products were found. 244 15.–(1) Where a person requests an inspection certificate for fish or fishery products, a duly authorized Inspector of the Authority shall– (a) where the person operates the establishment in which the fish or fishery products was processed, inspect the processing record of the establishment to determine whether an inspection of the fish or fishery products is required and, if it is required, inspect the fish or fishery products; and (b) in any other case, inspect the fish or fishery products. (2) An Inspector shall issue an inspection certificate for fish or fishery products where– (a) the Inspector determines that an inspection of the fish or fishery products is not required; (b) the Inspector determines, following an inspection of the fish or fishery products, that the fish or fishery products meet the requirements of the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Food Safety) Regulations, 2001, and these Regulations; or (c) each consignment of fish or fishery products destined for export must meet the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Food Safety) Regulations, 2001, and these Regulations. Such fish or fishery products must come from approved establishments, factory vessels or cold stores of the Authority’s registered freezer vessels and be accompanied by a numbered original health certificate, duly completed, signed, dated and comprising a single sheet in accordance with the model in the Fourth Schedule (Regulation 10) of the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Food Safety) Regulations, 2001, or in the case of consignments destined for the European Union, the model specified in Schedule VI. Schedule VI. (3) A person who requests an inspection certificate for fish or fishery products shall pay an inspection service fee of– (a) $100, where an inspection of the fish is performed; and (b) $25, where an inspection of the fish is not performed. 16.–(1) Where a person interested in a decision of an Inspector in respect of any inspection, grading, marking or other matter under these Regulations is not satisfied with that decision, the person may, within 30 days after such decision, by notice in writing, appeal the decision to the Managing Director, who may, subject to regulation 18, order a re-inspection. (2) Where a re-inspection is made pursuant to subregulation (1) and the Managing Director makes a decision as a result thereof, that decision shall be final. 17. A person who appeals a decision under regulation 16 (1) shall pay the applicable fee for any type of re-inspection that is ordered under that subregulation. 18. A re-inspection shall not be ordered pursuant to regulation 16 (1) whereBars to re- (a) the identity of the fish or fishery products or containers of fish or fishery products in dispute has not been preserved; (b) the request for re-inspection was not made within 30 days after the disputed inspection; 246 (c) the fish or fishery products or containers of fish or fishery products have in or upon them any poisonous or harmful substance; or (d) the fish or fishery products or containers of fish or fishery products have been previously re-inspected. 19. Where an Inspector has reasonable grounds to believe that fish or fishery products has deteriorated after the date on which it was inspected or that it otherwise fails to meet the requirements of these Regulations, he may again inspect such fish or fishery products.