Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Chapter X Marking of Consignments

1.  Without prejudice to the requirements of the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1) and subject to paragraph 4, all parcels in a consignment of live shellfish shall be provided with a healthmark so that the original dispatch centre may be identified at all times during transport and distribution until retail sale, and the healthmark shall be in the following form—

2.—(1) The healthmark may be—

(a) printed on the wrapping material;

(b) affixed as a separate label to the wrapping material;

(c) put inside the wrapping; or

(d) of a twist-tie or staple design.

(2) A self-adhesive healthmark must not be used, unless it is not detachable.

(3) All types of healthmark must be for single use only and are not transferable.

3.  The healthmark must be durable and waterproof, and the information presented must be legible, indelible and in easily decipherable characters.

4.  Where a person repackages any live shellfish in accordance with paragraph 3 of Chapter VII, the healthmark provided on the new wrapping shall be in the form set out in paragraph 1, except that it shall also contain—

(a) if the live shellfish originate—

(i) in the European Economic Area or in a third country in respect of which the European Commission has adopted import conditions for live shellfish, the approval number of the original dispatch centre, or

(ii) in a third country in respect of which the European Commission has not adopted approved import conditions for live shellfish, the original dispatch details; and

(b) if the consignment was unwrapped—

(i) at a registered market, the registration number of the market where the consignment was unwrapped, or

(ii) elsewhere than at a registered market, the full name and address of the person repackaging the consignment.

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S.R. 1996 No. 383