The Food Safety (Fishery Products) Regulations 1992

Registration of fishing vessels on which shrimps or molluscs are processed by cooking

12.—(1) A person operating a fishing vessel on board which shrimps or molluscs are, for the purpose of a food business, processed by cooking shall, unless such processing is to be supplemented subsequently by cooking, comply with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) The person operating the fishing vessel shall—

(a) prior to engaging for the first time in the business of cooking, notify in writing the food authority for the area in which the fishing vessel is based of his intention to do so, and shall at the same time supply the information specified in paragraph (3); and

(b) subsequently, similarly notify the food authority of any changes to the information originally supplied.

(3) The information referred to in paragraph (2)(a) is—

(a) the name of the vessel;

(b) the usual place of landing of the fishery products;

(c) the name and address of the owner of the vessel.

(4) Any cooking on board of either shrimps or molluscs, or both, shall be in accordance with the requirements of point 5 of section I of Chapter III of the Annex to, and point 7 of Chapter IV of the Annex to, the Council Directive, as set out in the Schedule to the Food Safety (Fishery Products) (Derogations) Regulations 1992.

(5) Each food authority shall maintain a register of all information supplied pursuant to paragraphs (2)(a) and (3).