S.L. 437.95 Art. 18Aquaculture animals and products thereof placed on the market for further processing before human consumption.

(1) Aquaculture animals of species susceptible to one or more of the non-exotic diseases listed in Part II of Schedule IV, and products thereof, may only be placed on the market for further processing in a zone or compartment within the territory of Malta declared free of those diseases in accordance with rules 49 or 50, if they comply with one of the following conditions:

(a) they originate from another Member State, zone or compartment declared free of the disease in question;

(b) they are processed in an authorised processing establishment under conditions which prevent the spreading of diseases;

(c) as regards fish, they are slaughtered and eviscerated before dispatch; or

(d) as regards molluscs and crustaceans, they are dispatched as unprocessed or processed products.

(2) Live aquaculture animals of species susceptible to one or more of the non-exotic diseases listed in Part II of Schedule IV which are placed on the market for further processing in a zone or compartment within the territory of Malta declared free of those diseases in accordance with rules 49 or 50, may only be temporarily stored at the place of processing if:

(a) they originate from another Member State, zone, or compartment declared free of the disease in question; or

(b) they are temporarily kept in dispatch centres, purification centres or similar businesses which are equipped with an effluent treatment system inactivating the pathogens in question, or where the effluent is subject to other types of treatment reducing the risk of transmitting diseases to the natural waters to an acceptable level.