S.L. 437.95 Art. 33Harvesting and further processing.

(1) Aquaculture animals which have reached commercial size and show no clinical sign of disease may be harvested under the supervision of the department for human consumption, or for further processing.

(2) Any operations involved in the preparation of the aquaculture animals for entry into the food chain, including harvesting, the introduction into dispatch centres or purification centres, and any further processing, shall be carried out under the conditions which prevent the spread of the pathogen responsible for causing the disease.

(3) Dispatch centres, purification centres or similar businesses shall be equipped with an effluent treatment system inactivating the pathogen responsible for causing the disease. In the absence of such system, the effluent shall be subject to other types of treatment reducing the risk of transmitting diseases to the natural waters to an acceptable level.

(4) Further processing shall be performed in authorised processing establishments.