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:: AGENCIES
INVOLVED IN QUALITY AND SAFETY OF FISHERY PRODUCTS :: |
Competent Authority |
Department of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources
- Certify seafood for export under the Fisheries
and Aquatic Resources Act No for 1996.
- 13 are EU approved Units
- Maintains records of detentions/Rapid Alerts of Eu or
notification from US buyer
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Health Inspection |
Health Ministry
- In charge of implementing the Food Act
- conduct routine surveillance fro hygiene
and pesticide monitoring programme
- Focal point for SPS and receives SPS related
documents from WTO
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Standards Setting Agency
(s) |
Sri
Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI)
- Formulating standards of
different types of products including fishery products.
- Offer certification on HACCP
applications.
- Offer microbiological lab.
Analysis to the industry and the DFAR
- Accreditation as per ISO
17025 by SWEDAC
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Traceability |
Certification Div. of SLSI
- Developed requirements for traceability in the
seafood industry
- SLSI are HACCP auditors
- Data from fishing boats catching swordfish and
tuna are maintained and processing units can trace the product to
the fishing boats
- Farmed shrimp : Processors maintain data on the
farm from where shrimp purchased
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