Thailand – Good hygiene practices for Fresh fish and shellfish:

To protect territory from other damage from pests, National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has issued notification related to good hygiene practices for Fresh fish and shellfish.

This standard establishes good hygienic practices for fish landing site where unloading activities of fish and shellfish are performed with one or more activities i.e. sorting, transferring, buying and selling and primary preparation. The purposes are to maintain proper quality and safety of fish and shellfish for human consumption or for further processing. For other management purposes such as environment shall be done properly according to the relevant laws and will not be addressed in this standard.

Also, the following requirements for good hygienic practices for fish landing site are specified:

1.       Establishment;

2.       Equipment;

3.       Personal hygiene;

4.       Handling of fish and shellfish;

5.       Water;

6.       Ice;

7.       Toilets;

8.       Chemicals;

9.       Cleaning and Pest Control;

10.   Management of refuse and waste from fish and shellfish sorting and transferring.

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