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Seraj4.4.1 Guiding laws and directives<strong>The</strong>re are several regulations and directives on food related issues applicable for animal foodproduction and food business operation (Figure 5). Regulation EC 178/2002, known as theGeneral Food Law describes general principles and obligations for exporting food to Europe.In addition to this, Regulation (EC) 882/2004 laid down the general procedure for <strong>of</strong>ficialcontrols, Regulation (EC) 852/2004 laid down the general hygiene requirements for all foodbusiness operators and Regulation (EC) 853/2004 laid down additional specific requirementsfor food businesses dealing with foods <strong>of</strong> animal origin, including fishery products.Regulation (EC) 854/2004 had included the <strong>of</strong>ficial controls for foods <strong>of</strong> animal origin(Ioannis et al.. 2005 and CBI, 2007).4.4.2 General hygiene requirements:General hygiene <strong>of</strong> a food operator is guided by the regulation (EC) No 852/2004), Article 4.1<strong>of</strong>, and Part A <strong>of</strong> Annex I, Article 4.2 and Annex II. According to this rule, the food must beproduced in hygienic conditions, the producer must make sure that the premises are kept cleanand are properly equipped. Foods must be safely and hygienically handled. Staff must observegood personal hygiene practices.Figure 5: <strong>The</strong> guiding regulations for food export to EU (adopted from CBI, 2007)4.4.3 Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)HACCP requirements are set out in article five <strong>of</strong> Regulation (EC) No 852/2004. Accordingto this rule, all food businesses must have a documented food safety management system thatis based upon the principles <strong>of</strong> HACCP. <strong>The</strong> processor has to identify and regularly reviewthe critical points in their processes and ensure controls are applied at these points. <strong>The</strong>producers have to show their environmental, health and hygiene standards and that there is anorganized and effective food safety management system in place to ensure that the foodproduced is safe. Both the producer and processor should have an HACCP plan that includesthe following:UNU-Fisheries Training Programme 18

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