Ordinance on the sale and transportation of fish (No. 2 of 1954)

Ordinance of Fish Sale and Transportation (Ordinance N~ 2) of 1954. Article 1. - This Ordinance is called (Ordinance ot Fish Sale and Transportation). Article 2. - It is forbidden to sell or expose fresll fish except by fishmongers licensed from the Municipality subject t o authorization from the Veterinary Department. Article 3. - The issue of a license for fish exposition and sale is submitted to the following conditions: (1) All the walls of the shop must be covered, for at least 2 meters high; with white tiles (mosaic), with a permanent painting of the rest of the walls. (2) The shop must have running water and adequate sewages. (3) The shop must be supplied wl t h a r e tr Lge rat o r fur keeping and selling frozen fish. Boxes, with sufficient ice, could be used for fresh fish sold. Article 4. - Fish transportation (a) F're sh fish must be transported only in refri gerated cars. It could be also transported in refrigerated boxes, conditioned to the use of large quantity of ice. (b) Frozen fish must be transported in refrigerat ed cars. (c) The Veterinary Department e xami ne s the fish before transportation and then supplies a free-of-charge license for transportation from one place to another according to the above mentioned means. Article 5. - Fish and Fishmongers' shops check (a) Well trained employees of the Veteri~ary Department examine the fish before arriving to the shops and destroy those of bad quality. (b) No compensation is given for destroyed fish. (c) The veterinary decision is final unless in contradiction with the decision of another Veterinary. (d) In case of contradicted decisions, the Director of the Veterinary Department can be consulted. The decision of the Director is definite. (0) The Veterinary Department employees and the Inspectors in the }1unicipalities make the checking that fish sale is undertaken only in the licensed Fishmongers' shops. Article 6. - This Ordinance abrogates every other ordinance in contradiction with it.