# Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin, Division D: PARASITES

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Food business operators must ensure that fishery products have been subjected to a visual examination for the purpose of detecting visible parasites before being placed on the market. They must not place fishery products that are obviously contaminated with parasites on the market for human consumption.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/853/annex/III/section/VIII/chapter/V/division/D (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-853/annex-III/section-VIII/chapter-V/division-D
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.