Veterinary Permit to Import Fish, Fish Products and Ornamental Fish

Name of the Service

Veterinary Permit to Import Fish, Fish Products and Ornamental Fish

  Ministry and Directorate

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries Wealth & Water Resources / Veterinary Quarantine Department

  Service details

  • Importers & Exporters.
  • Any organization engaged in the export and import of fish and its products must register with the competent authority and obtain a quality control certificate.
  • There should be warehouses for imported fishery products.
  • The applicant (the import office) undertakes to take full responsibility for the health and safety of the imported fishery products.
  • Import only from companies licensed to produce and export fish and that meet all requirements for the health and safety of fishery products and apply the HACCP system.
  • Submitting records of the types and quantities of imported fish, including tracking logs and expiry dates.
  • Submitting records of temperature in fish warehouses.
  • Warehouses records of stock cards.
  • Test Certificate.

Approval of the permits shall be within two hours of the application, during the official working hours and for seven days a week (All days).

Release of Shipment round the clock, non-stop 24 hours; i.e. the release of the shipment submitted shall be within two hours of submitting the goods for the inspection of the relevant authority.

  • OMR 10