The Aquatic Animal Health Code (the Aquatic Code) provides standards for the improvement of aquatic animal health and farmed fish welfare worldwide. These standards should be used by Members to set up measures for the prevention, early detection, reporting and control of pathogenic agents in aquatic animals (amphibians, crustaceans, fish and molluscs). Implementation of the recommendations in the Aquatic Code ensures the safety of international trade in aquatic animals and aquatic animal products, while avoiding unjustified sanitary barriers.

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