Regulatory council building

COMPOSITION AND ACTIVITIES

The Regulatory Council for the Galician Mussel is made up of representatives from the producers, businesses and dispatch centres, as well as technical committees from the Council of Fishery, Seafood and Aquaculture and the Health Department from Galicia’s local government.  Work to set up this organisation began in 1989, and in October 1994 the Regulatory Council started to operate.

The basic functions of the regulatory council for the Galician Mussel are:

· To regulate the activities and characteristics that should be present in the product to surpass the standard that will satisfy the consumer;
· To ensure these regulations are adhered to;
· To guarantee, by means of a distinctive label, that the product the consumer buys is of a very high quality; and
· To promote and value the product.

To carry out these functions to as high a standard as possible, the Regulatory Council also undertakes some additional activities:

· Training
· Scientific Research
· Market Research