"Food" is defined in regulation 2 as any articles used as food or drink including fish products but excluding water. The Belize Agricultural Health Authority is declared to be the competent authority in Belize with responsibility for monitoring, inspecting, approving, and controlling food safety systems in respect of all enterprises that produce or process food for export from Belize or for consumption within Belize (reg. 3). All food enterprises shall be required to register with the Authority