What is ship sanitation certificate , validity , difference between sanitation and exemption certificate ?

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As of 15 June 2007 the International Health Regulations (2005) have introduced new certification procedures for ships. The new certificates are entitled Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate/Ship Sanitation Control Certificate ("Ship Sanitation Certificates" or "SSC"). These SSC replace the previous Deratting/Deratting Exemption Certificates ("DC/DEC") provided for under the IHR (1969).
A Ship Sanitation Certificate is a document that confirms that a ship's compliance with maritime sanitation and quarantine rules specified in article 39 of the IHR (2005) issued by the WHO The certificate serves as proof that the ship is free of clear sources of contagion.
SSC's are issued by competent health authorities in authorized ports, after inspection. Certificates are valid for six months, revocable if evidence of health risks are found.

Ship sanitation certificates can be of two types:
Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificates (SSCEC) are issued to vessels that have passed inspection that verifies that the ship is free of animal vectors, potential disease reservoirs or ill humans.
Ship Sanitation Control Certificates (SSCC) are issued when a health risk is found, and control measures (fumigation, etc.) have been successfully carried out.