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National Shellfish Sanitation Program
Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish
2003
Model Ordinance
VII. Wet Storage In Approved And Conditionally Approved Growing Areas
Table of Contents
Requirements for the Dealer.
.01 Source of Shellstock.
- The dealer shall wet store shellstock harvested only from areas
classified as approved, conditionally approved, or taken from a
certified depuration facility following successful completion of the
depuration process.
- Shellstock shall be harvested, identified and shipped to the wet
storage operation in accordance with the requirements of Chapters VIII
and IX.
.02 General.
- Wet storage may be used to store, condition, remove sand or to
add salt to shellstock.
- Wet storage of depurated product shall occur only within the
facility in which it was depurated.
- Wet storage shall be practiced only by a dealer in strict
compliance with the provisions in the written approval for the wet
storage activity given by the Authority.
- While awaiting placement in a wet storage operation, shellstock
shall be protected from physical, chemical or thermal conditions which
may compromise the shellstock's survival, quality or activity during
wet storage.
- Conditions and water quality during wet storage shall be
sufficient to minimize the potential for compromising the sanitary
quality of the shellstock during storage.
- For the purpose of certification, each wet storage site or
operation shall be evaluated annually. The evaluation shall include an
inspection of the near shore storage site and floats, or the wet
storage operation.
- Shellstock from a wet storage operation shall be harvested,
identified and shipped according to the requirements of Chapters VIII,
IX and X. Any dealer who wet stores shellstock from another state and
ships the shellstock as a product of the state where the shellstock was
wet stored shall be required to:
(1)
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Have an operational plan
approved by the Authority which describes how this labeling change will
be employed in assuring that shellstock can be traced to its source;
and |
(2)
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Meet the requirements of
Chapter IX. |
- When the product from wet storage was depurated prior to wet
storage, the shellstock shall:
(1)
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Be packed and labeled
according to the requirements in Chapter XV.; and |
(2)
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Include the dates of wet
storage on the labels or tags. |
- The wet storage operator shall keep complete and accurate records
to enable a lot of shellstock to be traced back to the wet storage
location. The records shall be maintained for at least:
(1)
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90 days from the date of
removal of the shellstock from wet storage; and |
(2)
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120 days from the date of
removal of the shellstock from wet
storage where the state of origin labeling is changed under §G.2. |
.03 Wet Storage Sites.
- Near shore waters used for wet storage in containers and floats
shall meet the requirements for classification as approved or
conditionally approved while shellstock is being held in storage. Areas
classified as conditionally approved may be used only when in the open
status. When an area classified as conditionally approved is placed in
a status other than its open status, any shellstock in wet storage in
that area shall be:
(1)
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Subjected to relaying or
depuration prior to human
consumption; or |
(2)
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Held in the wet storage site
until the area is returned to
the open status. |
- The near shore site evaluation shall include:
(1)
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The sanitary survey of the
near shore storage site, with
special consideration of potential intermittent sources of pollution; |
(2)
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The location of near shore
storage sites and floats; and |
(3)
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The examination of the
construction of shellstock containers, if used, to ensure the free flow
of water to all shellstock. |
- Different lots of shellstock shall not be commingled in wet
storage. If more than one lot of shellstock is held in wet storage at
the same time, the identity of each lot of shellstock shall be
maintained.