15A NCAC 03K .0110. PUBLIC HEALTH AND CONTROL OF OYSTERS, CLAMS, SCALLOPS AND MUSSELS

(a)  To protect public health, the Fisheries Director may, by proclamation, impose any or all of the following restrictions on oysters, clams, scallops, and mussels to ensure the sale or distribution of shellfish from approved areas or shellstock dealers as defined in Rule 15A NCAC 18A .0301 and to ensure that shellfish have not been adulterated or mislabeled during cultivation, harvesting, processing, storage and transport, in compliance with the National Shellfish Sanitation Program Guide for Control of Molluscan Shellfish, Section II:  Model Ordinance:

(1)           specify time and temperature controls;

(2)           specify sanitation control procedures as specified in 21 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 123.11;

(3)           specify Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) requirements as specified in 21 CFR Part:

(A)          123.3 Definitions;

(B)          123.6 HACCP Plan;

(C)          123.7 Corrective Actions;

(D)          123.8 Verification;

(E)           123.9 Records; and

(F)           123.28 Source Controls;

(4)           specify tagging and labeling requirements;

(5)           implement the National Shellfish Sanitation Program's training requirements for shellfish harvesters and certified shellfish dealers;

(6)           require sales records and collection and submission of information to provide a mechanism for shellfish product to be traced back to the water body of origin; and

(7)           require implicated product recall and specify recall procedures.

(b)  Proclamations issued under this Rule shall suspend appropriate rules or portions of rules under the authority of the Marine Fisheries Commission as specified in the proclamation.  The provisions of 15A NCAC 03I .0102 terminating suspension of a rule pending the next Marine Fisheries Commission meeting and requiring review by the Marine Fisheries Commission at the next meeting shall not apply to proclamations issued under this Rule.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 113-134; 113-182; 113-201; 113-221.1; 113-221.2; 143B-289.52;

Eff. April 1, 2014.