Section 18 AAC 34.200 - Applicability of shellfish processing requirements(a) A person who harvests, handles, prepares, processes, shucks, packs, repacks, or transports fresh or frozen shellfish for sale as part of commerce intended for human consumption shall meet the requirements of 18 AAC 34.200 - 18 AAC 34.210. In addition, except for a person who is a shellfish harvester, a person described in this section must also meet the requirements of 18 AAC 34.030 - 18 AAC 34.125 and 18 AAC 34.900 - 18 AAC 34.990.(b) A person described in (a) of this section, including a person who is a shellfish harvester, shall comply with the standards for fresh or frozen shellfish relating to sanitation, harvesting, handling, shucking, and transporting contained in the National Shellfish Sanitation Program Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfishand 21 C.F.R. 1240.60, both of which are adopted by reference in 18 AAC 34.010.(c) A person who harvests shellfish for bait to be sold as part of commerce shall meet the requirements of 18 AAC 34.215.Eff. 12/18/97, Register 144; am/readopt 12/2/99, Register 152Effective 12/2/99, Register 152, the Department of Environmental Conservation readopted 18 AAC 34.200, to affirm the validity of that section following statutory amendments made in ch. 72, SLA 1998. The department also amended 18 AAC 34.200(a) and (b). Chapter 72, SLA 1998 relocated department authority to adopt regulations in 18 AAC 34 from AS 03.05 to AS 17.20.
Information about how to review or obtain a copy of a requirement referred to in 18 AAC 34.200 and adopted by reference in 18 AAC 34.010 is set out in the editor's note to 18 AAC 34.010.
Authority:AS 17.20.005
AS 17.20.065
AS 17.20.072
AS 17.20.180
AS 44.46.020