Section 18 AAC 34.830 - Processes and controls; handling; and ice supply(a) A processor shall ensure that all operations in the manufacturing, processing, packing, and holding of seafood products are conducted in accordance with adequate sanitation principles as required in 21 C.F.R. 117.80, adopted by reference in 18 AAC 34.010, and other requirements of this section.(b) Ice that comes into contact with seafood products must be (1) made by the seafood processor from water that meets the requirements of 18 AAC 34.820(d) or obtained from an establishment permitted under 18 AAC 31 or this chapter to manufacture ice; and(2) handled in a sanitary manner.(c) Vessels or vehicles, including tenders, used to transport raw seafood products shall provide adequate ice or other temperature control and adequate protection against bird droppings and sun when holding or transporting seafood products.(d) Pitching or puncturing raw seafood product using a long-handled implement is prohibited. Hand gaff hooks are allowed if used only in a portion of the seafood product that will be discarded as waste by the processor or will not otherwise be used for human consumption.(e) The processor shall record the condition, including quality, of incoming seafood products.(f) Except for a direct-market fishing vessel or direct-market land-based facility, a processor shall, upon receipt and before additional processing or packaging, inspect and adequately rinse seafood products with a water supply that meets the requirements of 18 AAC 34.820(c) or (d), including those products butchered or filleted in another permitted facility.(g) A processor shall identify, by label or otherwise, and segregate seafood caught while sport fishing, subsistence fishing, or personal use fishing from commercially caught seafood during all aspects of processing.(h) A processor shall hold seafood products upon receipt at a temperature of not more than 45° Fahrenheit until processing of the seafood product begins.Eff. 8/21/2019, Register 231Authority:AS 17.20.005
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