N.J. Admin. Code § 8:13-2.23

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 12, June 17, 2024

Section 8:13-2.23 - Recordkeeping

(a) Each lot of clams brought to the depuration plant shall be assigned a process batch number. The following records corresponding to the process batch shall be kept on the premises at all times for at least one year and be available for inspection upon request. All records shall be kept in indelible ink and shall indicate the following:

1. The process batch number as well as the harvester allocation tag serial number(s) for each process;

2. The name of each clammer working each day along with the number(s) of his or her serialized harvester allocation tag;

3. The number of clams and bushels each clammer harvests each day;

4. The total number of bushels and clams in each process batch;

5. The number of bushels and number of clams culled in the plant before and after the depuration process;

6. The date and time of "0" hour entry for each process batch;

7. The number of hours the clams are depurated along with the date and time the process is terminated for each process batch;

8. The ultraviolet (UV) unit intensity out-put and process water temperature records;

9. The sales information to include date, number of bushels of soft shell clams, number of hard shell clams, person and address to whom sold shall be recorded at the time of sale and identified to the process batch; and

10. A copy of the harvest depuration record as required in N.J.A.C. 7:12-9 shall be available for review and inspection upon request.

(b) Copies of the records required in (a)1 through 7 above shall be submitted by telefacsimile to the shellfish program coordinator in the Department's Public Health and Food Protection Program at 609-826-4992 by no later than 12:00 noon of the next working day.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:13-2.23

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 2149(b), effective 10/15/2018