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Title 2 - AGRICULTUREAgency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICESChapter 585 - RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT REGULATIONSPart III - Food
Article 2 - Sources, Specifications, and Original Containers and Records
Section 2VAC5-585-410 - Shellstock identification

2 Va. Admin. Code § 5-585-410

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Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 8, December 2, 2024
Section 2VAC5-585-410 - Shellstock identification
A. Shellstock shall be obtained in containers bearing legible source identification tags or labels that are affixed by the dealer that depurates, ships, or reships the shellstock, as specified in the National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish, Revision, (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) and that list on each dealer's tag or label the following information in the following order:Pf
1. The dealer's name and address, and the certification number assigned by the shellfish control authority;Pf
2. The original shipper's certification number assigned by the shellfish control authority;Pf
3. The harvest date, or if depurated, the date of depuration processing, or if wet stored, the original harvest date and the final harvest date;Pf
4. If wet stored or depurated, the wet storage or depuration cycle or lot number. The wet storage lot number shall begin with the letter "w";Pf
5. The harvest area including the initials of the state or country of harvest;Pf
6. The type and quantity of shellstock;Pf
7. The following statement in bold, capitalized type: "THIS TAG (or LABEL) IS REQUIRED TO BE ATTACHED UNTIL CONTAINER IS EMPTY OR IS RETAGGED AND THEREAFTER KEPT ON FILE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER FOR 90 DAYS." "RETAILERS: DATE WHEN LAST SHELLFISH FROM THIS CONTAINER SOLD OR SERVED (INSERT DATE)";Pf and
8. A consumer advisory as specified in 2VAC5-585-930.
B. A container of shellstock that does not bear a tag or label or that bears a tag or label that does not contain all the information as specified under subsection A of this section shall be subject to a hold order, as allowed by law, or seizure and destruction in accordance with 21 CFR 1240.60(d) and § 28.2-801 of the Code of Virginia.

2 Va. Admin. Code § 5-585-410

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 2, eff. October 16, 2007; amended, Virginia Register Volume 26, Issue 7, eff. January 1, 2010; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 22, eff. 7/12/2016; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 37, Issue 19, eff. 6/24/2021.

Statutory Authority: § 3.2-5121 of the Code of Virginia.