PERMANENT RULES
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Currently, WAC 246-282-005 references the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 2005 NSSP guide, which all shellfish-producing states are required to follow in order to place molluscan shellfish into interstate commerce. FDA has adopted a 2007 version of the NSSP guide, leaving the current rules out-of-date. This rule making amends the section to update the reference to the current code.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-282-005.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 69.30.030.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 09-04-097 on February 4, 2009.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: March 11, 2009.
Craig McLaughlin
Executive Director
OTS-2108.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 07-20-014, filed 9/20/07,
effective 10/21/07)
WAC 246-282-005
Minimum performance standards.
(1) Any
person engaged in a shellfish operation or possessing a
commercial quantity of shellfish or any quantity of shellfish
for sale for human consumption must comply with and is subject
to:
(a) The requirements of the ((2005)) 2007 National
Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) Guide for the Control of
Molluscan Shellfish, published by the United States Department
of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and
Drug Administration (copies available through the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration, Shellfish Sanitation Branch, and the
Washington state department of health, office of food safety
and shellfish programs);
(b) The provisions of 21 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 123 - Fish and Fishery Products, adopted December 18, 1995, by the United States Food and Drug Administration, regarding Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) plans (copies available through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Seafood, and the Washington state department of health, office of food safety and shellfish programs); and
(c) All other provisions of this chapter.
(2) If a requirement of the NSSP Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish or a provision of 21 CFR, Part 123, is inconsistent with a provision otherwise established under this chapter or other state law or rule, then the more stringent provision, as determined by the department, will apply.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 69.30.030. 07-20-014, § 246-282-005, filed 9/20/07, effective 10/21/07; 06-01-055, § 246-282-005, filed 12/16/05, effective 1/16/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 69.30.030 and 43.20.030. 01-04-054, § 246-282-005, filed 2/5/01, effective 3/8/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 69.30.030. 98-18-066, § 246-282-005, filed 8/31/98, effective 10/1/98; 98-03-096, § 246-282-005, filed 1/21/98, effective 2/21/98; 96-18-096, § 246-282-005, filed 9/4/96, effective 10/5/96; 94-23-026, § 246-282-005, filed 11/8/94, effective 12/9/94.]