WSR 14-01-002 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH [Filed December 4, 2013, 2:39 p.m., effective January 4, 2014] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: WAC 246-282-005, the rule adopts the most current version (2011) of the National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish (guide), which all shellfish producing states are required to follow in order to place molluscan shellfish into interstate commerce.
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 13-16-032 on July 29, 2013.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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: December 4, 2013.
Jessica Todorovich
Deputy Secretary
for John Wiesman, DrPH, MPH
Secretary
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 11-17-104, filed 8/22/11, effective 9/22/11)
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 ((2009)) 2011 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 shellfish and water protection); (b) The provisions of 21 Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.), 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 C.F.R., 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.
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