18 AAC 34.720 - Water supply and ice

(a) Each source of fresh and salt water supply for use in a direct-market land-based facility must be approved by the department, on the basis of whether public health and consumers are adequately protected.

(b) A water supply used for processing may not come in contact with or become exposed to sewage or other contamination.

(c) Processing water used for final rinsing of a seafood product must be

(1) changed as often as necessary to prevent buildup of blood, slime, or other contamination that might result in an adulterated seafood product; and

(2) disinfected to maintain a measurable residual of free chlorine or another disinfectant approved by the department; processing water must be tested for the residual at least once each day during the operating season; a daily log of the disinfectant residuals must be kept as required by 18 AAC 34.920(b) (5).

(d) Roe is not required to have a chlorinated final rinse if

(1) each product contact surface is cleaned and sanitized as specified in 18 AAC 34.070; and

(2) each whole, round fish receives a chlorinated rinse as specified in (c) of this section before the roe is extracted.

(e) Processing water lines in a direct-market land-based facility may not be cross-connected with nonpotable water lines.

(f) Ice used in a direct-market land-based facility must comply with 18 AAC 34.080(g).

Notes

18 AAC 34.720

Eff. 8/6/2006, Register 179

Authority:AS 17.20.005

AS 17.20.065

AS 17.20.072

AS 17.20.180

AS 44.46.020