Haw. Code R. § 11-35-8 - Preparation of shellfish for marketing
(a) Relaying.
(1) The relaying of market-size shellfish
from a prohibited or restricted area to an approved area shall be conducted
only with the written permission and under the supervision of the
department.
(2) Shellfish from
public waters shall only be relaid with the permission of the department of
land and natural resources.
(3)
Shellfish relaid from a prohibited or restricted area to an approved area shall
be kept in such an area for at least fourteen consecutive days and shall be
harvested only with the written consent from the department and under its
supervision. Such an area shall be located and marked so that it may be readily
identified to prevent accidental harvesting and to prevent shellfish in
adjacent approved areas from contamination. Further need for holding shall be
determined by laboratory tests and evaluation of such data by the
department.
(b)
Depuration.
(1) Shellfish from prohibited
areas shall not be depurated.
(2)
Shellfish from a restricted area shall only be harvested with the permission of
the department of land and natural resources (if public waters) and shall be
subjected to an effective depuration process.
(3) The department shall monitor the sanitary
quality of all harvesting, transporting and depurating operations of shellfish
from restricted growing areas. Shellfish from a restricted are all be depurated
for not less than forty-eight hours to achieve fifty fecal coliforms or less
per one hundred grams of meat.
(4)
An effective depuration facility shall be available in artificial growing
systems if human pathogens have been demonstrated to occur in the growing
waters. All shellfish lots to be marketed shall be depurated at least
twenty-four hours immediately after harvesting. Subsequent lots of shellfish
shall be depurated until the department is satisfied by available monitoring
data or a sanitary evaluation that the sources of contamination are
absent.
(5) Construction of a
depuration facility.
(A) Consultation with
the department is advised prior to the construction and operation of a
depuration plant.
(B) Plants in
which shellfish are depurated shall be so located that they are not subject to
flooding by high tides, storm waters, and other pollution sources.
(C) A depuration facility shall be so
constructed that depurated shellstock are not recontaminated or are not
accidentally commingled with shellstock to be depurated.
(D) Process tanks and shellstock containers
used for depuration purposes shall be of sufficient size and shape, constructed
of corrosion-resistant material, kept in good repair at all times, and not
subject to external contamination.
(E) Regulations for storage, processing,
sewage facilities shall be in accordance with § 11-35-9.
(6) Seawater system.
(A) Hydraulic appurtenances shall be
corrosion-resistant and non-toxic to shellfish and humans.
(B) Water used in a depuration facility shall
meet approved growing water standards and should favor maximum physiological
activity of the shellfish so as to achieve purification.
(C) Water used in the depuration facility
shall be subjected to an effective sterilization process such as ultraviolet
(UV) light or ozonization unless the water is obtained from a protected well
source and if the fetal coliform is less than two per one hundred ml.
(7) Plant operations.
(A) Washing and culling-shellfish shall be
washed to remove matter which would contaminate the water of the depuration
facility, and culled to provide proper disposal of broken-shelled, dead or
gaping shellfish. After the depuration process, shellstock shall be washed to
remove the feces produced by the shellfish during the process and culled to
dispose of dead or gaping shellfish which may have been missed on the first
washing and culling.
(B) Process
tanks and shellstock containers shall be cleaned and sanitized after each
depuration process.
(C) Monitoring
of plant operations-Accurate and up-to-date records of the quality and the flow
rate of the water shall be kept. Physiochemical parameters of untreated and
treated water should be monitored so as to determine the efficiency of the
treatment units.
(D) A record shall
be kept of the amount of shellfish depurated, the period of time the shellfish
were depurated and the person to whom the shellfish were sold. Such records
shall be made available to the director upon request.
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