Section 25-B2600. SHIPMENT ACCEPTABILITY

 

2600.1Shellfish shipments shall be considered acceptable when:

 

(a)Shipments are properly identified with tags or labels and shipping documents;

 

(b)Shellstock is alive and cooled to an internal shellstock body temperature of fifty degrees Fahrenheit (50° F) (ten degrees Centigrade (10° C)) or less;

 

(c)Shucked shellfish is cooled to a temperature of forty-five degrees Fahrenheit (45° F) (seven and two tenths degrees Centigrade (7.2° C)) or less; and

 

(d)All other conditions of shipment in this chapter are met.

 

2600.2Shellfish shall be rejected when:

 

(a)Shellfish are not properly identified with tags or labels, or shipping documents;

 

(b)The internal shellstock body temperature exceeds sixty degrees Fahrenheit (60° F) (fifteen and six tenths degrees Centigrade (15.6° C));

 

(c)Shucked shellfish exceeds fifty degrees Fahrenheit (50° F) (ten degrees Centigrade (10° C)); or

 

(d)The Department determines that the product is adulterated or unsafe for human consumption.

 

2600.3The Department shall notify the shipping dealer, the receiving dealer, and the state where the shipment originated of the shipment's rejection.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 5245 (July 3, 2009).