La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § IX-139

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section IX-139 - Records of Shellfish Purchases and Sales [formerly paragraph 9:003]

A. Every person, firm or corporation who conducts any wholesale business of buying, selling or shipping shellfish shall keep an accurate daily record which shall include shipping documents.

1. Each shellfish shipment shall be accompanied by a shipping document which shall contain:

a. the name, address, and certification number of the shipping dealer;

b. the name and address of the major consignee; and

c. the kind and quantity of the shellfish product.

2. The receiving dealer shall:

a. maintain in his files a copy of the completed shipping document; and

b. make the shipping document available to the authority upon request.

3. If the shipment is subdivided to different dealers, each receiving dealer shall maintain records sufficient to trace his portion back to the original shipment.

B. Transaction and Shipping Records. Each dealer shall have a business address at which transaction records are maintained. Each dealer shall maintain accurate and legible transaction records that are sufficient to:

1. document that the shellfish are from an authorized source;

2. permit a container of shellfish to be traced back to the specific incoming lot of shucked shellfish from which it was taken;

3. permit a lot of shucked shellfish or a lot of shellstock to be traced back to the growing area(s), date(s) of harvest, date and location of wet storage, if applicable, and if possible, the harvester or group of harvesters.

4. trace the wet storage history of the shellstock including, original harvest site, original harvest date, wet storage site(s) and dates.

5. purchase and sales shall be recorded within 72 hours of any purchase or sales:

a. in a permanently bound ledger book; or

b. computer record, or other method acceptable to and authorized by the Molluscan Shellfish Program;

6. the transaction records shall be retained:

a. in the case of fresh shellfish, for a minimum of one year; and

b. in the case of frozen shellfish, for at least two years or the shelf life of the product, whichever is longer.

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § IX-139

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1300 (June 2002), Amended by the Department of Health, Office of Public Health, LR 481850 (7/1/2022), Amended LR 482138 (8/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:4.A.(1) and R.S. 40:5.3.