Delaware Administrative Code
Title 7 - Natural Resources and Environmental Control
5000 - Division of Watershed Stewardship
7400 - Watershed Assessment Section
7402 - Shellfish Sanitation Regulations
Appendix 7 - Shellfish Meat Bacteriological Standards

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024

Shellfish Categories II & III

Satisfactory Shipping Conditions

Analyze two (2) random samples of shellstock or shucked product for F.C. and A.P.C.

Satisfactory Unsatisfactory F.C. Unsatisfactory A.P.C.

NAI* (If one or both If one or both

samples exceed an samples exceed a

MPN of 230) count of 500,000/g)

Analyze for E. coli Notify shipper State.

(APHA method).

* no action indicated Satisfactory Unsatisfactory

**state shellfish (If one or both samples exceed

regulatory agency NAI* an MPN of 230)

1. Notify dealer, shipper, and shipper state

2. Receiving dealer must notify the SSRA**

of next shipment from same shipper

3. SSRA samples next shipment

Second shipment from same shipper

Determine conditions of shipment

Satisfactory Unsatisfactory

(Analyze five (5) random shellstock (Go to PAGE APA-7 for shucked samples for F.C. and A.P.C.) further guidance)

Satisfactory Unsatisfactory F.C. Unsatisfactory A.P.C.

NAI* (If any sample exceeds (If any sample exceeds

an MPN of 330 or 2 or 1,5000,000/g or 3 or

more out of 5 exceed more out of 5 exceed

230 but are less than 500,000g but are less

or equal to an MPN of than or equal to 330) 1,5000,000/g)

Analyze for E. coli Shipper state should be

notified for investigative and

corrective action

Satisfactory Unsatisfactory

NAI* (If any sample exceeds an MPN

of 330 or 2 or more out of 5

exceed 230 but are less than or

equal to 330)