Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE
Part IX - Marine and Fresh Water Animal Food Products
Chapter 1 - Shellfish Growing Areas
Section IX-113 - Restricted Area-Satisfactory Compliance [formerly paragraph 9:002-6]
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code IX-113
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. An area may be classified as restricted when a sanitary survey indicates a limited degree of pollution. This option may arise when levels of fecal pollution or poisonous or deleterious substances are low enough that relaying will make the shellfish safe to market. This item will be satisfied when the following criteria are met in areas designated as restricted.
1. Sanitary
surveys of restricted areas are conducted, maintained, and reevaluated in the
same manner and frequency as for approved areas.
2. The area is not so contaminated with fecal
material, poisonous or deleterious substances that consumption of the shellfish
might be hazardous after relaying. Verification of these findings shall be done
by a laboratory found to conform by a laboratory evaluation officer.
3. For restricted areas to be used for
harvest of shellfish for controlled purification the bacteriological quality of
every sampling station in those portions of the area exposed to fecal
contamination during adverse pollution conditions shall meet one of the
following standards.
a. The total coliform
median or geometric mean MPN of the water does not exceed 700 per 100 ml and
not more than 10 percent of the samples exceed an MPN of 2,300 per 100 ml for a
5-tube decimal dilution test (or 3,300 per 100 ml for a 3-tube decimal dilution
test).
b. The fecal coliform median
or geometric mean MPN of water does not exceed 88 per 100 ml and not more than
10 percent of the samples exceed an MPN of 260 per 100 ml for a 5-tube decimal
dilution test (or 300 per 100 ml for a 3-tube decimal dilution test).
4. Shellfish quality
specifications are established by the Louisiana state health officer for the
use in classifying areas. These specifications are based on the data obtained
from surveys, water samples and product samples taken from the potential
restricted area. With this information the Louisiana state health officer may
evaluate the bacteriological and chemical quality of the shellfish and
determine whether the shellfish may be used for relaying.
5. The Louisiana state health officer with
the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries have
effective protocols for assuring that shellfish are not harvested from
restricted areas except by special permit and under the effective supervision
of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
6. All data, criteria, and protocols relating
to the operation of a restricted area including survey reports, treatment
effectiveness studies, classification criteria, harvesting permits, and
harvesting control records are maintained in a central file.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:4 A.(1), R.S. 40:5.A(2)(3)(5)(7)(9)(15)(17)(19)(20) and R.S. 40:5.3.
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