North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Subchapter A - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Section .0100 - HANDLING, PACKING, AND SHIPPING OF CRUSTACEA MEAT
Section 18A .0159 - SEPARATION OF OPERATIONS

Universal Citation: 15A NC Admin Code 18A .0159

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) Facility design shall provide for continuous flow of raw materials and product to prevent contamination by exposure to areas involved in earlier processing steps, refuse, or other areas subject to contamination.

(b) The following processes shall be carried out in separate rooms or areas:

(1) raw crustacea receiving or refrigeration;

(2) crustacea cooking;

(3) cooked crustacea air-cool;

(4) cooked crustacea refrigeration;

(5) picking;

(6) packing;

(7) picked crustacea meat refrigeration;

(8) pasteurizing or thermal processing;

(9) machine picking;

(10) repacking; and

(11) other processes when carried out in conjunction with the cooking of crustacea or crustacea meat.

Authority G.S. 113-134; 113-182; 113-221.2; 143B-289.52;
Eff. October 1, 1992;
Amended Eff. April 1, 1997;
Readopted Eff. May 1, 2021.

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