Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 241 - SHELLFISH SANITATION
Subchapter B - MOLLUSCAN SHELLFISH
Section 241.71 - Depuration Records

Universal Citation: 25 TX Admin Code ยง 241.71

Current through Reg. 49, No. 52; December 27, 2024

(a) Records containing the following information shall be available at the depuration plant at all times for molluscan shellfish presently undergoing the treatment process:

(1) name and/or location of gathering area(s);

(2) copy of permit(s);

(3) date received in plant;

(4) quantity of molluscan shellfish received;

(5) quantity of molluscan shellfish destroyed;

(6) quantity of molluscan shellfish in tank(s); and

(7) date and time of initiation of treatment.

(b) Records containing the following information shall be available at the depuration plant at all times for each lot of molluscan shellfish for which the treatment process has been completed for a period of one year from the date of treatment:

(1) name and/or location of gathering area(s);

(2) copy of permit(s);

(3) date received in plant;

(4) quantity of molluscan shellfish received;

(5) quantity of molluscan shellfish destroyed;

(6) date and time of initiation of treatment;

(7) date and time of termination of treatment;

(8) number of hours treated;

(9) quantity of molluscan shellfish treated;

(10) quantity of molluscan shellfish destroyed after treatment;

(11) all laboratory results as specified;

(12) date released from plant; and

(13) quantity of molluscan shellfish released.

(c) The plant supervisor or assistant plant supervisor shall send to the Texas Department of Health, Seafood Safety Division, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756, on a weekly basis, a copy of the daily records required in this section and the laboratory analysis results of all molluscan shellfish and water samples completed during each weekly period.

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