Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 49 - PUBLIC HEALTH-FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS › Part I - Regulations › Chapter 12 - Seafood Regulations › Subchapter C - Shrimp for Freezing Regulations › Section I-1263 - General Operating Requirements [Formerly 49:6.3020]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The shrimp shall be emptied into a metal
				  washing compartment and shall be carried from there by an inspection belt of
				  sufficient length to allow adequate inspection for the removal of all shrimp
				  which are in an unsatisfactory condition.
B. On leaving the inspection belt, shrimp
				  shall be caught in metal baskets or containers for delivery to the tables where
				  the heads or hulls are to be removed.
C. All edible portions left after the hulls
				  or heads have been removed shall be promptly flumed to a metal skimmer for
				  further inspection.
D. On leaving
				  the skimmer, shrimp shall be placed in a metal tank containing ice water and
				  crushed ice in sufficient quantity to maintain the temperature of the water at
				  a temperature not to exceed 40°F.
E. Shrimp, with the heads removed that are to
				  be transported to some other location for packing into unit containers for
				  freezing shall, after thorough chilling in the crushed ice and water solution,
				  be packed with a sufficient amount of ice to maintain the headless shrimp at or
				  below a temperature of 40°F. until they are received at the packing
				  plant.
F When headless shrimp are
				  packed in unit containers for freezing, either in the plant where the heads are
				  removed or in the repacking plant, the packing shall be done as promptly as
				  possible on metal tables.
G When
				  headless shrimp are packed in unit containers in the establishment where the
				  heads are removed and are transported from there to a freezing plant, the unit
				  packages shall be packed promptly in crushed ice so that there is no delay in
				  the cooling of the shrimp after being packed.
H. All containers in which headless or peeled
				  shrimp are to be packed for freezing shall be dipped in a chlorine solution of
				  not less than 50 p.p.m. immediately before being filled with shrimp.
I. All utensils used in the handling of
				  headless or peeled shrimp, and all tables, skimmers, conveyers and other
				  equipment, shall be treated each day by washing or rinsing in a chlorine
				  solution of not less than 200 p.p.m. before the plant starts
				  operation.
J. The ice water
				  solution used for cooling the headless or peeled shrimp shall be drained off
				  after each two hours' use, or less if used for less than that length of time;
				  and the tank shall be washed and treated with a chlorine solution of not less
				  than 200 p.p.m. after which the tank shall be rinsed out with potable
				  water.
K. All peeled shrimp for
				  freezing shall be packed, in the containers in which they will be frozen, in
				  the plant where the peeling operations are carried on.
L. The packing of headless or peeled shrimp
				  in containers other than those bearing the permit number of the plant in which
				  the shrimp are packed is prohibited.
M. All containers intended for use for
				  packing shrimp for freezing shall be subject to seizure unless properly
				  numbered with the permit number issued by the Department of Health and Human
				  Resources.
N. The peeling of
				  shrimp, and packing in bulk containers for transportation to some other
				  establishment for packing into unit containers in which the shrimp will be
				  frozen, is prohibited. The packing of shrimp which have been peeled at some
				  other establishment is also prohibited.
O. All cartons or containers in which
				  headless or peeled shrimp are packed for freezing must be printed, stamped,
				  embossed, or otherwise labeled with the number of the permit from the
				  Department of Health and Human Resources authorizing the packer to operate.
				  This permit number must appear in addition to any other labeling which might be
				  on the carton or other container.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, Title 40, as
					 amended.