Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 22 - MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES › Part 4 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE TAKING AND PROCESSING OF SALTWATER CRABS › Chapter 03 - DEFINITIONS › Rule 22-4-03- 3.1 - Definitions

Current through June 25, 2024
A.
ADULTERATED
- Any saltwater
				crab product that is prepared, packed or held under unsanitary conditions
				whereby it may have become contaminated with filth or whereby it may have been
				rendered injurious to health.
B.
BACKING
- The act of removing a crab's carapace and internal
				organs.
C.
BUSTER CRAB
- A blue crab currently undergoing a molt.
D.
CERTIFICATION or CERTIFY
-
				the issuance of a numbered certificate to a person, firm, or corporation that
				indicates permission from the authority to process crabs.
E.
CERTIFICATION NUMBER
- a
				unique combination of letters and numbers, as assigned by the Mississippi
				Department of Marine Resources (MDMR), to each processor for each location.
				Each certification number shall consist of a three-digit Arabic number preceded
				by the two-letter state abbreviation (MS) and followed by the two-letter
				abbreviation for the activity of crab processing (CP).
F.
CERTIFIED CRAB PLANT
- a
				person, firm, or corporation that has a building or facility/unit, used for
				processing saltwater crabs and possesses a valid seafood processor's license
				and certification number.
G.
COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE
- a written schedule that provides a
				correction date to eliminate the deficiencies noted during
				inspections.
H.
CRAB
				TRAP
- Any rigid-frame trap or pot constructed of wire mesh or webbing
				and having entrance funnels designed to entrap blue crabs.
I.
CRITICAL DEFICIENCY ("C")
- a
				condition or practice that results in the production of a product that is
				unwholesome or presents a threat to the health or safety of the
				consumer.
J.
CROSS
				CONNECTION
- an unprotected actual or potential connection between a
				potable water system and any source or system containing unapproved water or a
				substance that is not or cannot be approved as safe and potable.
K.
EASILY CLEANABLE
- a surface
				which is readily accessible and is made of such materials, has a finish, and is
				so fabricated that normal cleaning methods will effectively remove
				residues.
L.
FINISHED PRODUCT
				CONTAINER
- any receptacle used for containing processed saltwater
				crabs.
M.
FOOD CONTACT
				SURFACE
- those surfaces that contact human food and those surfaces from
				which drainage onto the food onto surfaces that contact the food ordinarily
				occurs during the normal course of operations. Food contact surfaces include
				utensils and food contact surfaces of equipment.
N.
HOLDING
- The act of
				temporarily storing saltwater crabs by a wholesale dealer for the purpose of
				resale.
O.
KEY DEFICIENCY
				("K")
- a condition or practice that could potentially result in
				adulterated, decomposed, misbranded or unsanitary product.
P.
LABEL
- any written, printed
				or graphic matter affixed to or appearing upon any finished product
				container.
Q.
MISBRANDED
- products shall be deemed misbranded if its labeling
				is false or misleading in any way, or if it does not bear a label in accordance
				with this Part.
R.
OTHER
				DEFICIENCY ("O")
- a condition or practice which is not defined as
				critical or key and is not in accordance with the requirements of this
				Part.
S.
PEELER CRAB
-
				A pre-molt stage blue crab having a new soft shell fully developed under the
				hard shell and having a definite white, pink or red line or rim on the outer
				edge of the back fin or flipper.
T.
PEST
- Any objectionable animals or insects including, but not
				limited to birds, rodents, flies, and larvae.
U.
PROCESSING
- The act of
				preparing, changing into different market forms, manufacturing, preserving,
				picking, chilling, backing, packaging, labeling finished product containers,
				and storage of processed saltwater crabs.
V.
PROCESSOR
- any person, firm,
				or corporation engaged in commercial, custom, or institutional processing of
				saltwater crabs.
W.
SALTWATER
				CRAB
- shall mean all species of saltwater crabs that are commercially
				processed.
X.
SALTWATER CRAB
				PRODUCTS
- the edible meat of a processed saltwater crab distributed for
				consumption.
Y.
SANITIZE
- to adequately treat food contact surfaces by a process
				that is effective in destroying vegetative cells of microorganisms of public
				health significance, substantially reducing the numbers of other undesirable
				microorganisms, and not adversely affecting the product or its safety for the
				consumer.
Z.
SOFT-SHELL
				CRAB
- A post-molt stage crab which has recently shed its hard
				shell.
AA.
SWING DEFICIENCY
				("S O/K" or "S K/C")
- a deficiency noted on the inspection form which,
				depending upon the severity and circumstances, can be a "Critical, Key, or
				Other" deficiency.
BB.
WHOLESALE DEALER
- Any person, firm or corporation who buys
				saltwater crabs from multiple harvesters for the purpose of resale.
MISS. CODE ANN.
				  §§
										49-15-11,
				  49-15-15,
				  49-15-87.
				  9 CFR
				  531.1.