Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 100 - SHELLFISH SANITATION › Section 603-100-0000 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
As used in OAR 603-100-0000 to and including 603-100-0050 and
				in addition to the definitions set forth in ORS
				622.010 and
				622.080, the following shall
				apply:
(1) "Director" means the
			 Director of the Department of Agriculture or authorized
			 representative.
(2) "Certification
			 Number" means the number assigned by the Department to each certified shellfish
			 dealer. It consists of a one-to-five digit number preceded by the two-letter
			 state abbreviation and followed by the two-letter symbol designating the type
			 of operation certified.
(3)
			 "Dealer" means every person or peddler engaged in the business of growing,
			 harvesting, processing, or distributing shellfish. Dealers are certified and
			 assigned a certification number by type of operation classified as follows:
(a) "Depuration processor (DP)" means a
			 shellfish dealer who purchases or harvests shell stock from conditionally
			 approved or restricted growing areas and submits such shell stock to an
			 approved controlled purification process. Such dealers shall be certified as a
			 shucker-packer and assigned a certification number designating depuration
			 processor (DP) as the type of operation;
(b) "Distributor" means a jobber or
			 wholesaler who furnishes or sells shellfish to retail outlets. Such dealers
			 shall be certified as a distributor and assigned a certification number
			 designating shellstock shipper (SS) as the type of operation;
(c) "Grower (GR)" means a dealer engaged in
			 the business of growing shellfish intended for human consumption. Such dealers
			 shall be certified as a grower and assigned a certification number designating
			 (GR) as the type of operation;
(d)
			 "Harvester (HV)" means a dealer who harvests shellfish intended for human
			 consumption or employs persons to harvest shellfish intended for human
			 consumption from growing areas. Such dealers shall be certified as harvesters
			 and assigned a certification number designating harvester (HV) as type of
			 operation;
(e) "Repackers (RP)"
			 means dealers other than the original certified shucker-packer who repack
			 shucked shellfish. Such dealers shall be certified as a shucker-packer, and
			 assigned a certification number designating repacker (RP) as type of
			 operation;
(f) "Reshippers (RS)"
			 means dealers who receive shellfish, either shellstock or shucked stock in
			 original containers from certified shellfish distributors and transship such
			 shellfish to other dealers or to the final consumer. Such dealers will be
			 certified as distributors, and assigned a certification number designating
			 shellstock reshipper (RS) as the type of operation;
(g) "Shellstock shippers (SS)" means dealers
			 who buy, sell, or ship shellstock. Such dealers will be certified as a
			 distributor and assigned a certification number designating shellstock shipper
			 (SS) as the type of operation. A shellstock shipper may ship shucked shellfish,
			 but, is not authorized to shuck or repack shucked shellfish;
(h) "Shucker-packer (SP)" means dealers who
			 shuck, pack, and repack shellfish. Such dealers will be certified as a
			 shucker-packer and assigned a certification number designating shucker-packer
			 (SP) as the type of operation.