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Standard 4.2.1

PRIMARY PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING STANDARD FOR Seafood

(Australia only)

Purpose and commentary

This Standard sets out food safety and suitability requirements for seafood generally from pre-harvesting production of the seafood up to, but not including manufacturing operations.   Chapter 3 of this Code applies to seafood manufacturing and retail sale activities.

Under this Standard, a seafood business must identify potential seafood safety hazards and implement controls that are commensurate with the risk.

Additionally, this Standard requires primary producers and processors of certain bivalve molluscs to implement a food safety management system.  This particular requirement also extends to manufacturing activities relating to bivalve molluscs.

For primary producers and processors of bivalve molluscs, the food safety management system incorporates conditions on the areas from which the product may be harvested or harvested for depuration or relaying, along with conditions on the water used for wet storage.

Table of Provisions

Division 1 – Preliminary
1 Application
2 Interpretation

Division 2 – General seafood safety requirements
3 General seafood safety management
4 Contamination and handling
5 Inputs and harvesting areas
6 Seafood storage
7 Seafood transportation
8 Seafood packaging
9 Seafood for disposal
10 Seafood receipt
11 Seafood tracing
12 Skills and knowledge
13 Health and hygiene requirements
14 Seafood premises and equipment

Division 3 – Harvesting and other requirements for bivalve molluscs
15 Interpretation
16 Food safety management systems for bivalve molluscs
17 Co-mingling of bivalve molluscs

Clauses

Division 1 – Preliminary

1 Application

(1) This Standard applies to seafood businesses and seafood handlers in Australia but not in New Zealand.
(2) Unless the contrary intention appears in this Standard, Chapter 3 of this Code applies to seafood manufacturing and retail sale activities.

Editorial note:

This Standard applies to primary production and processing activities as defined in clause 2.  The definition of 'processing of seafood' includes activities such as the killing, gutting, filleting, brining and shucking of seafood and the depuration of shellfish.  However, other than the food safety management system requirements for bivalve molluscs, this Standard does not apply to manufacturing activities.

Manufacturing of seafood is defined in clause 2 as the canning, smoking or crumbing of the seafood or the addition of other foods to the seafood and other like activities.

Under the Imported Food Control Act 1992, Standards in this Code apply to imported food.  However, this Standard does not fall within the scope of the 'Agreement Between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand Concerning a Joint Food Standards System'.  Accordingly, this Standard does not apply to food businesses in New Zealand.  Furthermore, the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement and the Australian and New Zealand legislation giving effect to that Arrangement apply to imported food.

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