Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00317:reg:4:p32
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00317
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 32/53)
Character Range: 126729–129545

the same storage tank as other fish.
 (2) The shellfish must be depurated in accordance with section 5‑31 unless they are harvested from:
 (a) an area in an open status and classified by the Australian Shellfish Export Standards as:
 (i) an Approved, Conditional Approved or offshore harvesting area; or
 (ii) an Approved Remote area; or
 (b) an offshore location.
 (3) Depurated shellfish must be kept separate from undepurated shellfish.
 (4) Water used for wet storage of shellfish must:
 (a) not be a source of contamination for shellfish; and
 (b) be sourced from an area that is in an open status and meets the Approved classification criteria of the Australian Shellfish Export Standards, or treated so that it does not contain detectable levels of the coliform group per 100 millilitres; and
 (c) if it is from a tank containing fish (other than a multiple tank system with a common water supply containing shellfish)—be effectively disinfected.
 (5) Shellfish for export as food, or from which fish products for export as food are to be derived, must:
 (a) be handled and stored in a way that does not adversely affect:
 (i) their physiological activity during wet storage; or
 (ii) their fitness for human consumption; and
 (b) be clean before being placed in a wet storage tank.

5‑31  Depuration of shellfish
 (1) Shellfish for depuration must be clean and practically free from mud and weed.
 (2) Water used for depuration of shellfish must:
 (a) be practically free from turbidity; and
 (b) be of a salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen level and pH necessary for the normal physiological functioning of shellfish; and
 (c) unless it is sourced from an area in an open status and classified by the Australian Shellfish Export Standards as:
 (i) an Approved or Conditional Approved harvesting area; or
 (ii) an Approved Remote area;
  be treated so that it does not contain detectable levels of the coliform group per 100 millilitres.
Note: The Approved classification criteria apply to the Approved or Conditional Approved harvesting areas and the Approved Remote area. Water from an area in an open status that is classified as a Restricted or Conditional Restricted harvesting area will require treatment.
 (3) Depuration of shellfish must achieve an effective reduction of pathogens in the shellfish:
 (a) by reducing E. coli in the shellfish in accordance with Standard 1.6.1 of the Food Standards Code; or
 (b)  if the approved arrangement for operations to prepare the shellfish for export provides for a different method to achieve an effective reduction of pathogens in the shellfish—by using the different method.
 (4) If paragraph (3)(b) applies, the approved arrangement must provide for measures to validate the effectiveness of the different method in achieving an effective reduction of