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and Fish Products Orders (2005); or
(c) the Codex Alimentarius Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System (HACCP) for food safety management set out in Annex C to CAC/RCP 1-1969, revision 4 (2003); or
(d) any other Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) based food safety management system recognised by the Authority.

(3) For the purposes of subclause (1), a seafood business must comply with –

(a) the conditions of the ASQAP Manual specified in the Schedule to this Standard; or
(b) conditions recognised by the Authority.

Editorial note:

The ASQAP Manual is the National guideline for managing risks in the harvesting, relaying, depuration and wet storage of shellfish.

Subclause 16(3) does not require producers or processors of bivalve molluscs to classify or close harvesting areas.  Under the ASQAP Manual the classification of these areas is the responsibility of the State Shellfish Control Agency (SSCA).

The Australian Shellfish Quality Assurance Advisory Committee (ASQAAC) maintains the ASQAP Manual.

'HACCP' has a technical meaning commonly understood by the food production and manufacturing industry.

17 Co-mingling of bivalve molluscs

A seafood business must ensure that each batch of bivalve molluscs harvested must be separated in a manner that prevents co-mingling of batches.

Schedule

ASQAP MANUAL CONDITIONS

Column 1                               Column 2
Activities                             Conditions
Activity 1                             The area –
Harvesting
                                         (a) has been classified by the Authority as –

                                           (i) approved; or
                                           (ii) conditionally approved; or
                                           (iii) approved as remote; or
                                           (iv) offshore; and

                                         (b) is subject to a Marine Bio-toxin Management Plan; and
                                         (c) has an open status; or
                                         (d) is undergoing classification and is approved by the Authority subject to conditions, if any, specified by the Authority.

Activity 2                             The area –
Harvesting for depuration or relaying
                                         (a) has been classified by the Authority as –

                                           (i) approved; or
                                           (ii) conditionally approved; or
                                           (iii) approved as remote; or
                                           (iv) restricted; or
                                           (v) conditionally restricted; and

                                         (b) is subject to a Marine Bio-toxin Management Plan; and
                                         (c) has an open status for the purposes of depuration or relaying; or
                                         (d) is undergoing classification and is approved by the Authority, subject to conditions, if any, specified by the Authority.

Activity 3                             The water used must be –
Post harvest temporary wet storage
                                         (a) sourced from an area that satisfies the conditions for Activity 1 (other than Condition (d)); or
                                         (b) of a quality that will not adversely affect the safety and suitability of the bivalve molluscs;

                                       and

                                         (c)  effectively disinfected or maintained during the course of the wet storage in such a way that it continues to satisfy the conditions for Activity 1 (other than Condition (d)).