1. (a) Sources of fresh and salt water supplies for a direct-market fishing vessel must be approved by the department.
2. (b) Processing water supplies may not come in contact with or become exposed to sewage or other contamination.

3. (c) Processing water used for final rinsing of a seafood product must be

   1. (1) changed as often as necessary to prevent buildup of blood, slime, or other contamination that might result in an adulterated seafood product; and
   2. (2) disinfected to maintain a measurable residual of free chlorine or another disinfectant approved by the department; processing water must be tested for the residual at least once each day during the operating season; a daily log of the disinfectant residuals must be kept as required by 18 AAC 34.920(b)(5).
4. (d) Processing water lines on a direct-market fishing vessel may not be cross-connected with bilge pump systems or other nonpotable water lines.
5. (e) Ice used on a direct-market fishing vessel must comply with 18 AAC 34.830(b).

6. (f) Roe is not required to have a chlorinated final rinse if

   1. (1) each food-contact surface is cleaned and sanitized as specified in 18 AAC 34.815; and
   2. (2) each whole, round fish receives a chlorinated rinse as specified in (c) of this section before the roe is extracted.

(Eff. 12/18/97, Register 144; readopt 12/2/99, Register 152; am 8/6/2006, Register 179; am 8/21/2019, Register 231)

Authority: AS 17.20.005, AS 17.20.072, AS 44.46.020, AS 17.20.065, AS 17.20.180