1. (a) Records to be retained by a processor under this chapter must be available for department review and copying. Unless otherwise specified, a processor must keep the following records for the time specified in (b) of this section:

   1. (1) HACCP records required by 18 AAC 34.045;
   2. (2) sanitation records required by 18 AAC 34.050;
   3. (3) incoming seafood product records as required by 18 AAC 34.830;
   4. (4) drinking and processing water disinfectant records and laboratory results required by 18 AAC 34.820;
   5. (5) laboratory results required by 18 AAC 34.125(d) and (f);
   6. (6) repealed 8/21/2019;
   7. (7) thermal processing records required by 18 AAC 34.400;
   8. (8) direct-market vessel water disinfectant records as specified in 18 AAC 34.520;
   9. (9) records required by 18 AAC 34.850(k) regarding the discharges from a type III marine sanitation device;
   10. (10) tender and fishing vessel seafood delivery reports required by 18 AAC 34.620;
   11. (11) raw seafood receiving reports required by 18 AAC 34.625;
   12. (12) records developed under a plan of operation that was in effect before December 18, 1997;
   13. (13) records required by 18 AAC 34.047 regarding recall procedures; and
   14. (14) records required by 18 AAC 34.803 regarding qualifications and training.

2. (b) Records described in (a) of this section must be retained at the processing facility as follows:

   1. (1) for a refrigerated product, at least one year after the date it was processed;
   2. (2) for a frozen, preserved, or shelf-stable product, at least two years after the date it was processed;
   3. (3) for a thermally-processed product, at least three years after the date it was processed;
   4. (4) for drinking and processing water laboratory results and disinfectant residual logs, at least two years after the date the water was tested;
   5. (5) for direct-market vessel and direct-market land-based facility disinfectant records and sanitation records, at least one year after the product was processed; and
   6. (6) for oil-spill records in 18 AAC 34.620 and 18 AAC 34.625, at least one year after the product is delivered to a processor or otherwise sold.
3. (c) If, during the required retention time, the facility is closed for a prolonged period during the operational season, or if record storage capacity is limited on a mobile processing facility or at a remote processing facility, the records may be transferred to some other reasonably accessible location at the end of the operational season. If requested by the department, the processor shall return the records to the facility or another agreed-upon location for department review within 24 hours after receiving the request unless the department agrees to a longer period.

(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, AS 17.20.070, AS 17.20.200