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The Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations 1998
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- 1998 No. 994
- SCHEDULE 2
- CHAPTER I
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CHAPTER ICONDITIONS FOR PRODUCTION AREAS
PART 1CLASS A AREAS
Areas to be designated class A areas
1. An area from which live bivalve molluscs can be gathered for direct human consumption provided such molluscs satisfy the requirements specified in Chapter V.
PART 2CLASS B AREAS
Areas to be designated class B areas
2. An area from which live bivalve molluscs may be gathered but only placed on the market for human consumption—
(a)after treatment in a purification centre or after relaying (followed, where necessary, by treatment in a purification centre); or
(b)after heat treatment by an approved process in an approved establishment.
Conditions in relation to a class B area
3. Prior to relaying, treatment in a purification centre or heat treatment, the live bivalve molluscs from these areas must not exceed in 90% of samples the limits of—
(a)a five-tube, three-dilution MPN-test of 6,000 faecal coliforms per 100 grams of flesh; or
(b)4,600 E. coli per 100 grams of flesh.
4. After any necessary relaying, purification and treatment, the live bivalve molluscs must satisfy the requirements of Chapter V.
PART 3CLASS C AREAS
Areas to be designated class C areas
5. An area from which live bivalve molluscs can be gathered but placed on the market for human consumption only after—
(a)a relaying period of at least 2 months, followed, where necessary, by treatment in a purification centre; or
(b)heat treatment by an approved process in an approved establishment.
Conditions in relation to a class C area
6. The live bivalve molluscs from these areas must not, prior to relaying and any periods of purification or heat treatment, exceed the limits of—
(a)a five-tube, three-dilution MPN-test of 60,000 faecal coliforms per 100 grams of flesh; or
(b)46,000 E. coli per 100 grams of flesh.
7. After any necessary relaying, purification and treatment, the live bivalve molluscs must satisfy the requirements of Chapter V.
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