Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 4.2.1 - Primary Production and Processing Standard for Seafood (Australia Only) (Cth)

Standard 4.2.1

PRIMARY PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING STANDARD FOR Seafood

(Australia only)

Purpose and commentary

This Standard sets out food safety and suitability requirements for seafood generally from pre-harvesting production of the seafood up to, but not including manufacturing operations. Chapter 3 of this Code applies to seafood manufacturing and retail sale activities.

Under this Standard, a seafood business must identify potential seafood safety hazards and implement controls that are commensurate with the risk.

Additionally, this Standard requires primary producers and processors of certain bivalve molluscs to implement a food safety management system. This particular requirement also extends to manufacturing activities relating to bivalve molluscs.

For primary producers and processors of bivalve molluscs, the food safety management system incorporates conditions on the areas from which the product may be harvested or harvested for depuration or relaying, along with conditions on the water used for wet storage.

Table of Provisions

Division 1 – Preliminary 1 Application 2 Interpretation

Division 2 – General seafood safety requirements 3 General seafood safety management 4 Contamination and handling 5 Inputs and harvesting areas 6 Seafood storage 7 Seafood transportation 8 Seafood packaging 9 Seafood for disposal 10 Seafood receipt 11 Seafood tracing 12 Skills and knowledge 13 Health and hygiene requirements 14 Seafood premises and equipment

Division 3 – Harvesting and other requirements for bivalve molluscs 15 Interpretation 16 Food safety management systems for bivalve molluscs 17 Co-mingling of bivalve molluscs

Clauses

Division 1 – Preliminary

1 Application

(1) This Standard applies to seafood businesses and seafood handlers in Australia but not in New Zealand. (2) Unless the contrary intention appears in this Standard, Chapter 3 of this Code applies to seafood manufacturing and retail sale activities.