Regulations

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Virginia Administrative Code: (if need be, click on the links below, then click on "Next" to see the details in each Code section)

• "Regulations for the Sanitary Control of Storing, Processing, Packing or Repacking of Oysters, Clams and Other Shellfish" 12VAC5-150.
  

• "Regulations for the Sanitary Control of the Picking, Packing and Marketing of Crab Meat for Human Consumption" 12VAC5-160.

• "Regulations for the Sanitary Control of the Repacking of Crab Meat" 12VAC5-165.

• Regulations "Pertaining to Restrictions on Shellfish" - these restrictions govern Public Health Restrictions on Harvest Times and Handling Procedures including those referring to warm weather harvest 4VAC20-1230.
  

National Shellfish Sanitation Program:

• Manuals of Operations
  

FDA:

• HACCP information