58.06.010 Receipt and Processing of Freshly Harvested Fish

(a) Each lot of raw, unfrozen fish received by a food processing plant, and prior to beginning any processing, shall be inspected prior to being received by the food processing plant to ensure that the product is fresh and wholesome, and arrives consistent with one or more of the following:

(1) Accompanied by transportation records that show that the product was held at or below an ambient or internal temperature of 38°F or below throughout transit; or

(2) Completely surrounded by ice at the time of delivery; or

(3) Delivered under a sufficient quantity of chemical cooling media that remain frozen, have kept the product at an internal temperature of 38°F or below throughout transit, and the internal temperature of the product at the time of delivery is 38°F or below; or

(4) Delivered refrigerated with a transit time of 4 hours or less, verified by transportation records, and the internal temperature of the product at the time of delivery is 38°F or less.

(b) Only fish accompanied by proof of legal harvest shall be received by a food processing plant. For Class 1 fish products, produced outside of a fish processing plant, the processor shall receive proof of legal harvest. These records shall be maintained by the processor consistent with the schedules set forth in Sec. 3.10 [Recordkeeping].

(c) All fish sold to anyone, donated to a tribal government program or school, or transferred to a food processing plant shall be accompanied by a Harvester Certificate of Guarantee documenting the waterbody of harvest. Fish harvested from water bodies with mercury do not eat consumption guidance published by the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission for pregnant women, women of childbearing age and children under 15 years of age, for that species of fish, may not be sold, donated or received by a food processing plant.