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CHAPTER 10 - POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR CONTROLLED RELAYING AND DEPURATION

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ANNEX 10A - RECORDS

The following records must be kept and must be available for DFO audit.

10A.1 Per lot:

- date of harvest
- area of harvest
- harvesters' names
- quantity of shellfish harvested
- time and date received at storage*
- time and date removed from storage*
- pre-process storage temperature
- amount of culls, time and place of disposal
- time and date of arrival at facility
- lot number
- time and date of start of depuration
- time and date of removal from depuration system
- zero hour bacteriological results
- final hour bacteriological results
- destination of lot

* If storage facility location is separate from cleansing facility

10A.2 Daily Facility Records:

a) Depuration Water

• oxygen content
• salinity
• temperature
• turbidity
• coliform count

b) Plant Equipment

• tank number
• tank flow rate (measured twice daily and after adjustments are made to any tank)
• time (in depuration hours) that tanks and shellfish hosed down
• time of back flush
• temperature of dry storage
• ultraviolet lights (hours of use, % efficiency, date replaced)
• water flow chart

10A.3 Other

Harvesting Site - salinity and water temperature of overlay water

NOTE:  All records must be acknowledged by the responsible operator (by initialling records) and by a management check.

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