| (94) Shellstock Shipper (SS)--A dealer who grows, harvests, buys, or repacks and sells molluscan shell stock. They are not authorized to shuck molluscan shellfish or to repack shucked molluscan shellfish. A shellstock shipper may also ship shucked molluscan shellfish. (95) Shucked shellfish--Molluscan shellfish, whole or in part, from which one or both shells have been removed. (96) Shucker/Packer (SP)--A person who shucks and packs molluscan shellfish. A shucker-packer may act as a shellstock shipper or may repack molluscan shellfish originating from other certified dealers. (97) SSD--The Seafood Safety Division of the Texas Department of Health to which responsibility to classify molluscan shellfish growing areas and to regulate harvesting, processing, and/or shipping of molluscan shellfish is delegated. (98) Take--Catch, hook, net, snare, trap, kill, or capture by any means, including the attempt to take. (99) Temperature Control--The management of the environmental temperature of shellstock by means of ice, mechanical refrigeration or other approved means that is capable of lowering the temperature of the shellstock and maintaining it at 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7.2 degrees Centigrade) or less. (100) TDA--The Texas Department of Agriculture, 1700 North Congress, Austin, Texas 78701, or its successor state agency having responsibility for enforcement of laws concerning licensing of aquaculture. (101) TCEQ--The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, or its successor state agency having the responsibility for the enforcement of laws concerning water supplies and discharges of water or wastewater in Texas. (102) TPWD--The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, Texas 78744, or its successor state agency having the responsibility for the enforcement of laws concerning harvesting and depletion of molluscan shellfish resources. (103) Transaction record--The form or forms used to document each purchase or sale of molluscan shellfish at the wholesale level, including molluscan shellfish harvest and sales records, ledgers, purchase records, invoices and bills of lading. (104) Transplant (transplanting)--To transfer molluscan shell stock from a harvest area classified as restricted or conditionally restricted or from a conditionally approved area in the closed status to a harvest area classified as approved or conditionally approved for the purpose of reducing pathogens, as measured by the coliform indicator group or poisonous or deleterious substances that may be present in the molluscan shell stock, by using the ambient environment as the treatment process. (105) Water closet--A toilet bowl and its accessories surrounded by walls or partitions. (106) Wet storage--The temporary storage, by a dealer, of molluscan shell stock from harvest areas in the approved classification or in the open status of the conditionally approved classification in containers or floats in natural bodies of water or in tanks containing natural or synthetic seawater. |
