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Notice: 30873468

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

Division:

Division of Aquaculture

Chapter:

THE COMPREHENSIVE SHELLFISH CONTROL CODE

Overview

RULE:

5L-1.001	General Requirements and Intent
5L-1.002	Definitions
5L-1.003	Shellfish Harvesting Area Standards
5L-1.004	Production and Market Standards
5L-1.005	Shellfish Processing Certification
5L-1.006	Compliance and Penalties
5L-1.007	Container Identification; Prohibitions
5L-1.008	Shellfish Handling
5L-1.009	Shellfish Relaying
5L-1.010	Buildings and Facilities
5L-1.011	Equipment for Shellfish Processing
5L-1.012	Sanitary Operations
5L-1.013	Facility Operation
5L-1.014	Heat Shock Method
5L-1.015	Depuration and Wet Storage Facility Operations
5L-1.016	Depuration Shellfish Sampling Procedures
5L-1.017	Water Treatment Standards
5L-1.019	Laboratory Procedures and Sample Testing

PURPOSE:

The proposed rule amendments will reclassify some shellfish harvesting areas to protect the health of shellfish consumers and to provide access to renewable shellfish resources. The proposed rules will also clarify requirements related to commercial shellfish activities, will adopt the 2023 version of the National Shellfish Sanitation Program Model ordinance, will define the terms “marina” and “mooring area,” and will add language to allow remote buying. In addition, revisions will clarify language throughout the chapter, including provisions related to wet storage requirements and corrective actions, as well as tagging requirements.

SUMMARY:

The rulemaking will amend the following shellfish harvesting areas and management plans: Big Lagoon (#01), North Bay (#10), Apalachicola Bay System (#16), Lower Tampa Bay (#48), Sarasota Bay (#54), South Banana River (#79), Body A (#80), and South Volusia (#82). It will also adopt the 2023 version of the National Shellfish Sanitation Program Model and will add language to allow remote buying. In addition, definitions will be added, and shellfish harvesting requirements will be clarified. Procedures related to corrective actions following a wet storage system failure are also being added.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

397.2522, 500.09, 597.020 F.S.

LAW:

397.2522, 500.09, 500.10, 500.172, 597.010(15), (18), 597.020 F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

5/20/2026 Vol. 52/98

COMMENTS:

From 5/20/2026 To 6/10/2026 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Ref-06995 FDACS 15001 Seize and Destruction Order
Ref-06998 FDACS 15009 - Shellfish Processing Facility Inspection Form
Ref-06999 FDACS 15012 - Shellfish Processing Facility Inspection Form Addendum
Ref-07000 FDACS 15109 Application for a Special Activity License to Relay Aquacultured Shellfish
Ref-07009 Title 21 Section 178.1010 Sanitizing Solutions
Ref-10360 Title 21 - Part 7 - Enforcement Policy
Ref-10361 Title 21 - Part 101 - Food Labeling
Ref-10362 Title 21 - Part 109 - Unavoidable Contaminants if Food for Human Consumption and Food-Packaging Material
Ref-10363 Title 21 - Part 110 - Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing, or Holding Human Food
Ref-10364 Title 21 - Part 117 - Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventative Controls for Human Food
Ref-10365 Chapter 21 - Title 123 - Fish and Fishery Products
Ref-10366 Title 21 - Part 161 - Fish and Shellfish
Ref-10367 Chapter 21 - Part 509 - Unavoidable Contaminants in Animal Food and Food- Packaging Material
Ref-10368 Title 40 - Part 141, Section 141.2
Ref-10370 Shellfish Processing Certification Application
Ref-15068 National Shellfish Sanitation Program Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish, 2019
Ref-15069 Shellfish Harvesting Area Classification Boundaries and Management Plans
Ref-18496 National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP), Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish, 2023 Revision
Ref-18497 Enforcement Policy, CFR, Title 21, Part 7
Ref-18498 Food Labeling, CFR, Title 21, Part 101
Ref-18499 Unavoidable Contaminants in Food for Human Consumption and Food-Packaging Material, CFR, Title 21, Part 109
Ref-18500 Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing, or Holding Human Food, CRF, Title 21, Part 110
Ref-18501 Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventative Controls for Human Food, CFR, Title 21, Part 117
Ref-18502 Fish and Fishery Products, CFR, Title 21, Part 123
Ref-18503 Fish and Shellfish, CFR, Title 21, Part 161
Ref-18504 Unavoidable Contaminants in Animal Food and Food-Packaging Material, CFR, Title 21, Part 509
Ref-18505 Title 40, CFR, 141.2
Ref-18506 Title 21, C.F.R., Section 178.1010
Ref-18663 FDACS-P-02257 Shellfish Harvesting Area Water Classifications for Marinas and Mooring Areas
Ref-19252 FDACS-15007 Shellfish Processing Facility Certification Application
Ref-19253 FDACS-P-01593 Shellfish Harvesting Area Classification Boundaries and Management Plans

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