18 AAC 31.210. Prohibited food

Because of significant health hazards and the potential for human illness, the operator of a food establishment may not allow the following food in the food establishment under any circumstance:

(1) shellfish, unless the operator complies with 18 AAC 31.200(b) (4);

(2) the following game meats and oils:

(A) fox meat;

(B) polar bear meat;

(D) walrus meat;

(E) seal oil, with or without meat;

(F) whale oil, with or without meat;

(3) fermented game meat, such as beaver tail, whale flipper, seal flipper, and muktuk;

(4) fermented seafood products, such as salmon eggs or fish;

(5) hermetically sealed low-acid food, unless the food is obtained from a food processing establishment that is permitted or certified by the local, state, or federal agency with jurisdiction;

(6) reduced-oxygen packaged food, unless the food is obtained from a food processing establishment permitted under this chapter and is packaged as required by 18 AAC 31.760 or from a source approved by the USDA or FDA;

(7) smoked or dried seafood products, unless those products are prepared in a seafood processing facility permitted under 18 AAC 34 or are from another approved source.

History: Eff. 5/18/97, Register 142; am 12/19/99, Register 152; am 6/28/2001, Register 158

Authority: AS 17.20.005

The Alaska Administrative Code was automatically converted to HTML from a plain text format. Every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy, but neither Touch N' Go Systems nor the Law Offices of James B. Gottstein can be held responsible for any possible errors. This version of the Alaska Administrative Code is current through June, 2006.

If it is critical that the precise terms of the Alaska Administrative Code be known, it is recommended that more formal sources be consulted. Recent editions of the Alaska Administrative Journal may be obtained from the Alaska Lieutenant Governor's Office on the world wide web. If any errors are found, please e-mail Touch N' Go systems at E-mail. We hope you find this information useful. Copyright 2006. Touch N' Go Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.