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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 10.15.02.10" title_num="10" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="02" heading="Unit Processing Operations — Picking and Packing.">
  <text>The person-in-charge shall ensure that:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Cooked crabs are transferred to the pickers in containers dedicated to that purpose;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>For cooked crabs that are refrigerated before picking, within 3.5 hours after the crabs are removed from refrigeration, the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Crabs are picked; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Packed crab meat is cooled by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Surrounding the packed crab meat with ice; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Another effective and sanitary cooling method;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>For cooked crabs that are not refrigerated before picking, within 6 hours after the crabs are cooked, the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Crabs are picked; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Packed crab meat is cooled by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Surrounding the packed crab meat with ice; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Another effective and sanitary cooling method;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The corrective action for crab meat that is not picked, packed, and iced or otherwise cooled within HACCP critical limits is documented in records;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Containers in which crab meat is picked and packed are:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Made of suitable food-grade materials;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Protected from contamination; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Rinsed in a bactericidal solution and completely drained immediately before being filled with crab meat; and</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Crab meat picked in the plant is not removed from the container into which it was picked and placed into another container, except when specific written approval for the transfer of crab meat from the original container into another container is given by the Department, based on a review of a written proposal plan to transfer the crab meat that complies with this chapter and includes the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Type or types of crab meat to be placed from one container into another container;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Procedures to maintain the crab meat at temperatures that prevent the growth of pathogens and retard spoilage;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>HACCP plan for the process, if a hazard analysis indicates that reasonably likely food safety hazards exist;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Food-grade specifications of a crab meat container;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Oxygen permeability of a crab meat container;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Procedures to protect crab meat from contamination; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Labeling and marking of a crab meat container.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>