• Preface
• Introduction
• Definitions
• Shippers list
• FDA Regional/District Offices for Shellfish Sanitation Program
• State Program Officers Responsible for Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Certificates
• Country Officers Responsible for Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Certificates
• Canadian Regional Contact Point

Persons interested in receiving information and publications about the National Shellfish Sanitation Program contact:

Office of Seafood
Dir., Program & Enforcement Branch, HFS-417
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD 20740-3835
(301) 436-1410
(FAX) (301) 436-2599
Paul W. Distefano
pdistefa@cfsan.fda.gov

Office of Compliance
Team Leader, Shellfish Safety Team, HFS-628
Div. of Cooperative Programs
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD 20740-3835
(301) 436-2147
(FAX) (301) 436-2672/2715
Willam D. Watkins, Ph.D.
wwatkins@cfsan.fda.gov

ICSSL Monthly Listing
FDA/CFSAN Web Homepage
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~ear/shellfis.html

1999 NSSP Model Ordinance
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~ear/nsspotoc.html

Charlotte V. Epps
Div. of Cooperative Programs, HFS-625
Food and Drug Administration
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD 20740-3835
(301) 436-2154
(FAX) (301) 436-2672/2715
cepps@cfsan.fda.gov

ISSC
Attn: Ken B. Moore, Executive Director
209-2 Dawson Road
Columbia, SC 29223
(803) 788-7559
(FAX) (803) 788-7576
info@issc.org
Web Page: http://www.issc.org

* Scallops are to be excluded when the final product is the shucked adductor muscle only. [The 1991 ISSC Scallop Committee Report provided a two year period for incorporating whole and roe-on scallops into the NSSP.]

Depuration Processor (DP) - A person who receives shellstock from approved, conditionally approved, restricted, or conditionally restricted growing areas and submits such shellstock to an approved depuration process.

Repacker (RP) - A person other than the original certified shucker-packer who repacks shucked shellfish into other containers. A repacker also may repack and ship shellstock. A repacker shall not shuck shellfish.

Reshipper (RS) - A person who purchases shucked shellfish or shellstock from other certified shippers and sells the product without repacking or relabeling to other certified shippers, wholesalers, or retailers.

Shellstock Shipper (SS) - A person who grows, harvest, buys, or repack and sells shellstock. They are not authorized to shuck shellfish nor to repack shucked shellfish. A shellstock shipper may also ship shucked shellfish.

Shucker-Packer (SP) - A person who shucks and packs shellfish. A shucker-packer may act as a shellstock shipper or reshipper or may repack shellfish originating from other certified dealers.