Full Document - Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference

Proposal No. 00-201Action by 2000Task Force IIRecommended adoption of Issue 00-201 as substituted by the Vibrio ManagementCommittee (VMC) and further amended as follows:TEXT OF PROPOSAL:Modify Model Ordinance Chapter II. By adding Section @. 04:@. 04 Vibrio vulnificus Risk Management for Oysters.(A) For states having 2 or more etiologically confirmed shellfish-borne Vibriovulnificus illnesses since 1995 traced to the consumption of commerciallyharvested raw or undercooked oysters that originated from the waters of thatstate (Source State), the Authority shall develop and implement a Vibriovulnificus risk management plan.(B) The plan shall define the administrative procedures and resources necessary toaccomplish (i.e. establish and maintain) involvement by the state in acollective illness reduction program. The Plan shall include, at a minimum,the ISSC Consumer Education Program targeted toward individuals whoconsume raw oysters and whose health condition(s) increase their risk forVibrio vulnificus illnesses. The goal of the Vibrio Risk Management Planwill be to reduce the rate of etiologically confirmed shellfish-borne Vibriovulnificus septicemia illnesses, reported in core states, which may include(Florida, Texas, California, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama)to be determined by the VMC after a thorough review of statistical andepidemiological information from the consumption of commercially harvestedraw or undercooked oysters by 40 percent, collectively, by the end of 2005and by 60 percent, collectively, by the end of 2007. The core states includeFlorida, Texas, California, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, andAlabama. The list of core states may be adjusted if after a thoroughreview, epidemiological and statistical data demonstrates that it would beappropriate. The rate of illness shall be calculated as the number of illnessesadjusted for population and rate of reporting divided by the production ofoysters from the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico, based on NationalMarine Fisheries Service landing data verified by Silver Spring, Maryland,headquarters. The goal may be reevaluated prior to the year 2005 and adjustedin the event that new science, data or information becomes available.(C) The plan shall also include identification and preparation for implementationof one or more of the following controls, or equivalent controls, which shallbe implemented should the 60 percent illness rate of illness reduction goalnot be achieved by 2007. This portion of the plan shall be completed no laterthan December 2006. The temperature and month-of the-year parametersidentified in the following controls may be adjusted as needed to achieve theestablished illness reduction goal.(1) Labeling all oysters, “For shucking by a certified dealer,” when theAverage Monthly Maximum Water Temperature exceeds 75°F;(2) Subjecting all oysters intended for the raw, half-shell market to anAuthority-approved post-harvest treatment that reduces the Vibriovulnificus levels to 3MPN/g or less,” when the Average MonthlyMaximum Water Temperature exceeds 75°F;(3) Closing shellfish growing areas for the purpose of harvest ofISSC 2009 Summary of Actions Page 281