GB 20941-2016National food safety standard - Production Hygienic Code for Aquatic Products (English PDF)

2.1 Aquatic products

The processed food with fish, shrimp and crabs, cephalopods, shellfish, echinoderms,

cavity intestines, algae and other edible aquatic organisms as the main raw materials.

2.2 Temporary culture

The operation process that the living aquatic products are put in clean water to breed

for a certain time.

3.1 Site location

It shall conform to the provisions of 3.1 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

3.2 Factory environment

5.1 Facilities

5.1.1 Water supply facilities

5.1.2 Drainage facilities

It shall conform to the provisions of 5.1.2 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

5.1.3 Cleaning and disinfecting facilities

It shall conform to the provisions of 5.1.3 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

5.1.4 Waste storage facilities

5.1.4.1 It shall conform to the provisions of 5.1.4 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

5.1.5 Personal hygiene facilities

It shall conform to the provisions of 5.1.5 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

5.1.6 Ventilation facilities

It shall conform to the provisions of 5.1.6 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

5.1.7 Illumination facilities

It shall conform to the provisions of 5.1.7 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

5.2 Devices

5.2.1 Production devices

5.2.1.1 General requirements

It shall conform to the provisions of 5.2.1.1 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

5.2.1.3 Design

5.2.2 Monitoring device

It shall conform to the provisions of 5.2.2 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

5.2.3 Device maintenance and repaire

5.2.3.1 It shall conform to the provisions of 5.2.3 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

6.1 Hygienic management system

6.2 Hygienic management of factory and facilities

It shall conform to the provisions of 6.2 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

6.3 Health management and hygienic requirements for the processing

personnel of aquatic products

It shall meet the requirements of relevant laws and regulations.

6.4 Pest control

It shall conform to the provisions of 6.4 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

6.5 Waste treatment

6.5.1 Prepare the placement and treatment system for the waste raw and auxiliary

material package matters and the waste that are selected during the processing period

like parasite, shellfish, sea urchin shell, shrimp gut, sea cucumber lime mouth;

6.6 Work clothes management

6.6.1 It shall conform to the provisions of 6.6 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

7.1 General requirements

It shall conform to the provisions of 7.1 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

7.2 Raw materials

7.2.1 It shall conform to the provisions of 7.2 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

7.2.4 The raw materials of animal aquatic products shall meet the requirements of

GB 2733; while the raw materials of algae products shall meet the requirements of GB

19643.

7.2.5 The raw materials of aquatic products taking aquatic animal viscera, eggs, skin,

fins, scales, bones, shells, and other non-muscle tissue shall meet the requirements

of GB 2733.

7.2.6 The dead eel, crayfish, crab, shellfish shall not be used as the raw materials for

production and processing.

7.2.7 If necessary, purify the Bivalve.

7.2.9 When eating the raw aquatic product raw materials, the pathogens, virus,

parasites and eggs shall be detected.

7.3 Food additives

7.4 Food related products

7.4.1 It shall conform to the provisions of 7.4 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

7.5 Others

It shall conform to the provisions of 7.5 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

8.1 Product contamination risk control

8.1.1 It shall conform to the provisions of 8.1 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

8.1.3 When pre-treating, freezing, cooking drying, smoking, and pickling the raw

materials, they shall perform relative isolation according to the various processing

technologies ad product characteristics; so that prevent the cross contamination of the

people flow, matter flow and air flow.

8.1.4 Prevent the wastewater and waste matters to cause contamination to the raw

materials and products.

8.2 Biological contamination control

8.2.1 Cleaning and disinfecting

It shall conform to the provisions of 8.2.1 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

8.2.2 Microbial control during the processing period of aquatic products

8.2.2.1 General requirements

8.2.2.2 Microbial control of aquatic products with different processes

8.2.2.2.1 Refrigerated aquatic products

8.2.2.2.1.1 The processing workshop shall take the cooling measures.

8.2.2.2.2 Frozen aquatic products

8.2.2.2.4 Pickled aquatic products

8.2.2.2.4.1 The pickled products shall take appropriate salinity to prevent the

propagation of the non-halophilic bacteria.

8.2.2.2.4.2 There shall be the device to prevent the contamination from the

mosquitoes and insects.

8.3 Chemical contamination control

8.3.1 It shall conform to the provisions of 8.3 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

8.3.2 The cleaning and disinfecting plan shall be made according to the

characteristics of different aquatic products; designate special personnel to implement

the plan effectively; the used detergents and disinfectants shall conform to the

provisions of GB 14930.1 and GB 14930.2, respectively.

8.3.3 The contact surface of the aquatic products shall have no disinfectant residues.

8.3.4 The package materials that contact with the aquatic products shall conform to

the corresponding standards; so that prevent the harmful substances to enter into the

foodstuffs, and guarantee the human health.

8.4 Physical contamination control

It shall conform to the provisions of 8.4 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

8.5 Package

10.1 General requirements

It shall conform to the relevant provisions of Clause 10 stipulated in GB 14881-2013.

10.2 Storage

10.3 Transportation

During the transporting process, the refrigerated aquatic products and frozen aquatic

products shall take the heat-insulating and cooling measures; try to shorten the

transportation time and reduce the temperature fluctuation.