Suggests the following words could be removed as the remaining words adequately convey the intent:
Spat ‘…not immediately intended for human consumption…’
Relaying ‘…by using the ambient environment as a treatment process…’
States that there appears to be no evidence that pearl oyster meat will not accumulate biotoxins or heavy metals as has been shown by the abductor muscle of scallops. Believes FSANZ should consider deleting the reference to pearl oyster flesh from the definition.
Suggests the following change could add clarity to the definition for bivalve molluscs:
Change bivalve molluscs to ‘… but excludes scallops where the only part of the product consumed is the abductor muscle, and spat.’
Believes a definition for ‘wet storage’ will aid clarity, suggests:
‘Wet storage means the temporary storage of shellfish from classified areas in containers or tanks containing natural or artificial seawater for purposes other than depuration. Wet storage may be used to purge sand.’
