Section 188-9-03 - Protection from ContaminationA. Shellstock must be handled in a manner as to be protected from contamination. Examples of conditions creating a potential for contamination include, but are not limited to, shellstock transferred, held or transported with boat motors, engine oil, antifreeze, dead animals, dirty tarps, bilge water, polluted overboard water, closed area water, stagnant water, etc. Shellstock handled in a manner creating a potential for contamination shall be subject to immediate embargo and/or destruction as being of unsound or unknown quality, and therefore, unsafe for human consumption.B. Containers used for storing shellstock must be fabricated from safe materials, cleaned and maintained in a manner and frequency as necessary to protect shellstock from contamination.C. Shellstock held or washed in closed area water shall be subject to immediate embargo and/or destruction as being of unsound or unknown quality, and therefore, unsafe for human consumption.D. Once landed, shellstock held or washed in water containing any other macro marine organism(s), such as lobsters, finfish, invertebrates, etc., shall be subject to immediate embargo and/or destruction as being of unsound or unknown quality, and therefore, unsafe for human consumption.E. Shellstock placed in containers of stagnant water shall be subject to immediate embargo and/or destruction as being of unsound or unknown quality, and therefore, unsafe for human consumption.13- 188 C.M.R. ch. 9, § 03