S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-47.F

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 61-47.F - LABORATORY PROCEDURES

1. General. Laboratory analyses shall be performed by a State laboratory or a laboratory authorized by the Department. Laboratories shall conform to requirements of National Shellfish Sanitation Program Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish Model Ordinance (chapter) III. Laboratory.

2. Microbiological. Methods, practices, and procedures for the analysis of shellfish and shellfish growing or harvest waters shall be the methods required by the National Shellfish Sanitation Program.

3. Physical and Chemical.

(a) Methods for the analysis of shellfish and shellfish growing or harvest waters shall:

(1) Be the current Association of Analytical Chemists (AOAC) or American Public Health Association (APHA) method for all physical and chemical measurements; and

(2) Express results of all chemical and physical measurements in standard units, and not instrument readings.

(b) When an AOAC or APHA method is not available, EPA methods may be used.

4. Biotoxin. Methods for the analysis of shellfish and shellfish harvest waters shall be:

(a) The current Association of Analytical Chemists (AOAC) and American Public Health Association (APHA) methods used in the bioassay for paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins;

(b) The current APHA method used in the bioassay for Karenia brevis toxins.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-47.F

Amended byState Register Volume 39, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/26/2015.