MEXICAN FISHERY LEGISUTION 



m. "Riat they shall not permit said products to remain in waters the purity and 

 salinity of which differ from that of the oyster areas or zones frcm which they came. 



Article 9. An establishment for atpring, washing, shucking, packing or packaging 

 of oysters and clams, shall not be constructed, reconstructed, adapted or modified without 

 authorization from the Department of Public Health. 



Article 10. Operation of the establishments mentioned in the article above cannot be 

 authorized without the following requisites: 



I. Fulfillment of the sanitary requirements indicated in each individual case by the 

 Department of Public Health. 



II. Having available sufficient un contaminated vrater for the various operations 

 required by the industry. The pxirity of the water will be Judged by the Department of 

 Public Health. 



Article 11. In order to satisfy articles 9 and 10, the interested parties must present 

 to the federal sanitary authorities; 



I. In triplicate, the plans and specifications of the construction, reconstruction, 

 adaptation, installaticais or modifications which they propose to effect in the respective 

 e stablishment s . 



n. A certificate of the chemical and bacteriological analyses of the waters to be 



used. 



III. In triplicate, the request for license, in which will be noted: 



a) Name of the owner, firm or con5>any, 



b) Type of establishment concerned, whether for storage or packing. 



c) Legal address of the establishment. 



d) Official statement as to the existence or not of public or other supply of 

 uncontaminated water. 



Article 12. Places used for storing oysters or clams shall be located: 



I. Near the oyster areas, when in the opinion of the Department of Public Health, 

 there is no sanitary objection. 



II. On the premises of the packing plants. 



Article 13. The places mentioned in the previous article, shall be constructed as 

 follows: 



I. Floors of waterproof material (cement, tile, flagstones joined with cement, etc.), 

 with a iidnimum decline of 2.% to the drainage systems approved by the Department of Public 

 Health. 



II. Yfalls of masonry, covered inside with waterproof material, to a minimum height 

 of 1-1/2 meters, auid comers rounded. 



III. Roofs of galvanized corrugated sheets, of asbestos, cement, tile or concrete, 

 and having a minimum height of three meters. 



IV. Doors of metal or wood, painted with oil paint, and provided with double action 

 hinges. 



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