production, preparation, compounding, packing, selling, offering for sale 

 or keeping for sale any decomposed fish. The responsibility for main- 

 taining an effective inspection service and of eliminating decomposed 

 fish frcan the canned product shall rest upon the Bureau of Cannery In- 

 spection of the State of California and the executive head of each 

 canning organization, 



"3o The inspector in charge at the plant shall require that all 

 cannery operations be carried on under clean and sanitary conditions 

 and require the inmediate disposal of decomposed fish, fish offal and 

 bait chum, 



"4. These regulations may be amended at any time as provided by 

 law, 



"STANDARDS 



"lo Inspection of raw fish shall be strict and uniform and shall 

 be designed and carried out to the end that fish unsuitable for canning 

 shall be rejected in the raw state insofar as possible. 



"2, The standards to be used in the examination and judging of 

 fish shall be such as will nake the resultant product conform to the 

 Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of the United States and to the California 

 Pure Foods and Drugs Act, 1959, approved July 13, 1939. 



"3o The Bureau of Cannery Inspection shall reject fish only if 

 decomposed or unfit for canning for human consumption. The Bureau will 

 not reject cooked fish because of its color or quality, unless such 

 color or quality indicates decomposition as defined in section 1 under 

 General Rules. 



"4, Split, mashed or broken fish shall be condemned if deemed by 

 the inspector to be necessary for the prevention of acceptance of de- 

 composed fish. 



"5. The canner shall, promptly on airival of each boat-load of 

 fish, notify the Bureau of Canneiy Inspection, and no canner shall re- 

 ceive fish into its plant until authorization is given by the inspector. 



"6. Raw tuna shall be inspected by the Examination of each raw, 

 defrosted fish at the time they are eviscerated. 'Defrosted' shall 

 mean that each fish is thawed out to the point that odors are readily 



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