Colorado § 25-4-1803 Definitions

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§ 25-4-1803 — Definitions

Colorado § 25-4-1803

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1803 (2026).

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As used in this part 18, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Certification means the issuance of a numbered certificate to a person for a particular activity or group of activities that indicates:

(a)Permission from the department to conduct the activity; and

(b)Compliance with the requirements of the department.

(2)Certification number means the unique identification number issued by the department to each dealer for each location.

(3)Dealer means a person to whom certification is issued for the activities of shell stock shipper, shucker-packer, repacker, reshipper, depuration processor, or wet storage.

(4)Department means the Colorado department of public health and environment and its authorized agents and employees.

(5)Depuration processor or DP means a person

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As used in this part 18, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Certification means the issuance of a numbered certificate to a person
for a particular activity or group of activities that indicates:

(a) Permission from the department to conduct the activity; and

(b) Compliance with the requirements of the department.

(2) Certification number means the unique identification number issued by
the department to each dealer for each location.

(3) Dealer means a person to whom certification is issued for the activities
of shell stock shipper, shucker-packer, repacker, reshipper, depuration processor,
or wet storage.

(4) Department means the Colorado department of public health and
environment and its authorized agents and employees.

(5) Depuration processor or DP means a person who receives shell stock
from approved or restricted growing areas and submits such shell stock to an
approved, controlled purification process.

(6) FDA means the United States food and drug administration.

(7) Person means any individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal
representative, fiduciary, or representative of any kind, and any partnership,
association, corporation, or other entity. Person also includes the federal or state
government and any other public or private entity.

(8) Repacker or RP means any person, other than the original certified
shucker-packer, who repackages shucked shellfish into other containers.

(9) Reshipper or RS means a person who purchases shucked shellfish or
shell stock from other certified shippers and sells the product without repacking or
relabeling to other certified shippers, wholesalers, or retailers.

(10) Shellfish means all species of:

(a) Oysters, clams, or mussels, whether:

(I) Shucked or in the shell;

(II) Fresh or frozen; and

(III) Whole or in part; and

(b) Scallops in any form, except when the final product form is the adductor
muscle only.

(11) Shell stock means live shellfish in the shell.

(12) Shell stock shipper or SS means a person who grows, harvests, buys,
or repacks and sells shell stock. A shell stock shipper is not authorized to shuck
shellfish nor to repack shucked shellfish, but may ship shucked shellfish.

(13) Shucker-packer or SP means a person who shucks and packs
shellfish. A shucker-packer may act as a shell stock shipper or reshipper or may
repack shellfish originating from other certified dealers.

(14) Wet storage means the temporary storage of shell stock from growing
areas in the approved classification or in the open status of the conditionally
approved classification in containers or floats in natural bodies of water or in tanks
containing natural or synthetic seawater.