Section 17.20.005. Powers and duties of commissioner.

To carry out the requirements of this chapter, the commissioner may issue orders, regulations, permits, quarantines, and embargoes relating to
        (1) food offered to the public or sold, including
             (A) inspection of meat, fish, poultry, and other food products;
             (B) standards of sanitation and handling methods for all phases of slaughtering, processing, storing, transporting, displaying, and selling;
             (C) labeling; and
             (D) the training, testing, and certification requirements for individuals who handle or prepare food, their supervisors, and their employers to ensure their knowledge of food safety and sanitation principles and requirements;
        (2) control and eradication of pests;
        (3) enforcement of hazard analysis critical control point programs for seafood processing that are developed in cooperation with appropriate industry representatives or, to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter or regulations adopted under the authority of this chapter, that are established by regulations of the United States Food and Drug Administration as they may periodically be revised;
        (4) labeling, subject to AS 17.20.013, and grading of milk and milk products and standards of sanitation for dairies offering to the public or selling milk or milk products to at least the minimum of current recommendations of the United States Public Health Service pasteurized milk ordinance as it may periodically be revised;
        (5) standards and conditions for the operation and siting of aquatic farms and related hatcheries, including
             (A) restrictions on the use of chemicals; and
             (B) requirements to protect the public from contaminated aquatic farm products that pose a risk to health;
        (6) monitoring aquatic farms and aquatic farm products to ensure compliance with this chapter and, to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter or regulations adopted under the authority of this chapter, with the requirements of the national shellfish sanitation program manual of operations published by the United States Food and Drug Administration as it may periodically be revised;
        (7) tests and analyses that may be made and hearings that may be held to determine whether the commissioner will issue a stop order or quarantine;
        (8) transportation of, use of, disposal of, recalls of, or warnings concerning quarantined or embargoed items;
        (9) cooperation with federal and other state agencies.

Authorities

17.20.072;17.20.075

Notes

Implemented As

18 AAC 31.010
18 AAC 31.011
18 AAC 31.012
18 AAC 31.015
18 AAC 31.020
18 AAC 31.021
18 AAC 31.030
18 AAC 31.040
18 AAC 31.050
18 AAC 31.055
18 AAC 31.060
18 AAC 31.070
18 AAC 31.200
18 AAC 31.205
18 AAC 31.210
18 AAC 31.215
18 AAC 31.220
18 AAC 31.222
18 AAC 31.224
18 AAC 31.226
18 AAC 31.228
18 AAC 31.230
18 AAC 31.232
18 AAC 31.234
18 AAC 31.236
18 AAC 31.250
18 AAC 31.300
18 AAC 31.310
18 AAC 31.315
18 AAC 31.320
18 AAC 31.325
18 AAC 31.330
18 AAC 31.335
18 AAC 31.400
18 AAC 31.408
18 AAC 31.409
18 AAC 31.411
18 AAC 31.412
18 AAC 31.413
18 AAC 31.414
18 AAC 31.415
18 AAC 31.416
18 AAC 31.420
18 AAC 31.421
18 AAC 31.422
18 AAC 31.423
18 AAC 31.424
18 AAC 31.425
18 AAC 31.500
18 AAC 31.510
18 AAC 31.515
18 AAC 31.520
18 AAC 31.525
18 AAC 31.530
18 AAC 31.535
18 AAC 31.540
18 AAC 31.545
18 AAC 31.550
18 AAC 31.555
18 AAC 31.560
18 AAC 31.565
18 AAC 31.570
18 AAC 31.575
18 AAC 31.600
18 AAC 31.610
18 AAC 31.615
18 AAC 31.620
18 AAC 31.625
18 AAC 31.630
18 AAC 31.700
18 AAC 31.710
18 AAC 31.720
18 AAC 31.730
18 AAC 31.740
18 AAC 31.760
18 AAC 31.770
18 AAC 31.800
18 AAC 31.810
18 AAC 31.820
18 AAC 31.900
18 AAC 31.902
18 AAC 31.905
18 AAC 31.907
18 AAC 31.910
18 AAC 31.915
18 AAC 31.925
18 AAC 31.930
18 AAC 31.940
18 AAC 31.945
18 AAC 31.985
18 AAC 31.990
18 AAC 32.020
18 AAC 32.040
18 AAC 32.210
18 AAC 32.215
18 AAC 32.220
18 AAC 32.225
18 AAC 32.230
18 AAC 32.235
18 AAC 32.240
18 AAC 32.245
18 AAC 32.250
18 AAC 32.255
18 AAC 32.260
18 AAC 32.265
18 AAC 32.270
18 AAC 32.275
18 AAC 32.280
18 AAC 32.285
18 AAC 32.290
18 AAC 32.295
18 AAC 32.600
18 AAC 32.601
18 AAC 32.605
18 AAC 32.610
18 AAC 32.615
18 AAC 32.620
18 AAC 32.625
18 AAC 32.630
18 AAC 32.635
18 AAC 32.640
18 AAC 32.645
18 AAC 32.650
18 AAC 32.655
18 AAC 32.660
18 AAC 32.665
18 AAC 32.670
18 AAC 32.675
18 AAC 32.680
18 AAC 32.685
18 AAC 32.690
18 AAC 32.693
18 AAC 32.695
18 AAC 32.699
18 AAC 32.925
18 AAC 34.005
18 AAC 34.010
18 AAC 34.015
18 AAC 34.025
18 AAC 34.030
18 AAC 34.035
18 AAC 34.045
18 AAC 34.050
18 AAC 34.055
18 AAC 34.060
18 AAC 34.065
18 AAC 34.070
18 AAC 34.075
18 AAC 34.080
18 AAC 34.085
18 AAC 34.090
18 AAC 34.095
18 AAC 34.100
18 AAC 34.105
18 AAC 34.110
18 AAC 34.112
18 AAC 34.115
18 AAC 34.120
18 AAC 34.122
18 AAC 34.125
18 AAC 34.200
18 AAC 34.205
18 AAC 34.210
18 AAC 34.215
18 AAC 34.220
18 AAC 34.300
18 AAC 34.310
18 AAC 34.315
18 AAC 34.320
18 AAC 34.400
18 AAC 34.500
18 AAC 34.510
18 AAC 34.520
18 AAC 34.525
18 AAC 34.600
18 AAC 34.605
18 AAC 34.615
18 AAC 34.620
18 AAC 34.625
18 AAC 34.700
18 AAC 34.710
18 AAC 34.720
18 AAC 34.730
18 AAC 34.740
18 AAC 34.900
18 AAC 34.905
18 AAC 34.910
18 AAC 34.915
18 AAC 34.920
18 AAC 34.930
18 AAC 34.935
18 AAC 34.940
18 AAC 34.950
18 AAC 34.960
18 AAC 34.985
18 AAC 34.990

References

18 AAC 34.990
AS 17.20.072 Enforcement authority.
AS 17.20.075 Definitions.

History

(Sec. 10 ch 72 SLA 1998; am Sec. 1 ch 68 SLA 1999; am Sec. 1 ch 151 SLA 2004)