PROCEEDINGS

EIGHTH NATIONAL SHELLFISH

SANITATION WORKSHOP

DEBORAH S. WILT

EDITOR

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

SHELLFISH SANITATION BRANCH

Dr. Charles C. Mary, Commissioner and State Health Officer, Health and Social and Rehabilitation

Services Administration

Keynote Address

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Mr. Peter Barton Hutt, Assistant General Counsel, Food and Drug Division, Department of Health,

Education, and Welfare

Status Report on the National Shellfish Sanitation Program

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Mr. J. David Clem, Chief, Shellfish Sanitation Branch, Food and Drug Administration

Report to the Congress, "Protecting the Consumer from Potentially Harmful Shellfish”

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Mr. Morton A. Myers, Assistant Director, Manpower and Welfare Division, United States General

Accounting Office

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Industry Status Report

Mr. Clifford V. Varin, President, Shellfish Institute of North America

EPA's Water Pollution Control Program and Shellfish Growing Waters

Mr. Murray Stein, Chief Enforcement Officer, Office of Enforcement and General Counsel, Environmental

Protection Agency

Management of National Workshop and Task Force Groups

Mr. George Morrison, Deputy Chief, Shellfish Sanitation Branch, Food and Drug Administration

TASK FORCE REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Task Force I—Administration

Task Force II-Microbiology

Task Force III-Chemistry

TRANSCRIPT OF GENERAL SESSIONS

Epidemiological Reports of Infectious Hepatitis

Associated with the Consumption of Oysters

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Dr. Calvin A. Klein, Jr., Dr. John Walker, Mr. Richard C. Swanson, Dr. Charles Caraway,

and Mr. John E. Trygg

Remarks Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program

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Mr. Ronald M. Bond