Seafood
Thinking of storing, cleaning, packaging , processing, or distributing seafood products? Below are resources to get you started. If you need assistance, contact our Anchorage office at (907)269-7501 locally or 1(87)SAFE-FOOD (1-877-233-3663) outside Anchorage.
To view a list of approved processors, click here. Planning to commercially harvest, sell, ship, pack, or shuck molluscan shellfish? Visit the program's Shellfish page.
Applications
- 2017 Ice Manufacturer Application
- 2017 Ice Manufacturer Application Instructions
- 2017 Seafood Processor Application
- 2017 Seafood Application Instructions
- 2017 Seafood Business Form A
- Seafood Plan Review Checklist
Permit Status
- View Seafood Processor Permit Status
NOTE: It may take up to 60 days to process completed permit applications.
FDA Information
- Bioterrorism Registration
- Employees FIRST
- Food Defense Plan Builder
- Listeria Control Guidance
- NSF White Book Listing
- Nutrition Labeling Exemption for Small Businesses
- Recall Plan Manual
- Registration of Food Facilities
- Reportable Food Registry
Requirements
- Alaska Seafood Processing Regulations
- Certified Labs
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Commercial Marketing or Processing of Seafood on Vessels - Factsheet
- Direct Market Vessel Inpsection Preparation
- Disposal of Fish Waste on Land in AK
- Disposal of Fish Waste to Waters of AK
HACCP & Sanitation
- FDA Seafood HACCP Video Series
- For Export Only - 801(e) Letter Example
- Hazards Guide 4th Edition
- Salmon Roe Recovery Vessels
- Seafood HACCP Mistakes
- Water Sample Collection
Helpful Alaska Links
- Alaska Seafood Processors Advisory Council (ASPAC)
- Business Licensing
- Department of Fish and Game
- Department of Revenue/Fish Tax
- Fishbiz (MAP)
- Fish Monitoring
- Office of Fisheries Development (DCED)
- Seafood Marketing Institute
- UAF Technical Assistance