---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 148.265"
title: "46"
number: "148.265"
heading: "Fish meal or fish scrap."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/148.265"
---

# §148.265. Fish meal or fish scrap.

- (a) This part does not apply to fish meal or fish scrap that contains less than 5 percent moisture by weight.
- (b) Fish meal or fish scrap may contain a maximum of 12 percent moisture by weight and a maximum of 15 percent fat by weight.
- (c) At the time of production, fish meal or fish scrap must be treated with an effective antioxidant (at least 400 mg/kg (ppm) ethoxyquin, at least 1000 mg/kg (ppm) butylated hydroxytoluene, or at least 1000 mg/kg (ppm) of tocopherol-based liquid antioxidant).
- (d) Shipment of the fish meal or fish scrap must take place a maximum of 12 months after the treatment prescribed in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section.
- (e) Fish meal or fish scrap must contain at least 100 mg/kg (ppm) of ethoxyquin or butylated hydroxytoluene or at least 250 mg/kg (ppm) of tocopherol-based antioxidant at the time of shipment.
- (f) At the time of loading, the temperature of the fish meal or fish scrap to be loaded may not exceed 35 °C (95 °F), or 5 °C (9 °F) above the ambient temperature, whichever is higher.
- (g) For each shipment of fish meal or fish scrap, the shipper must give the master a written certification stating—
  - (1) The total weight of the shipment;
  - (2) The moisture content of the material;
  - (3) The fat content of the material;
  - (4) The type of antioxidant and its concentration in the fish meal or fish scrap at the time of shipment;
  - (5) The date of production of the material; and
  - (6) **The temperature of the material at the time of shipment.**
- (h) During a voyage, temperature readings must be taken of fish meal or fish scrap three times a day and recorded. If the temperature of the material exceeds 55 °C (131 °F) and continues to increase, ventilation to the hold must be restricted. This paragraph does not apply to shipments by unmanned barge.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1602; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 5111; 49 U.S.C. 5103; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 64591, Oct. 19, 2010, unless otherwise noted.