Massachusetts General Laws Part I. Administration of the Government (Ch. 1-182) Ch. 94, § 88C

The commissioner of public health shall adopt rules and regulations relative to the sanitary conditions required for establishments, and persons operating such establishments, for which certificates or permits are required by chapter one hundred and thirty or by this chapter for the commercial processing or distribution of food fish, including lobsters, crabs, the meat from either, finny fish of the class known as Pisces, and shellfish, and for the sanitary requirements of boats and other vehicles or structures used in the catching, storage or transportation of such food fish; provided that all such rules and regulations shall meet the requirements of the United States as to interstate commerce in fish or shellfish and of other states in relation to the importation, inspection and consumption thereof within their respective limits.