(a) A commercial carrier or other person receiving or holding molluscan shellfish or crabmeat in commerce on request shall permit the department or health authority at all reasonable times to have access to and to copy all records showing:
(1) the movement in commerce of the molluscan shellfish or crabmeat;
(2) the holding after movement in commerce of the molluscan shellfish or crabmeat; or
(3) the quantity, shipper, and consignee of the molluscan shellfish or crabmeat.
(b) The carrier or other person may not refuse access to and copying of the requested records if the request is accompanied by a written statement that specifies the nature or kind of molluscan shellfish or crabmeat to which the request relates.
(c) A carrier is not subject to other provisions of this chapter solely because of the carrier's receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery of molluscan shellfish or crabmeat in the usual course of business as a carrier.