Alabama § 20-1-71 - Definitions.

§ 20-1-71. Definitions.

When used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) APPROPRIATE FEDERAL AGENCY. The federal agency or department or administrative federal officer charged with the enforcement and administration of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

(2) BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Agriculture and Industries.

(3) BREAD. Bread, rolls, or buns of every kind and description made wholly or partly from wheat flour which conforms to the definition and standard of identity of bread set out in 21 C.F.R. Part 136. The term does not include bread containing no wheat flour or breads made from 100 percent whole wheat flour. The term includes breads made from mixtures of white flour and whole wheat flour, known as brown breads.

(4) CORN MASA. A product made from corn that has been treated with slaked lime or otherwise undergoes a process known as nixtamalization.

(5) CORN MASA FLOUR. A dry flour-type product made from drying corn masa.

(6) CORN MASA PRODUCT. Any food product made primarily from corn masa or corn masa flour.

(7) CORNMEAL. All meal for human consumption made from corn, either white or yellow, whole cornmeal, bolted cornmeal, and degerminated cornmeal as defined in definitions and standards of identity set out in 21 C.F.R. Part 137.

(8) ENRICHMENT. As applied to bread, flour, meal, or grits, the addition of vitamins and other ingredients of the nature required by this article. The terms “enriched bread,” “enriched flour,” “enriched whole cornmeal,” “enriched bolted meal,” “enriched degerminated meal,” and “enriched grits” mean the appropriate food product, according to the federal standards of identity, which has been enriched to conform to the requirements of this article.

(9) FLOUR.

a. White flour, wheat flour, and plain flour.

b. Bromated flour.

c. Self-rising flour, self-rising white flour, and self-rising wheat flour.

d. Phosphated flour, phosphated white flour, and phosphated wheat flour in the definitions and standards of identity set out in 21 C.F.R. Part 137. The term includes all mixtures of flours with whole wheat or high-extraction flours. The term does not include 100 percent whole wheat flour and specially packaged cake and pancake flour.

(10) GRITS. Grits, pearl grits, and degerminated grits made from corn by grinding or cracking as defined in the standards of identity set out in 21 C.F.R. Part 137.

(11) PERSON. An individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, or any unincorporated organization.