Louisiana § RS 3:4733 - Definitions

§ RS 3:4733. Definitions

As used in this Subpart, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed below:

(1)  "Catfish" means only those species within the family Ictaluridae, Ariidae or Loricariidae.

(2)  "Catfish product" means any item capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any catfish or portion thereof, except products which contain catfish only in small proportions or historically have not been, in the judgment of the commissioner, considered by consumers as products of the United States commercial catfish industry and which are exempted from definition as a catfish product by the commissioner under such conditions as he may prescribe to assure that the catfish or portions thereof contained therein are not adulterated and that such products are not represented as catfish products.  "Catfish product" shall be deemed capable of use as human food unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the commissioner to deter its use as human food, or unless it is naturally inedible to humans.

(3)  "Commissioner" means the Louisiana commissioner of agriculture and forestry.

(4)  "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

(5)  "Direct retail sale" means the sale of catfish, catfish products, siluriformes, or siluriforme products individually or in small quantities directly to the consumer.

(6)  "Distributor" means any person offering for sale, exchange, or barter any catfish, catfish products, siluriformes, or siluriforme products destined for direct retail sale in Louisiana.

(7)  "Farm-raised catfish" means a catfish that has been specifically produced in fresh water according to the usual and customary techniques of commercial aquaculture and includes fillets, steaks, nuggets, and any other flesh from a "farm-raised catfish".

(8)  "Food service establishment" means a restaurant, cafeteria, lunch room, food stand, saloon, tavern, bar, lounge, or other similar facility operated as an enterprise engaged in the business of selling food to the public.

(9)  "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon or affixed to the container or wrapper in which catfish, catfish products, siluriformes, or siluriforme products are offered for direct retail sale.

(10)  "Labeling" means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter upon a catfish, catfish product, siluriforme, or siluriforme product or any of its containers or wrappers, offered for direct retail sale.

(11)  "Menu" means any listing of food and beverage options for a diner or customer to select from regardless of its form.

(12)  "Person" includes any individual, partnership, corporation, and association, or other legal entity.

(13)  "Processor" means any person engaged in handling, storing, preparing, manufacturing, packing, or holding catfish, catfish products, siluriformes, or siluriforme products.

(14)  "Producer" means any person engaged in the business of harvesting catfish or siluriformes, by any method, intended for direct retail sale.

(15)  "Product name" means the name of the catfish, catfish product, siluriforme, or siluriforme product intended for retail sale which identifies it as to kind, class, or specific use.

(16)  "Retailer" means any person offering for sale catfish, catfish products, siluriformes, or siluriforme products to individual consumers and representing the last sale prior to human consumption and includes food service establishments unless otherwise stated herein.

(17)  "River or lake catfish" means a catfish that has been produced in a freshwater lake, river, or stream but has not been produced according to the usual and customary techniques of commercial aquaculture.

(18)  "Siluriforme" means fish in the taxonomic order Siluriformes and including those within the taxonomic families Siluridae, Clariidae, and Pangasiidae and those commonly known as basa and tra.

(19)  "Siluriforme product" means any item capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any siluriforme or portion thereof.  "Silurforme product" shall be deemed capable of use as human food unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the commissioner to deter its use as human food, or unless it is naturally inedible to humans.

(20)  "Wholesaler" means any person offering for sale any catfish, catfish products, siluriformes, or siluriforme products destined for direct retail sale in Louisiana.

Acts 2009, No. 506, §1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.