Louisiana § RS 3:4743 - Definitions

§ RS 3:4743. Definitions

            As used in this Part:

            (1) "Agricultural product" means any beef, pork, poultry, crawfish, shrimp, meat, sugar, or rice product that is edible by humans.

            (2) "Beef" means the flesh of a domesticated bovine that is edible by humans.

            (3) "Beef product" means a type of agricultural product that is edible by humans and produced in whole or in part from beef, including beef jerky, beef patties, chopped beef, fabricated steak, hamburger, ground beef, ribs, and roast.

            (4) "Cell cultured food product" means any cultured animal tissue produced from in vitro animal cell cultures outside of the organism from which it is derived.

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

            (6) "Deceptively similar" means misleading to a reasonable person.

            (7) "Food product" means any edible product sold or offered for retail sale that is intended for human consumption.

            (8) "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon or affixed to the container or wrapper in which a food product is offered for direct retail sale.

            (9) "Labeling" means the act of identifying, describing, or advertising a food product by means of a label or through other means.

            (10) "Meat" means a portion of a beef, pork, poultry, alligator, farm-raised deer, turtle, domestic rabbit, crawfish, or shrimp carcass that is edible by humans but does not include a:

            (a) Synthetic product derived from a plant, insect, or other source.

            (b) Cell cultured food product grown in a laboratory from animal cells.

            (11) "Meat product" means a type of agricultural product that is edible by humans and made wholly or in part from meat or another portion of a beef, pork, poultry, alligator, farm-raised deer, turtle, domestic rabbit, crawfish, or shrimp carcass.

            (12) "Misbrand" means to intentionally identify or label a food product in a false or misleading way.

            (13) "Misrepresent" means to intentionally use any untrue, misleading, or deceptive oral or written statement, advertisement, label, display, picture, illustration, or sample.

            (14) "Person" means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, corporation, trust, firm, company, or other entity doing business in Louisiana.

            (15) "Pork" means the flesh of a domesticated swine that is edible by humans.

            (16) "Pork product" means a type of agricultural product that is edible by humans and produced in whole or in part from pork, including bacon, bratwurst, ground pork, ham, pork chops, ribs, roast, and sausage.

            (17) "Poultry" means domesticated birds that are edible by humans.

            (18) "Rice" means the whole or broken kernels obtained from the species Oryza sativa L. or Oryza glaberrima, or wild rice, which is obtained from one of the four species of grasses from the genus Zizania or Porteresia.

            Acts 2019, No. 273, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.