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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 16. Fish and Game › Chapter 51. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute › Sec. 16.51.130. Termination of the seafood marketing assessment.

(a) A seafood marketing assessment levied under AS 16.51.120(b), (c), (d), (e), (h), or (i) shall be terminated by the commissioner of revenue if an election is held under AS 16.51.140 in which the termination is approved by eligible processors who together produce at least 51 percent of the total value of seafood products produced in Alaska during the calendar year.
(b) An election under (a) of this section shall be held if
(1) the proposed election for the termination of the assessment is approved by a majority of the whole membership of the board at a regularly scheduled meeting; or
(2) a petition is presented to the director of elections requesting termination of the assessment by eligible processors who together produce at least 25 percent of the total value of seafood products produced in Alaska during the calendar year.
(c) The institute shall provide notice of an election in accordance with AS 16.51.140 within 60 days after receiving notice from the director of elections that a valid petition under (b)(2) of this section has been received.
(d) The seafood marketing assessment is terminated on the effective date stated on the ballot.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 16. Fish and Game › Chapter 51. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute › Sec. 16.51.140. Procedures for an election to approve or terminate a seafood marketing assessment.

(a) The institute may conduct an election under this section after the director of elections approves
(1) the notice to be published by the institute;
(2) the ballot to be used in the election; and
(3) the registration and voting procedures for the approval or termination of the seafood marketing assessment.
(b) In conducting the election under this section, the institute and the director of elections shall adopt the following procedures:
(1) the proposed levy or termination of the assessment shall be adopted at a regularly scheduled meeting of the board of directors of the institute held not less than 60 days before the date on which the ballots must be postmarked to be counted unless the election is for termination of the assessment and has been initiated by a petition under AS 16.51.130(b)(2);
(2) the institute shall hold at least one meeting, not less than 30 days before the date on which ballots must be postmarked to be counted, to explain the reason for the proposed seafood marketing assessment or termination of the assessment and to explain the voting procedure to be used in the election; the institute shall provide notice of the meeting by
(A) mailing the notice to each eligible processor; and
(B) publishing the notice in at least one newspaper of general circulation in each region of the state at least two weeks before the meeting;
(3) the director of elections shall mail ballots to each eligible processor not more than 45 days before the date specified as the date ballots must be postmarked;
(4) the ballot must
(A) indicate whether the assessment is to be levied under AS 16.51.120(b), (c), (d), (e), (h), or (i) and must state the percentage of the assessment;
(B) indicate the effective date of the levy of the assessment or termination of the assessment;
(C) ask whether the assessment shall be levied or, if the election is to terminate the assessment, whether the assessment shall be terminated;
(5) the ballots shall be returned by mail to the director of elections and shall be counted by the director of elections or a representative.
(c) The director of elections shall certify the results of an election under this section if the director determines that the requirements of (a) and (b) of this section have been satisfied.
(d) For the purposes of this section a ballot submitted by a corporation is presumed valid if the ballot is signed by an individual who is indicated to be an officer of the corporation and the ballot is imprinted with the corporate seal.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 16. Fish and Game › Chapter 51. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute › Sec. 16.51.150. Determination of value.

(a) Upon request from the director of elections, the commissioner of revenue shall determine
(1) the total value of seafood products produced in Alaska during any calendar year;
(2) whether the eligible processors approving the levy or termination of a seafood marketing assessment together produced at least 51 percent of the total value of seafood products produced in Alaska during the calendar year; or
(3) whether the eligible processors petitioning for an election under AS 16.51.130(b)(2) together produced at least 25 percent of the total value of seafood products produced in Alaska during the calendar year.
(b) The total value of seafood products produced in Alaska in a calendar year is the sum of the
(1) total value of the fisheries resource on which the tax imposed under AS 43.75.015 and 43.75.100 is levied in that calendar year; and
(2) total value of the fisheries resource on which the tax imposed under AS 43.77 is levied in that calendar year.
(c) The value of seafood products produced in Alaska by a processor during a calendar year is the sum of the
(1) total value of the fisheries resource on which the processor must pay the tax imposed under AS 43.75.015 and 43.75.100 in that calendar year; and
(2) total value of the fisheries resource on which the processor must pay the tax imposed under AS 43.77.010 in that calendar year.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 16. Fish and Game › Chapter 51. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute › Sec. 16.51.160. Collection of assessments and disposition of proceeds.

(a) Each processor shall remit to the Department of Revenue before April 1 of each year the total amount of the seafood marketing assessment owed on the value of seafood products produced in Alaska by the processor in the previous calendar year.
(b) [Repealed, § 28 ch 90 SLA 1991.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 16. Fish and Game › Chapter 51. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute › Sec. 16.51.180. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “board” means the board of directors of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute;
(2) “eligible processor” means a processor who would be liable for payment of a seafood marketing assessment levied under AS 16.51.120;
(3) “institute” means the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute;
(4) “processor” means a person who is liable for
(A) the tax imposed under AS 43.75.015;
(B) the tax imposed under AS 43.75.100; or
(C) the landing tax imposed under AS 43.77;
(5) “produce” means perform an activity upon which a tax is imposed under AS 43.75 or AS 43.77, including the purchase, production, landing, or export of a fisheries resource;
(6) “promote or make a contract that promotes seafood” means to advertise or publicize, or make a contract for advertising or publicizing, the use, value, attractiveness, or quality of seafood;
(7) “seafood” means finfish, shellfish, and fish by-products, including but not limited to salmon, halibut, herring, flounder, crab, clam, cod, shrimp, and pollock, but does not include aquatic farm products as defined in AS 16.40.199.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 16. Fish and Game › Chapter 52. Fishery Industrial Technology Center › Sec. 16.52.020. Duties.

The center shall create employment opportunities in the state's fishing industry and other benefits to the state by
(1) providing training opportunities to citizens of the state on the most efficient and appropriate technologies for the harvesting, processing, and conservation of the fishery resources of the state;
(2) providing information and technical assistance on the adaptation of existing and new technologies to the users of the fishery resources of the state;
(3) providing research and development activities to adapt existing technologies to enhance the economic viability of the industry;
(4) providing research and development activities to create new technologies that will enhance the effectiveness of the industry, and provide economic benefits to state citizens; and
(5) encouraging joint projects between industry and government in order to use industrial experience and government programs to enhance the productivity of the industry.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 16. Fish and Game › Chapter 52. Fishery Industrial Technology Center › Sec. 16.52.030. Fishery Industrial Technology Policy Council.

(a) A Fishery Industrial Technology Policy Council is established to provide program and planning guidance to the center. The policy council shall be composed of members of the state's fishing and processing industry.
(b) The policy council consists of seven members appointed by the president of the University of Alaska, including
(1) two members appointed from the seafood processing industry; the members appointed under this paragraph shall be owners or employees of firms that are in operation in the state and, insofar as possible, shall represent diverse processing operations;
(2) two members who are commercial fishermen; the members appointed under this paragraph shall be actively engaged in commercial fishing in the state and, insofar as possible, shall represent fishing for diverse fisheries resources;
(3) three public members.
(c) A member of the policy council serves a term of two years.
(d) At least five members of the policy council shall be residents of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 16. Fish and Game › Chapter 52. Fishery Industrial Technology Center › Sec. 16.52.050. Annual report.

The Board of Regents of the University of Alaska shall prepare an annual report of the center's activities and notify the legislature by the 20th day of each regular session that the report is available. The report must include a description of the work conducted by the center, the training sessions held and number of students trained, and any other information that the Board of Regents determines should be included to describe the work of the center.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 16. Fish and Game › Chapter 52. Fishery Industrial Technology Center › Sec. 16.52.060. Cooperation with other agencies.

In the development of its programs the center shall consult with
(1) the Department of Fish and Game;
(2) the division of economic development of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;
(3) the Department of Natural Resources;
(4) the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation;
(5) the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute;
(6) the North Pacific Fishery Management Council;
(7) the National Marine Fisheries Service;
(8) the Department of Education and Early Development; and
(9) the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 16. Fish and Game › Chapter 55. Shooting and Firearm Safety › Sec. 16.55.010. Duties of department.

The Department of Fish and Game shall
(1) assist in developing and coordinating activities involving private organizations relating to shooting and firearms;
(2) develop a hunting safety program for the people of the state;
(3) establish a program to assist in the planning, construction, and operation of public shooting ranges.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 16. Fish and Game › Chapter 55. Shooting and Firearm Safety › Sec. 16.55.020. Powers of department.

In the discharge of its duties under AS 16.55.010, the Department of Fish and Game may
(1) provide, through a departmental coordinator, technical assistance to municipalities, communities, and organizations;
(2) make grants to municipalities and organizations as provided in AS 16.55.030
(A) to develop and operate public shooting ranges and facilities; and
(B) to operate programs involving education and training in the safe use of firearms.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 16. Fish and Game › Chapter 55. Shooting and Firearm Safety › Sec. 16.55.040. Advisory committee.

(a) There is established in the Department of Fish and Game an Advisory Committee on Hunting and Firearm Safety. The committee consists of five members appointed by the commissioner of fish and game and serving at the commissioner's pleasure. Members of the advisory committee serve without compensation but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses provided by law for members of boards and commissions.
(b) The Advisory Committee on Hunting and Firearm Safety shall select one of its members as chairman.
(c) The Advisory Committee on Hunting and Firearm Safety shall meet at the call of the chairman or at the request of a majority of its members.
(d) The Advisory Committee on Hunting and Firearm Safety shall advise the Department of Fish and Game in fulfilling its responsibilities under this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 06. Sale of Organic Meat, Fish, Poultry, and Processed Foods › Sec. 17.06.010. Prohibition.

(a) A person may not sell or offer for sale food represented as organic food if the person knows or has reason to know that the food has been grown, raised, or produced with the use of
(1) a fertilizer, except for manure and other natural fertilizers;
(2) a manufactured pesticide, hormone, antibiotic, or growth stimulant, except for Bacillus thuringensis and other natural pesticides;
(3) a substance listed by the department under AS 17.06.050 that is similar to a substance that is restricted with regard to organic food under (1) or (2) of this subsection.
(b) In this section, “with the use of” means
(1) applied to the food before a retail sale;
(2) fed to the animal producing the food;
(3) unless the substance applied is a pesticide, applied to the soil or other growing medium within one year before seed planting or transplanting, or, if the crops are perennial, before the appearance of the flower bud; or
(4) in the case of pesticides, applied to the soil or other growing medium within two years before seed planting or transplanting, or, if the crops are perennial, before the appearance of the flower bud.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 06. Sale of Organic Meat, Fish, Poultry, and Processed Foods › Sec. 17.06.020. Disclosure.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a person may not sell food represented as organic food unless the name and address of the producer of the food are displayed with the food. If the food is not displayed at the purchase site, a written statement with the name and address of the producer must be given to the purchaser unless the name and address are identified on a package containing the purchased food. This subsection does not apply to a sale for consumption on the premises.
(b) Advertising for the mail order sale of food represented as organic food must include the name and address of the producer of the food.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 06. Sale of Organic Meat, Fish, Poultry, and Processed Foods › Sec. 17.06.030. Sworn statement of compliance.

(a) A producer may not sell to a vendor food represented as organic food unless before the sale the producer provides the vendor with a sworn statement that the producer has grown, raised, or otherwise produced the food in compliance with AS 17.06.010. If a producer sells the food to the same vendor more than one time during a calendar year, one statement for the calendar year is sufficient to comply with this section.
(b) In this section, “vendor” means a person who sells food represented as organic food to another person for resale or to a consumer.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 06. Sale of Organic Meat, Fish, Poultry, and Processed Foods › Sec. 17.06.060. Enforcement and penalties.

(a) If the department determines that a person is violating a provision of this chapter, or a regulation adopted under this chapter, the department shall order the person to stop the violation and to refrain from future violations.
(b) If a person violates this chapter, a regulation adopted under this chapter, or an order issued under (a) of this section, the person is liable to the state for
(1) a civil fine that does not exceed the total of $1,000 plus the state's estimated costs of investigating and taking appropriate administrative and enforcement actions for the violation; and
(2) an additional civil penalty of three times the value of the product knowingly sold in violation of this chapter.
(c) The provisions of this section are in addition to the remedies available under AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 06. Sale of Organic Meat, Fish, Poultry, and Processed Foods › Sec. 17.06.070. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “department” means the Department of Environmental Conservation;
(2) “food represented as organic food” means food, when the food is meat, fish, poultry, or processed, that is marketed using the term “organic” or a derivative of that term in the labeling or advertising;
(3) “producer” means a person who grows, raises, or produces food.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 1. Commissioner's Powers and Duties. › Sec. 17.20.005. Powers and duties of commissioner.

To carry out the requirements of this chapter, the commissioner may issue orders, regulations, permits, quarantines, and embargoes relating to
(1) food offered to the public or sold, subject to AS 17.20.017, including
(A) inspection of meat, fish, poultry, and other food products;
(B) standards of sanitation and handling methods for all phases of slaughtering, processing, storing, transporting, displaying, and selling;
(C) labeling; and
(D) the training, testing, and certification requirements for individuals who handle or prepare food, their supervisors, and their employers to ensure their knowledge of food safety and sanitation principles and requirements;
(2) control and eradication of pests;
(3) enforcement of hazard analysis critical control point programs for seafood processing that are developed in cooperation with appropriate industry representatives or, to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter or regulations adopted under the authority of this chapter, that are established by regulations of the United States Food and Drug Administration as they may periodically be revised;
(4) labeling, subject to AS 17.20.013, and grading of milk and milk products and standards of sanitation for dairies offering to the public or selling milk or milk products to at least the minimum of current recommendations of the United States Public Health Service pasteurized milk ordinance as it may periodically be revised;
(5) standards and conditions for the operation and siting of aquatic farms and related hatcheries, including
(A) restrictions on the use of chemicals; and
(B) requirements to protect the public from contaminated aquatic farm products that pose a risk to health;
(6) monitoring aquatic farms and aquatic farm products to ensure compliance with this chapter and, to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter or regulations adopted under the authority of this chapter, with the requirements of the national shellfish sanitation program manual of operations published by the United States Food and Drug Administration as it may periodically be revised;
(7) tests and analyses that may be made and hearings that may be held to determine whether the commissioner will issue a stop order or quarantine;
(8) transportation of, use of, disposal of, recalls of, or warnings concerning quarantined or embargoed items;
(9) cooperation with federal and other state agencies.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 2. Food and Aquatic Farm Products. › Sec. 17.20.010. Definitions and standards for food.

When, in the judgment of the commissioner, honest and fair dealing in the interest of consumers will be promoted, the department shall adopt regulations fixing and establishing for food or class of food a reasonable definition and standard of identity, a reasonable standard of quality, and reasonable standards of fill of container. In prescribing a definition and standard of identity for food or class of food in which optional ingredients are permitted, the department shall, for the purpose of promoting honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, designate the optional ingredients which shall be named on the label. The definitions and standards adopted shall conform as far as practicable to the definitions and standards adopted under authority of the federal act. The department shall establish a mobile canned food inspection service available upon request to food packers or processors inside the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 2. Food and Aquatic Farm Products. › Sec. 17.20.015 Shared ownership of milk-producing animals; raw milk.

(a) An individual who has an ownership interest in a milk-producing animal may pay or reimburse another individual owner of the animal the costs incurred to
(1) board, milk, and care for the animal; and
(2) share raw milk and raw milk products produced from the milk with other owners of the animal.
(b) A part owner of a shared milk-producing animal may share raw milk or a raw milk product produced from the milk of the animal only
(1) with another owner of the animal who has provided the part owner with at least two means of contacting the other owner in the event of a foodborne illness;
(2) if the raw milk or raw milk product is produced exclusively by the owners of the animal; and
(3) if the raw milk or raw milk product is provided directly from one owner to another owner.
(c) The department may not restrict or impose a requirement on the sharing or transfer of raw milk or a raw milk product between the owners of a milk-producing animal that is in addition to the provisions of this section.
(d) In this section,
(1) “raw milk” means milk that is not pasteurized;
(2) “raw milk product” means raw milk or a product or byproduct of raw milk.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 2. Food and Aquatic Farm Products. › Sec. 17.20.017. Inspection of processed meat products.

(a) The department may adopt regulations to establish a program of state inspection for the processing and sale of meat products, including meat products from amenable species.
(b) The department may administer and enforce regulations adopted under (a) of this section for a program of state inspection for the processing and sale of meat products from amenable species only if the program is approved by the federal government.
(c) Regulations adopted by the department under this section must impose requirements that are not less stringent than the requirements imposed under 21 U.S.C. 601 - 695 (Federal Meat Inspection Act) and 7 U.S.C. 1901 - 1907 (Humane Methods of Slaughter Act).
(d) Subject to (b) of this section, and except as provided in (e) of this section, if the department adopts regulations to establish a program of state inspection for the processing and sale of meat products, the department shall
(1) license facilities that process meat products for sale to the public;
(2) adopt license requirements and fees for facilities that process meat products for sale to the public; and
(3) use officers and employees of the department to inspect facilities that are licensed under this subsection.
(e) The department may not establish, administer, or enforce a program of inspection under this section for facilities that process meat products from equines.
(f) In this section,
(1) “amenable species” has the meaning given in 21 U.S.C. 601(w);
(2) “equine” means a member of the family Equidae.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 2. Food and Aquatic Farm Products. › Sec. 17.20.020. Adulterated food.

(a) Food is adulterated if
(1) it bears or contains a poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it injurious to health; but in case the substance is not an added substance the food is not considered adulterated under this paragraph if the quantity of the substance does not ordinarily render it injurious to health;
(2) it bears or contains added poisonous or added deleterious substance that is unsafe within the meaning of AS 17.20.030;
(3) it consists in whole or in part of a diseased, contaminated, filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance, or if it is otherwise unfit for food;
(4) it has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions in which it may have become contaminated with filth, or in which it may have been rendered diseased, unwholesome, or injurious to health;
(5) it is, in whole or in part, the product of a diseased animal or an animal that has died otherwise than by slaughter, or that has been fed upon the uncooked offal from a slaughterhouse;
(6) its container is composed, in whole or in part, of a poisonous or deleterious substance that may render the contents injurious to health.
(b) Food is adulterated if
(1) a valuable constituent has been omitted or abstracted in whole or part;
(2) a substance has been substituted in whole or part for a valuable constituent;
(3) damage or inferiority has been concealed;
(4) a substance has been added or mixed or packed with it to increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength, or make it appear better or of greater value than it is.
(c) Confectionery is adulterated if it bears or contains an alcohol or nonnutritive article or substance except harmless coloring, harmless flavoring, harmless resinous glaze not in excess of four-tenths of one percent, harmless natural wax not in excess of four-tenths of one percent, harmless natural gum, and pectin. This subsection does not apply to confectionery containing less than one-half of one percent by volume of alcohol derived solely from the use of flavoring extracts, or to chewing gum containing harmless nonnutritive masticatory substances.
(d) Food is adulterated if it bears or contains a coal tar color other than one from a batch which has been certified under authority of the federal act.
(e) Food is not adulterated under this section solely because it contains industrial hemp, as defined in AS 03.05.100, or an industrial hemp product.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 2. Food and Aquatic Farm Products. › Sec. 17.20.030. Tolerances for added poisonous ingredients.

A poisonous or deleterious substance added to food, except where the substance is required in the production of food or cannot be avoided by good manufacturing practice, is unsafe for purposes of the application of AS 17.20.020(a)(2). When the substance is required or cannot be avoided, the department shall adopt regulations limiting the quantity of it to the extent necessary for the protection of public health. A quantity exceeding the limits fixed is unsafe for purposes of the application of AS 17.20.020(a)(2). While a regulation limiting the quantity of a substance in the case of any food is in effect, the food is not, by reason of bearing or containing an added amount of the substance, adulterated within the meaning of AS 17.20.020(a)(1). In determining the quantity of the added substance to be tolerated in or on food, the department shall consider the extent to which the use of the substance is required or cannot be avoided in the production of each article and the other ways in which the consumer may be affected by that or other poisonous or deleterious substances.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 2. Food and Aquatic Farm Products. › Sec. 17.20.044. Sale and labeling of frozen meat, fish, and poultry.

(a) Meat, fish, or poultry that has been frozen may not be sold, represented, or advertised as a fresh food.
(b) Meat, fish, and poultry that has been frozen must be labeled as a frozen food in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner.
(c) The commissioner shall adopt regulations that
(1) require frozen food labels for meat, fish, and poultry that has been frozen; and
(2) provide for the examination and inspection of meat, fish, and poultry to ascertain whether it has been frozen.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 2. Food and Aquatic Farm Products. › Sec. 17.20.045. Misbranding halibut.

No person may label or offer for sale any food fish product designated as halibut, with or without additional descriptive words, unless the food fish product is Hippoglossus or Hippoglossus stenolepsis. A person who violates this section is guilty of misbranding food under provisions of this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 2. Food and Aquatic Farm Products. › Sec. 17.20.048. Labeling and advertisement of halibut, salmon, and sablefish products.

(a) A person who sells halibut, salmon, or sablefish products at wholesale or retail in this state may label or advertise the product as being or containing a “wild” halibut, salmon, or sablefish product, an “antibiotic-free” halibut, salmon, or sablefish product, or a “hormone-free” halibut, salmon, or sablefish product, and may indicate that the product or the halibut, salmon, or sablefish in the product is free from added colors and additives, if the product or the halibut, salmon, or sablefish in the product
(1) is harvested from a river or an ocean;
(2) has not been raised in captivity under control for its entire life; and
(3) is free from added colors and additives.
(b) The labeling or advertising allowed for a halibut, salmon, or sablefish product by (a) of this section may appear on the principal display panel of a packaged product, may be conspicuously attached to the container of a bulk product, or may appear in an advertisement for the product, including media advertising and displays or placards posted in retail stores. In this subsection, “principal display panel” means the part of a label that is most likely to be displayed, presented, shown, or examined under normal and customary conditions of display for sale.
(c) In this section, “halibut, salmon, or sablefish product” means halibut, salmon, or sablefish, or a product made from halibut, salmon, or sablefish.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 2. Food and Aquatic Farm Products. › Sec. 17.20.049. Required identification of fish by retail food establishment.

(a) Notwithstanding AS 17.20.048, a retail food establishment shall state on the menu of prepared food products that it is selling whether the fish in a prepared food product is wild fish or farmed fish.
(b) In this section,
(1) “farmed fish” means fish that is propagated, farmed, or cultivated in a facility that grows, farms, or cultivates the fish in captivity or under positive control but that is not a salmon hatchery that is owned by the state or that holds a salmon hatchery permit under AS 16.10.400 or a shellfish facility that is permitted under AS 16.12.010; in this paragraph, “positive control” has the meaning given in AS 16.40.199;
(2) “fish” means finfish;
(3) “prepared food product” means a food product that has been prepared by the retail food establishment selling the food product or by another person at the direction of the retail food establishment;
(4) “retail food establishment” means a business that sells prepared food products to the general public for consumption on or off the premises, and includes a business that is, or contains on its premises, a restaurant, a delicatessen, a salad bar, or a bakery; “retail food establishment” does not include an establishment that is provided by
(A) an employer primarily for the employees of the employer;
(B) a school primarily for the students and employees of the school; or
(C) a correctional facility primarily for persons held under official detention;
(5) “wild fish” means a fish that
(A) is harvested from a river, a lake, or an ocean;
(B) has not been raised in captivity under control for its entire life; and
(C) is free from added colors and additives.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 2. Food and Aquatic Farm Products. › Sec. 17.20.050. Emergency permit control.

When the department finds after investigation that the distribution in the state of a class of food may, by reason of contamination with microorganisms during the manufacture, processing, or packing, be injurious to health, and that the injurious nature cannot be adequately determined after the articles have entered commerce, it, in that case only, shall adopt regulations providing for the issuance of permits to manufacturers, processors, or packers of that class of food, to which shall be attached the conditions governing the manufacture, processing, or packing of that class of food, for a temporary period of time as may be necessary to protect the public health. After the effective date of the regulations, and during the temporary period, no person may introduce or deliver for introduction into commerce the food so manufactured, processed, or packed by any manufacturer, processor, or packer unless the manufacturer, processor, or packer of it holds a permit issued by the commissioner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 2. Food and Aquatic Farm Products. › Sec. 17.20.060. Suspension and reinstatement of emergency permit.

The commissioner may suspend immediately upon notice a permit issued under AS 17.20.050 if it is found that the conditions of the permit have been violated. The holder of a suspended permit may apply for the reinstatement of the permit, and the commissioner, immediately after prompt hearing and an inspection of the establishment, shall reinstate the permit if it is found that adequate measures have been taken to comply with and maintain the conditions of the permit as originally issued or as amended.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 2. Food and Aquatic Farm Products. › Sec. 17.20.065. Seafood processing permits and plans of operation.

(a) A person may not operate a seafood processing establishment or seafood processing vessel without a seafood processing permit issued by the department. A seafood processing permit issued under this section must be renewed annually.
(b) A person may not operate a seafood processing establishment or a seafood processing vessel without a written hazard analysis critical control point plan that explains the procedures used at each critical control point in the operation of the seafood processing establishment or the seafood processing vessel. The department may review, and comment on, the completeness of the hazard analysis critical control point plan prepared for a seafood processing establishment or a seafood processing vessel; however, the department may not require annual submission of the plan unless a change in operation, product, or process necessitates a change in the plan. In this subsection, “critical control point” means a point, step, or procedure in a food process at which control can be applied, and a food safety hazard can as a result be prevented, eliminated, or reduced to acceptable levels.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 2. Food and Aquatic Farm Products. › Sec. 17.20.066. Seafood product quality standards and seals.

(a) The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute established in AS 16.51 shall design an “inspection” seal that may be used to signify that a seafood product has been packed in compliance with the requirements of a permit issued under AS 17.20.065.
(b) The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute shall design a “premium quality” seal that may be used to signify that a seafood product has met the product specifications and standards under (d) of this section.
(c) The commissioner shall authorize the use of an “inspection” seal for display on seafood products processed by a person who, at the time the products are processed, holds a permit to operate issued under AS 17.20.065 and who complies with regulations adopted under this chapter.
(d) The commissioner, after consultation with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, shall develop product specifications and standards for the use of the “premium quality” seal on Alaska seafood products. The commissioner shall authorize a seafood processor to display a “premium quality” seal on products that qualify for the seal if the processor meets the requirements of regulations adopted under this chapter and has been issued a permit to operate under AS 17.20.065.
(e) A person may not display a seal under this section without authorization from the commissioner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 2. Food and Aquatic Farm Products. › Sec. 17.20.067. Seafood processing research.

The commissioner may conduct studies, research, experiments, and demonstrations, directly or through grants to or contracts with public or private agencies, organizations, or individuals to
(1) improve sanitation practices in the processing of fish and fisheries products; and
(2) develop improved techniques for surveillance and inspection activities under this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 2. Food and Aquatic Farm Products. › Sec. 17.20.070. Inspection by department.

An officer or employee designated by the commissioner shall have access to a factory, aquatic farm, or establishment, the operator of which holds a permit from the commissioner, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the conditions of the permit are being complied with. Denial of access for inspection is ground for suspension of the permit until access is freely given.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 2. Food and Aquatic Farm Products. › Sec. 17.20.072. Enforcement authority.

The commissioner is responsible for enforcing AS 17.20.005 - 17.20.075, and may delegate that authority as appropriate. This section does not limit the authority of peace officers.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 2. Food and Aquatic Farm Products. › Sec. 17.20.075. Definitions.

In AS 17.20.005 - 17.20.075,
(1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of environmental conservation;
(2) “department” means the Department of Environmental Conservation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 3. Drugs and Devices. › Sec. 17.20.080. Adulterated drugs and devices.

(a) A drug or device is adulterated if
(1) it consists in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance;
(2) it has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions in which it may have been contaminated with filth, or in which it may have been rendered injurious to health;
(3) it is a drug and its container is composed, in whole or in part, of poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health; or
(4) it is a drug and it bears or contains, for purposes of coloring only, a coal tar other than one from a batch certified under the authority of the federal act.
(b) A drug is adulterated if it purports to be or is represented as a drug the name of which is recognized in an official compendium, and its strength differs from, or its quality or purity falls below, the standard set forth in the compendium. The determination as to strength, quality, or purity shall be made in accordance with the tests or methods of assay set forth in the compendium, or in the absence or inadequacy of tests or methods of assay, those prescribed under authority of the federal act. A drug defined in an official compendium is not adulterated under this subsection because it differs from the standard of strength, quality, or purity set forth in the compendium, if its difference in strength, quality, or purity is plainly stated on its label. When a drug is recognized in both the United States Pharmacopoeia and the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States it is subject to the requirements of the United States Pharmacopoeia unless it is labeled and offered for sale as a homeopathic drug, in which case it is subject to the provisions of the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States and not to those of the United States Pharmacopoeia.
(c) A drug is adulterated if it is not subject to the provisions of (b) of this section and its strength differs from, or its purity or quality falls below, that which it purports or is represented to possess.
(d) A drug is adulterated if a substance has been
(1) mixed or packed with it to reduce its quality or strength; or
(2) substituted wholly or in part for it.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 3. Drugs and Devices. › Sec. 17.20.085. Opioid overdose drugs.

(a) Notwithstanding a provision or rule of law to the contrary, a health care provider authorized to prescribe an opioid overdose drug may prescribe an opioid overdose drug directly or by standing order or protocol to a person at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose or to a family member, friend, caregiver, or other person in a position to administer an opioid overdose drug to a person at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose.
(b) An employee or volunteer of an opioid overdose program, if acting under a standing order or protocol under (a) of this section, notwithstanding a provision or rule of law to the contrary, may receive a supply of opioid overdose drugs, possess opioid overdose drugs, and provide an opioid overdose drug to a person at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose or to a family member, friend, caregiver, or other person in a position to administer an opioid overdose drug to a person at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose.
(c) The chief medical officer of the department may issue a standing order, including a statewide standing order, for the prescription of an opioid overdose drug.
(d) Annually, on or before October 1, the department shall complete a report describing activities and expenditures related to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grants and opioid overdose drug distribution and shall submit the report to the senate secretary and chief clerk of the house of representatives and notify the legislature that the report is available.
(e) In this section,
(1) “health care provider” means a licensed physician, osteopath, dentist, advanced nurse practitioner, physician assistant, nurse, village health aide, or pharmacist operating within the scope of the health care provider's authority;
(2) “opioid” includes the opium and opiate substances and opium and opiate derivatives listed in AS 11.71.140;
(3) “opioid overdose drug” means a drug that reverses, in whole or in part, the pharmacological effects of an opioid overdose;
(4) “opioid overdose program” means a program that provides opioid overdose drugs to persons at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose or to a family member, friend, or other person in a position to assist a person at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 3. Drugs and Devices. › Sec. 17.20.100. Exemptions in case of drugs and devices.

A drug sold on a written prescription signed by a member of the medical, dental, or veterinary profession, except a drug sold in the course of the conduct of a business of selling drugs pursuant to diagnosis by mail, is exempt from the requirements of AS 17.20.090(2) and (5) if (1) the member of the medical, dental, or veterinary profession is licensed by law to administer the drug, and (2) the drug bears a label containing the name and place of business of the seller, the serial number and date of the prescription, and the name of the member of the medical, dental, or veterinary profession.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 3. Drugs and Devices. › Sec. 17.20.105. Preparation of drug prescription by pharmacist.

(a) In preparing a drug prescription a pharmacist shall indicate on the drug container the name and strength of the drug contained in it, unless specifically directed otherwise by the prescribing physician, osteopathic physician, dentist, or veterinarian. If a drug is a mixture of pharmacologically active substances, only the name of the mixture need be indicated on the container, or in the absence of a name, the term “physician's mixture” may be used.
(b) In preparing a prescription, a pharmacist may not substitute a drug for a registered brand or trade name product specified unless the pharmacist obtains permission from the author of the prescription; but if the prescribing physician, osteopathic physician, dentist, or veterinarian is temporarily unavailable, the pharmacist may, if unable to supply the drug requested, substitute a drug or preparation of approximately equal therapeutic value so long as the pharmacist notifies the author of the prescription at an early opportunity.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 3. Drugs and Devices. › Sec. 17.20.110. Sale of new drugs.

(a) A person may not sell, deliver, offer for sale, hold for sale, or give away a new drug unless
(1) an application for it has become effective under the federal act; or
(2) when not subject to the federal act unless the drug has been tested and has not been found to be unsafe for use under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling of it, and before selling or offering it for sale there has been filed with the commissioner an application setting out
(A) full reports of investigations which have been made to show whether or not the drug is safe for use;
(B) a full list of the articles used as components of the drug;
(C) a full statement of the composition of the drug;
(D) a full description of the methods used in, and the facilities and controls used for, the manufacture, processing, and packing of the drug;
(E) samples of the drug and articles used as components of it which the commissioner requires; and
(F) specimens of the labeling proposed to be used for the drug.
(b) This section does not apply to a physician who prescribes or administers a new drug in accordance with the conditions set out in AS 08.64.367(c).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 3. Drugs and Devices. › Sec. 17.20.120. Application for sale of new drugs.

The application provided for in AS 17.20.110 is effective on the 60th day after the filing of it. If the commissioner finds, after notice to the applicant and providing an opportunity for a hearing, that the drug is not safe for use under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the proposed labeling, the commissioner shall, before the effective date of the application, issue an order refusing to permit the application to become effective. An order refusing an application to become effective may be revoked by the commissioner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 17. Food and Drugs › Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Article 3. Drugs and Devices. › Sec. 17.20.130. Exemptions.

AS 17.20.110 does not apply to a drug
(1) intended solely for investigational use by experts qualified by scientific training and experience to investigate the safety in drugs if the drug is plainly labeled “for investigational use only”; or
(2) regulated under 42 U.S.C. 262.