Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XXXV - Agro-Consumer Services › Chapter 7 - Truth in Labeling of Food Products › Section XXXV-703 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The provisions
				of R.S.
				3:4741 through 4746, relating to definitions,
				words, and terms are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part hereof
				and will therefore apply and govern the interpretation of these rules, unless
				the context otherwise requires or unless specifically redefined in a particular
				Section. Any word or term not defined in these rules shall have the same
				meaning ascribed to it in
				R.S.
				3:4741 through 4746. Any word or term not
				defined in R.S. 3:4741 through 4746 or these
				regulations shall be construed in accordance with its plain and ordinary
				meaning.
B. The following words and
				terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of this Chapter:
Act-
Truth in Labeling of Food Products Act,
				  or R.S.
				  3:4741 et seq.
Agricultural Product-
any beef, pork,
				  poultry, crawfish, shrimp, meat, sugar, or rice product intended for human
				  consumption.
Beef-
the flesh of a domesticated bovine that
				  is suitable for human consumption.
Beef Products
-agricultural products that are
				  produced, in whole or in part, from beef and are suitable for human
				  consumption. Beef products include, but are not limited to, beef jerky, beef
				  patties, chopped steak, fabricated steak, hamburger, ground beef, ribs, and
				  roast.
Cell Cultured Food Product
-any cultured
				  animal tissue produced from
in vitro
animal cell cultures
				  outside of the organism from which it is derived.
Commissioner
-the Commissioner of Agriculture
				  and Forestry.
Deceptively Similar
-misleading to a
				  reasonable person.
Department
-the Department of Agriculture and
				  Forestry.
Food Product
-any product sold at retail or
				  offered for retail sale that is intended for human consumption.
Label
-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.
Labeling
-the act of identifying, describing,
				  or advertising a food product by means of a label or through other
				  means.
Meat
-a portion of beef, pork, poultry,
				  alligator, farm-raised deer, turtle, domestic rabbit, crawfish, or shrimp
				  carcass that is suitable for human consumption, but does not include:
a. synthetic product derived from a plant,
				insect, or other source;
b.
				cell-cultured food product grown in a laboratory from animal cells.
Meat Product-
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.
Misbrand-
to identify or label a food product
				  in a false or misleading way.
Misrepresent
-to use any untrue, misleading,
				  or deceptive oral or written statement, advertisement, label, display, picture,
				  illustration, or sample.
Person
-an individual, partnership, limited
				  liability company, limited liability partnership, corporation, trust, firm,
				  company, or other entity doing business in Louisiana.
Pork
-the flesh of domesticated swine that is
				  suitable for human consumption.
Pork Products
-agricultural products that are
				  produced, in whole or in part, from pork and are suitable for human
				  consumption. Pork products include, but are not limited to, bacon, bratwurst,
				  ground pork, ham, pork chops, ribs, roast, and sausage.
Poultry
-the flesh of domesticated birds that
				  is suitable for human consumption.
Principal Display Panel
-the part(s) of a
				  label that is so designed as to most likely be displayed, presented, shown, or
				  examined under normal and customary conditions of display, sale, and purchase.
				  Wherever a principal display panel appears more than once on a package, all
				  requirements pertaining to principal display panels shall pertain to all such
				  principal display panels.
Rice
-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.
Truth in Labeling Food Products
				  Act
-R.S. 3:4741 et seq.