PART IV. IMPORTED SEAFOOD SAFETY

§4749. Definitions

            As used in this Part:

            (1) "Commingled" means to cause to blend together, mix, or combine domestic and imported seafood.

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

            (3) "Distributor" means a person engaged in the purchasing, storing, shipping, and selling of seafood.

            (4) "Domestic" means raised, harvested, or caught in any of the fifty states of the United States or its territories and within the federal exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and landed in the United States.

            (5) "Imported" means raised, harvested, or caught outside of the federal exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or landed in a country other than the United States.

            (6) "Processor" means any plant or facility that has been permitted by the Louisiana Department of Health to clean, shuck, pick, peel, or pack seafood.

            (7) "Seafood" means fish and edible crustaceans, excluding domestic catfish, live crawfish, and live crabs.

            Acts 2025, No. 300, §2, eff. June 11, 2025.