CHAPTER 21. STANDARDS FOR PROCUREMENT OF MEAT,

POULTRY, AND SEAFOOD PRODUCTS

§2101. Food service facilities; use of certified meat, poultry, and seafood products

            A.(1) All state agencies, state institutions, or local school districts operating food service facilities for students, or for patients or inmates in their custody, shall utilize only those meat, poultry, and seafood products that have met all Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry requirements for grading and certification service.

            (2) All state agencies, state institutions, or local school districts operating food service facilities for students, or for patients or inmates in their custody, shall only utilize domestic shrimp or domestic crawfish as defined in R.S. 40:5.5.2.

            B.(1) No contract shall be entered into by any state agency, state institution, or local school district for the operation of any facility that includes a food service facility, unless the contract contains provisions requiring that any meat, poultry, or seafood utilized in such facility has met all Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry requirements for grading and certification service.

            (2) No contract shall be entered into by any state agency, state institution, or local school district for the operation of any facility that includes a food service facility, unless the contract contains provisions requiring that any seafood shall only utilize domestic shrimp or domestic crawfish as defined in R.S. 40:5.5.2.

            Acts 1997, No. 749, §1; Acts 2024, No. 148, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2025.