7 CFR 60.101-133 Country of Origin Labeling - Definitions
60.101 Act.

Act means the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.).

60.102 AMS.

AMS means the Agricultural Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture.

60.103 Commingled covered commodities.

Commingled covered commodities means covered commodities (of the same type) presented for retail sale in a consumer package that have been prepared from raw material sources having different origins.

60.104 Consumer package.

Consumer package means any container or wrapping in which a covered commodity is enclosed for the delivery and/or display of such commodity to retail purchasers.

60.105 Covered commodity.

60.105.a Covered commodity means:
60.105.a.1 [Reserved]
60.105.a.2 [Reserved]
60.105.a.3 Farm-raised fish and shellfish (including fillets, steaks, nuggets, and any other flesh);
60.105.a.4 Wild fish and shellfish (including fillets, steaks, nuggets, and any other flesh);
60.105.a.5 [Reserved]
60.105.a.6 [Reserved]

60.105.b Covered commodities are excluded from this part if the commodity is an ingredient in a processed food item as defined in Sec. 60.119.

60.106 Farm-raised fish.

Farm-raised fish means fish or shellfish that have been harvested in controlled environments, including ocean-ranched (e.g., penned) fish and including shellfish harvested from leased beds that have been subjected to production enhancements such as providing protection from predators, the addition of artificial structures, or providing nutrients; and fillets, steaks, nuggets, and any other flesh from a farm-raised fish or shellfish.

60.107 Food service establishment.

Food service establishment means a restaurant, cafeteria, lunch room, food stand, saloon, tavern, bar, lounge, or other similar facility operated as an enterprise engaged in the business of selling food to the public. Similar food service facilities include salad bars, delicatessens, and other food enterprises located within retail establishments that provide ready-to-eat foods that are consumed either on or outside of the retailer's premises.

60.108-60.110 [Reserved]

60.111 Hatched.

Hatched means emerged from the egg.

60.112 Ingredient.

Ingredient means a component either in part or in full, of a finished retail food product.

60.113 [Reserved]

60.114 Legible.

Legible means text that can be easily read.

60.115 [Reserved]

60.116 Person.

Person means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity.

60.117 [Reserved]

60.118 Pre-labeled.

Pre-labeled means a covered commodity that has the commodity's country of origin and method of production and the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor on the covered commodity itself, on the package in which it is sold to the consumer, or on the master shipping container. The place of business information must include at a minimum the city and state or other acceptable locale designation.

60.119 Processed food item.

Processed food item means a retail item derived from fish or shellfish that has undergone specific processing resulting in a change in the character of the covered commodity, or that has been combined with at least one other covered commodity or other substantive food component (e.g., breading, tomato sauce), except that the addition of a component (such as water, salt, or sugar) that enhances or represents a further step in the preparation of the product for consumption, would not in itself result in a processed food item. Specific processing that results in a change in the character of the covered commodity includes cooking (e.g., frying, broiling, grilling, boiling, steaming, baking, roasting), curing (e.g., salt curing, sugar curing, drying), smoking (hot or cold), and restructuring (e.g., emulsifying and extruding, compressing into blocks and cutting into portions). Examples of items excluded include fish sticks, surimi, mussels in tomato sauce, seafood
medley, coconut shrimp, soups, stews, and chowders, sauces, pates, smoked salmon, marinated fish fillets, canned tuna, canned sardines, canned salmon, crab salad, shrimp cocktail, gefilte fish, sushi, and breaded shrimp.

60.120 [Reserved]

60.121 [Reserved]

60.122 Production step.

Production step means in the case of:

60.122.a [Reserved]

60.122.b Farm-raised Fish and Shellfish: Hatched, raised, harvested, and processed.

60.122.c Wild Fish and Shellfish: Harvested and processed.

60.123 Raised.

Raised means in the case of:

60.123.a [Reserved]

60.123.b Farm-raised fish and shellfish as it relates to the production steps defined in Sec. 60.122: The period of time from hatched to harvested.

60.124 Retailer.

Retailer means any person subject to be licensed as a retailer under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930 (7 U.S.C. 499a(b)).

60.125 Secretary.

Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or any person to whom the Secretary's authority has been delegated.

60.126 [Reserved]

60.127 United States.

United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, and the waters of the United States as defined in Sec. 60.132.

60.128 United States country of origin.

United States country of origin means in the case of:

60.128.a [Reserved]

60.128.b [Reserved]

60.128.c Farm-raised Fish and Shellfish: From fish or shellfish hatched, raised, harvested, and processed in the United States, and that has not undergone a substantial transformation (as established by U.S. Customs and Border Protection) outside of the United States.

60.128.d Wild-fish and Shellfish: From fish or shellfish harvested in the waters of the United States or by a U.S. flagged vessel and processed in the United States or aboard a U.S. flagged vessel, and that has not undergone a substantial transformation (as established by U.S. Customs and Border Protection) outside of the United States.

60.128.e [Reserved]

60.128.f [Reserved]

60.129 USDA.

USDA means the United States Department of Agriculture.

60.130 U.S. flagged vessel.

U.S. flagged vessel means:

60.130.a Any vessel documented under chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code; or

60.130.b Any vessel numbered in accordance with chapter 123 of title 46, United States Code.

60.131 Vessel flag.

Vessel flag means the country of registry for a vessel, ship, or boat.

60.132 Waters of the United States.

Waters of the United States means those fresh and ocean waters contained within the outer limit of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the United States as described by the Department of State Public Notice 2237 published in the Federal Register volume 60, No. 163, August 23, 1995, pages 43825-43829. The Department of State notice is republished in Appendix A to this subpart.

60.133 Wild fish and shellfish.

Wild fish and shellfish means naturally-born or hatchery-originated fish or shellfish released in the wild, and caught, taken, or harvested from non-controlled waters or beds; and fillets, steaks, nuggets, and any other flesh from a wild fish or shellfish.