Section 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; 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.

Notes

Recent Bills that will modify this

HB 300 FISH/SHELLFISH HATCHERY/ENHANCE. PROJECTS
SB 172 FISH/SHELLFISH HATCHERY/ENHANCE. PROJECTS

Implemented As

18 AAC 31.060

History

(Sec. 2 ch 146 SLA 2004)