1. A. Except as otherwise provided herein, no person shall:

   1. 1. misbrand or misrepresent any food product as a covered agricultural product;
   2. 2. affix a label to any food product that is false or misleading;
   3. 3. Represent a food product as meat or a meat product unless the food product is derived from beef, pork, poultry, alligator, farm-raised deer, turtle, domestic rabbit, crawfish, or shrimp. This shall include representing a cell-cultured food product as a meat product;

   4. 4. Represent a food product as rice unless the food product is rice or derived from rice;

      1. a. This shall include using the term “rice” in the name of the food product when the food product is not rice or derived from rice.
   5. 5. Represent a food product as beef or a beef product unless the food product is derived from a domesticated bovine;
   6. 6. Represent a food product as pork or a pork product unless the food product is derived from a domesticated swine;
   7. 7. Represent a food product as poultry or a poultry product unless the food product is derived from poultry, as defined in this Chapter.
   8. 8. Represent a food product as sugar unless the food product is an unaltered plant-based simple sugar or sucrose;
   9. 9. Utilize a term that is the same or deceptively similar to a term that has been used or defined historically in reference to another agricultural product.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:4741.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agro-Consumer Services, Division of Weights and Measures, LR 47:349 (March 2021).