(a) Notwithstanding Alaska Stat. § 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.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 17.20.049
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(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 Alaska Stat. § 16.10.400 or a shellfish facility that is permitted under Alaska Stat. § 16.12.010; in this paragraph, “positive control” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 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.
