Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4631 – A. Oyster meats may be sold by fluid volume or net drained weight at wholesale or retail. Oyster meats may also be sold by count at retail but only at the time of final sale. Prepack
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4631
- Department: means the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4602
- Net weight: means the weight of the commodity excluding any materials, substances, or items not considered to be part of the commodity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4602
- Package: means any commodity packed or packaged in any manner in advance of sale in units suitable for either wholesale or retail sale. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4602
- Person: means both plural and singular, as the case demands, and includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, companies, societies, and associations
(14)(a) Except as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, "petroleum product" means any refined hydrocarbon mixture including motor oil, kerosene, gasoline, gasohol, diesel fuel, aviation fuel, heating kerosene, and any blend of two or more refined hydrocarbon mixtures except liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4602
A. Oyster meats may be sold by fluid volume or net drained weight at wholesale or retail. Oyster meats may also be sold by count at retail but only at the time of final sale. Prepackaging of oysters being sold by count is prohibited unless the prepackaged item itself is labeled with the net weight of oyster meat contained in such package.
B. Shell stock oysters shall be sold by volumetric measure, weight, or count. All oysters sold by volumetric measure, weight, or count shall be market size and wholesome.
C. Oysters removed from the shell shall be labeled clearly by volume or weight.
D. Any person packaging, labeling, or distributing shucked oysters shall follow the guidelines set forth in the NIST Handbook 130 adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures.
E. Oysters shall be shucked and prepackaged only in facilities which are certified by the Louisiana Department of Health.
F. This Section shall not apply to those oysters which are shucked in a restaurant for immediate consumption on the premises.
Acts 1992, No. 55, §1; Acts 1995, No. 379, §1; Acts 2004, No. 213, §1; Acts 2014, No. 217, §1.