Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Alaskan Pollock and Golden King Crab Labeling Act”.
Alaskan Pollock and Golden King Crab Labeling Act
A BILL
To establish certain requirements with respect to pollock and golden king crab.
Sec. 2 Requirements
Pollock and golden king crab— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of applying the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.)—
the acceptable market name of Gadus chalcogrammus, formerly known as Theragra chalcogramma, is “pollock”; and
the acceptable market name of Lithodes aequispinus is “golden king crab”.
Labeling of pollock— Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(z) If it is labeled or advertised as “Alaskan pollock” or “Alaska pollock” and it is not pollock that is harvested in the exclusive economic zone (as that term is defined in the section 3 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1802)) or the State waters adjacent to the State of Alaska.”