---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1987.101"
title: "29"
number: "1987.101"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1987.101"
---

# §1987.101. Definitions.


As used in this part:

- (a) Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health or the person or persons to whom he or she delegates authority under FSMA.
- (b) Business days means days other than Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays.
- (c) Complainant means the employee who filed a complaint under FSMA or on whose behalf a complaint was filed.
- (d) Covered entity means an entity engaged in the manufacture, processing, packing, transporting, distribution, reception, holding, or importation of food.
- (e) Employee means an individual presently or formerly working for a covered entity, an individual applying to work for a covered entity, or an individual whose employment could be affected by a covered entity.
- (f) FD&C means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, [21 U.S.C. 301](/usc/21/301.md) et seq., which is chapter 9 of title 21.
- (g) FDA means the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
- (h) Food means articles used for food or drink for man or other animals, chewing gum, and articles used for components of any such article.
- (i) FSMA means section 402 of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, Public Law 111-353, 124 Stat. 3885 (Jan. 4, 2011) (codified at [21 U.S.C. 399d](/usc/21/399d.md)).
- (j) OSHA means the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor.
- (k) **Person—** includes an individual, partnership, corporation, and association.
- (l) Respondent means the employer named in the complaint who is alleged to have violated the FSMA.
- (m) Secretary means the Secretary of Labor or person to whom authority under the FSMA has been delegated.
- (n) Any future statutory amendments that affect the definition of a term or terms listed in this section will apply in lieu of the definition stated herein.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 399d; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-2012 (Jan. 18, 2012), 77 FR 3912 (Jan. 25, 2012); Secretary's Order No. 01-2020, 85 FR 13186 (March 6, 2020).

### Source

Source: 81 FR 22539, Apr. 18, 2016, unless otherwise noted.