---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 216.90"
title: "50"
number: "216.90"
heading: "Purposes."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/216.90"
---

# §216.90. Purposes.


This subpart governs the requirements for using the official mark described in [§ 216.95](/cfr/50/216.95.md) or an alternative mark that refers to dolphins, porpoises, or marine mammals, to label tuna or tuna products offered for sale in or exported from the United States using the term dolphin-safe or suggesting the tuna were harvested in a manner not injurious to dolphins.


## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 55307, Sept. 13, 2004]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1385.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 1852, Jan. 15, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[69 FR 55307, Sept. 13, 2004]