---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 216.95"
title: "50"
number: "216.95"
heading: "Official mark for “Dolphin-safe” tuna products."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/216.95"
---

# §216.95. Official mark for “Dolphin-safe” tuna products.

- (a) This is the “official mark” (see figure 1) designated by the United States Department of Commerce that may be used to label tuna products that meet the “dolphin-safe” standards set forth in the Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act, [16 U.S.C. 1385](/usc/16/1385.md), and implementing regulations at [§§ 216.91 through 216.94](/cfr/50/216.91..216.94.md):
- (b) **Location and size of the official mark.** The official mark on labels must allow the consumer to identify the official mark and be similar in design and scale to figure 1. A full color version of the official mark is available at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-mammal-protection/dolphin-safe-official-mark.

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 34410, May 30, 2000. Redesignated at 69 FR 55307, Sept. 13, 2004, as amended at 83 FR 3626, Jan. 26, 2018]

### 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

[65 FR 34410, May 30, 2000. Redesignated at 69 FR 55307, Sept. 13, 2004, as amended at 83 FR 3626, Jan. 26, 2018]