The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise. Terms defined and interpreted in the Texas Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act, Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 431, when used
in this subchapter also apply.
(1) Analogue product--A food product made to resemble
the texture, flavor, appearance, or other aesthetic qualities or chemical
characteristics of any specific type of egg, egg product, fish, meat,
meat food product, poultry, or poultry product. Such products are
made by combining processed plant products, insects, or fungus with
food additives.
(2) Cell-cultured product--A food product made by harvesting
animal cells and artificially replicating those cells in a growth
medium in a laboratory to produce tissue.
(3) Close proximity--Means:
(A) immediately before or after the product name or
statement of identity; or,
(B) in the line of the label immediately before or
after the line containing the product name or statement of identity;
or,
(C) within the same phrase or sentence containing the
product name or statement of identity.
(4) Egg--Has the meaning assigned by Section 4(g),
Egg Products Inspection Act (21 United States Code (USC) §1033(g)).
The term does not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product.
(5) Egg product--Has the meaning assigned by Section
4(f), Egg Products Inspection Act (21 USC §1033(f)). The term
does not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product.
(6) Fish--Has the meaning assigned by Section 403 of
the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 USC §343(q)(4)(E)).
The term does not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product.
(7) Meat--Has the meaning assigned by 9 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) §301.2. The term does not include an analogue
product or a cell-cultured product.
(8) Meat food product--Has the meaning assigned by
Section 1(j), Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 USC §601(j)). The
term does not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product.
(9) Poultry--Has the meaning assigned by Section 4(e),
Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 USC §453(e)). The term does
not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product.
(10) Poultry product--Has the meaning assigned by Section
4(f), Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 USC §453(f)). The term
does not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product.
(11) Product name--For purposes of this subchapter,
product name is the trade name or brand name of their product, which
must be clarified by a statement of identity.
(12) Statement of identity--Means:
(A) the name specified in or required by any applicable
federal law or regulation; or,
(B) the common or usual name of the food; or,
(C) an appropriately descriptive term, or when the
nature of the food is obvious, a fanciful name commonly used by the
public for such food.
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