RS 3:4631 Oyster labeling and packaging; sale of shell stock oysters - Louisiana Statutes

PART II.  PARTICULAR PRODUCTS

SUBPART A.  OYSTERS

§4631.  Oyster labeling and packaging; sale of shell stock oysters

A.  Oyster meats may be sold by fluid volume or net drained weight at wholesale or retail.  Oyster meats may also be sold by count at retail but only at the time of final sale.  Prepackaging of oysters being sold by count is prohibited unless the prepackaged item itself is labeled with the net weight of oyster meat contained in such package.

B.  Shell stock oysters shall be sold by volumetric measure, weight, or count.

C.  Oysters removed from the shell shall be labeled clearly by volume or weight.  A maximum of fifteen percent free liquid by weight is permitted for oysters sold by weight or by volume.

D.  Any person packaging, labeling, or distributing shucked oysters shall follow the guidelines set forth in the NIST Handbook 130 adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures.

E.  Oysters shall be shucked and prepackaged only in facilities which are certified by the Department of Health and Hospitals.

F.  This Section shall not apply to those oysters which are shucked in a restaurant for immediate consumption on the premises.

Acts 1992, No. 55, §1; Acts 1995, No. 379, §1; Acts 2004, No. 213, §1.