69.04.900 - Perishable packaged food -- Pull date labeling -- Definitions. - Washington Statutes

Perishable packaged food — Pull date labeling — Definitions.

For the purpose of RCW 69.04.900 through 69.04.920:

     (1) "Perishable packaged food goods" means and includes all foods and beverages, except alcoholic beverages, frozen foods, fresh meat, poultry and fish and a raw agricultural commodity as defined in this chapter, intended for human consumption which are canned, bottled, or packaged other than at the time and point of retail sale, which have a high risk of spoilage within a period of thirty days, and as determined by the director of the department of agriculture by rule and regulation to be perishable.

     (2) "Pull date" means the latest date a packaged food product shall be offered for sale to the public.

     (3) "Shelf life" means the length of time during which a packaged food product will retain its safe consumption quality if stored under proper temperature conditions.

     (4) "Fish" as used in subsection (1) of this section shall mean any water breathing animals, including, but not limited to, shellfish such as lobster, clams, crab, or other mollusca which are prepared, processed, sold, or intended or offered for sale.

[1974 ex.s. c 57 § 1; 1973 1st ex.s. c 112 § 1.]