Food Regulation 2025
123Meaning of “seafood”
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123 Meaning of “seafood”
123 Meaning of “seafood”
(1) In the seafood safety scheme, seafood means the following if intended for human consumption—
(a) aquatic vertebrates and aquatic invertebrates,
(b) a product of, or anything containing a product of, a thing referred to in paragraph (a).
(2) However, seafood does not include the following—
(a) amphibians, mammals or reptiles,
(b) aquatic plants,
(c) a product of, or anything containing a product of, an amphibian, mammal or reptile, or an aquatic plant, that does not also contain another thing referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b).