West Virginia § 19-39-1 Definitions

West Virginia Statutes

§ 19-39-1 — Definitions

West Virginia § 19-39-1

Ch. 19AGRICULTURE

Art. 39TRUTH IN FOOD PRODUCT LABELING ACT

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W. Va. Code § 19-39-1 (2026).

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(1)"Analogue product" means a food product derived by combining processed plant products, insects, or fungus with food additives to approximate the texture, flavor, appearance, or other aesthetic qualities or the chemical characteristics of any specific type of egg, egg product, fish, fishery product, meat, meat food product, poultry, or poultry product.

(2)"Cell-cultured product" means a food product derived by harvesting animal cells and artificially or chemically replicating those cells in a growth medium in a laboratory to produce tissue to approximate the texture, flavor, appearance, or other aesthetic qualities or the chemical characteristics of any specific type of egg, egg product, fish, fishery product, meat, meat food product, poultry, or poultry

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For purposes of this article:

(1) "Analogue product" means a food product derived by combining processed plant products, insects, or fungus with food additives to approximate the texture, flavor, appearance, or other aesthetic qualities or the chemical characteristics of any specific type of egg, egg product, fish, fishery product, meat, meat food product, poultry, or poultry product.

(2) "Cell-cultured product" means a food product derived by harvesting animal cells and artificially or chemically replicating those cells in a growth medium in a laboratory to produce tissue to approximate the texture, flavor, appearance, or other aesthetic qualities or the chemical characteristics of any specific type of egg, egg product, fish, fishery product, meat, meat food product, poultry, or poultry product.

(3) "Egg" has the meaning assigned by 21 U.S.C. §1033(g) and by §19-10A-2(i) of this code. The term does not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product.

(4) "Egg product" has the meaning assigned by 21 U.S.C. §1033(f). The term does not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product.

(5) "Fish" has the meaning assigned by 21 C.F.R. §123.3 and by §19-29-2(a) of this code. The term does not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product.

(6) “Fishery product” has the meaning assigned by 21 C.F.R. §123.3. The term does not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product.

(7) “Food” means any egg, egg product, fish, fishery product, meat, meat food product, poultry, or poultry product, but does not include any analogue product or cell-cultured product.

(8) “Food product” means any analogue product or cell-cultured product, but does not include any egg, egg product, fish, fishery product, meat, meat product, poultry, or poultry product.

(8) "Meat" has the meaning assigned by 9 C.F.R. §301.2 and by §19-29-2(d) of this code. The term does not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product.

(9) "Meat food product" has the meaning assigned by 21 U.S.C. §601(j). The term does not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product.

(10) "Poultry" has the meaning assigned by 21 U.S.C. §453(e). The term does not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product.

(11) "Poultry product" has the meaning assigned by 21 U.S.C. §453(f). The term does not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product.