Definition of Seafood

The term "fish" includes all fresh or saltwater finfish, molluscan shellfish, crustaceans, and other forms of aquatic animal life. Birds are specifically excluded from the definition because commercial species of birds are either nonaquatic or, as in the case of aquatic birds such as ducks, regulated by USDA. Mammals are also specifically excluded because no aquatic mammals are processed or marketed commercially in this country.

*Excerpted from the January 28, 1994 FDA Federal Register Proposed Rule: To establish procedures for safe processing and importing of fish and fishery products.