For the purposes of this Chapter 27, the following definitions apply:
“Antibiotic” means any antimicrobial drug that works against bacteria, is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), and is currently marketed for use in or on Meat or Poultry animals as approved in 21 C.F.R. §§ 558.55 et seq. and identified in the FDA’s 2014 Summary Report On Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed for Use in Food-Producing Animals and subsequent annual reports.
“Antibiotic Not Currently Medically Important” means any antibiotic and its associated class that does not belong to a class that is listed as “important,” “highly important,” or “critically important” in Appendix A of FDA’s Guidance for Industry #152 and subsequent revisions to that list. Antibiotics Not Currently Medically Important are listed in the FDA’s 2014 Summary Report On Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed for Use in Food-Producing Animals, and subsequent FDA annual reports.
“Antibiotic Use Policy” means a description of the antibiotic use practices, whether or not written or formalized, of a Producer of each Product Group sold in a Grocer’s stores.
“City” means the City and County of San Francisco.
“Brand” means a distinguishing symbol, mark, logo, name, word, sentence or a combination of these items that companies use to distinguish their product from others in the market.
“Department” means the Department of the Environment.
“Director” means the Director of the Department of the Environment or his or her designee.
“Disease Control” means metaphylaxis, i.e., the administration of an antibiotic to a group of animals that are in contact with an animal or animals showing clinical signs of illness to protect the group from the spread of the disease.
“Disease Prevention” means prophylaxis, i.e., the administration of an antibiotic to animals, none of which are exhibiting clinical signs of disease.
“Grocer” means a person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other entity that owns and/or operates in the City a grocery store, whether general or specialty, as defined in Planning Code Section 102, and also owns or operates 25 or more grocery stores anywhere.
“Growth Promotion” means the administration of antibiotics to an animal to increase the animal’s weight gain or growth, to increase feed efficiency, or for other production purposes not related to Disease Control, Prevention, or Treatment.
“Meat” means the edible part of the carcass of any mammal, such as cattle, calf, sheep, lamb, goat, rabbit, buffalo, or swine.
“Medically Important Antibiotic” means any antibiotic that belongs to a class that is listed as “important,” “highly important,” or “critically important” in Appendix A of FDA’s Guidance for Industry #152 and subsequent revisions to that list.
“Poultry” means the edible part of the carcass of any bird.
“Producer” means a person or entity who establishes management and production standards for the maintenance, care, and raising of Meat and/or Poultry animals, and either: (1) operates a business raising Meat and/or Poultry animals that are used to produce any Product Group sold by a Grocer; or (2) purchases or otherwise obtains live Meat and/or Poultry animals that it slaughters, and/or sells for slaughter, for production of any Product Group sold by a Grocer.
“Product Group” means Raw Meat or Poultry of the same species of animal(s), brand, and sub-brand.
“Raw” means not cooked or cured.
“Routine Use” means regular administration of Antibiotics for Disease Prevention and/or Growth Promotion.
“Sub-brand” means a brand whose attributes are distinct, yet related to a broader main brand.
“Third-Party Certification” means certification by an organization that is not affiliated with the Grocer and that addresses antibiotic use by producers of a Product Group sold by the Grocer. The following third party certifications are accepted under this Chapter: U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) Organic, USDA No Antibiotics Administered Process Verified (or equivalent USDA “process verified” claim), Global Animal Partnership, Certified Responsible Antibiotic Use, Humane Certified, and Animal Welfare Approved. The Director may, from time to time via regulations, add to this list of acceptable certifications.
“Treatment” means the administration of Antibiotics to animals when they are sick, i.e., exhibiting clinical signs of bacterial disease.
(Added by Ord. 204-17, File No. 170763, App. 10/24/2017, Eff. 11/23/2017)