This classification applies to the processing and packaging of fish or seafood, including but not limited to tuna, salmon, cod, halibut, herring, white fish, mackerel, eel, shrimp, abalone, crab, scallops, caviar and oysters. Processing operations include but are not limited to steaming, smoking, curing, blending, mixing, breading, cooking and canning. This classification also applies to the manufacture of fish or seafood products, including but not limited to fish sticks, fish cakes, crab cakes, breaded fish fillets and imitation crab meat.
Employers engaged in the purchase, cutting, trimming, deboning and resale of fish shall be classified as 8021, Stores — meat, fish or poultry — wholesale, or 8031, Stores — meat, fish or poultry — retail.
Shown below is the previously published phraseology and footnote | Effective Date |
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Phraseology: Footnote: Employers engaged in the purchase, cutting, trimming, deboning and resale of fish shall be classified as 8021, Stores — meat, fish or poultry — wholesale, or 8031, Stores — meat, fish or poultry — retail. Can manufacturing and the rendering of fish oil shall be separately classified. | 9/1/2021 |
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