Scientific Name: Lithodes aequispinus

• Acceptable Market Name(s): Crab, Golden King (*)
• Regulation: 21 CFR 102.50
• Common Name(s): Golden King Crab
• Scientific Name: Lithodes aequispinus
• DNA Sequence Data: DNA
• Hazard Information: HAZ
• ITIS TSN (see note below): TSN 660179
• Additional Information: Market Name Change from Brown King Crab to Golden King Crab by Legislative Action: As mandated by Congress in Section 774 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31), for purposes of applying the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et. seq.), the acceptable market name of Lithodes aequispinus is """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Golden King Crab.""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
• Vernacular Name(s) (See note below.*) : Golden Crab, Brown King Crab

* Note: The Vernacular Name(s) (if any listed above) are for CROSS REFERENCE ONLY, and generally not acceptable
for product labeling in interstate commerce. Their use may result in seafood misbranding.

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