# 1987.101 Definitions.
As used in this part:
(a) *Assistant Secretary* means the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health or the person or persons to whom he or she delegates authority under FSMA.
(b) *Business days* means days other than Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays.
(c) *Complainant* means the employee who filed a complaint under FSMA or on whose behalf a complaint was filed.
(d) *Covered entity* means an entity engaged in the manufacture, processing, packing, transporting, distribution, reception, holding, or importation of food.
(e) *Employee* means an individual presently or formerly working for a covered entity, an individual applying to work for a covered entity, or an individual whose employment could be affected by a covered entity.
(f) *FD&C* means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 301 *et seq.,* which is chapter 9 of title 21.
(g) *FDA* means the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
(h) *Food* means articles used for food or drink for man or other animals, chewing gum, and articles used for components of any such article.
(i) *FSMA* means section 402 of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, Public Law 111-353, 124 Stat. 3885 (Jan. 4, 2011) (codified at 21 U.S.C. 399d).
(j) *OSHA* means the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor.
(k) *Person* includes an individual, partnership, corporation, and association.
(l) *Respondent* means the employer named in the complaint who is alleged to have violated the FSMA.
(m) *Secretary* means the Secretary of Labor or person to whom authority under the FSMA has been delegated.
(n) Any future statutory amendments that affect the definition of a term or terms listed in this section will apply in lieu of the definition stated herein.