[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR131.180]
[Page 309-310]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 131 MILK AND CREAM--Table of Contents
Subpart B Requirements for Specific Standardized Milk and Cream
Sec. 131.180 Half-and-half.
(a) Description. Half-and-half is the food consisting of a mixture
of milk and cream which contains not less than 10.5 percent but less
than 18 percent milkfat. It is pasteurized or ultra-pasteurized, and may
be homogenized.
(b) Optional ingredients. The following safe and suitable optional
ingredients may be used:
(1) Emulsifiers.
(2) Stabilizers.
(3) Nutritive sweeteners.
(4) Characterizing flavoring ingredients (with or without coloring)
as follows:
(i) Fruit and fruit juice (including concentrated fruit and fruit
juice).
(ii) Natural and artificial food flavoring.
(c) Methods of analysis. The milkfat content is determined by the
method prescribed in ``Official Methods of Analysis of the Association
of Official Analytical Chemists,'' 13th Ed. (1980), in sections 16.156
and 16.059, under ``Fat, Roese-Gottlieb Method--Official Final Action,''
which is incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the AOAC
INTERNATIONAL, 481 North Frederick Ave., suite 500, Gaithersburg, MD
20877, at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For
information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-
6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal--register/code--of--
federal--regulations/ibr--locations.html.
(d) Nomenclature. The name of the food is ``Half-and-half''. The
name of the food shall be accompanied on the label by a declaration
indicating the presence of any characterizing flavoring, as specified in
Sec. 101.22 of this chapter.
(1) The following terms shall accompany the name of the food
wherever it appears on the principal display panel or panels of the
label in letters not less than one-half the height of the letters used
in such name:
(i) The word ``ultra-pasteurized'' if the food has been ultra-
pasteurized.
(ii) The word ``sweetened'' if no characterizing flavor ingredients
are used, but nutritive sweetener is added.
(2) The following terms may appear on the label:
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(i) The word ``pasteurized'' if the food has been pasteurized.
(ii) The word ``homogenized'' if the food has been homogenized.
(e) Label declaration. Each of the ingredients used in the food
shall be declared on the label as required by the applicable sections of
parts 101 and 130 of this chapter.
[42 FR 14360, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 47 FR 11825, Mar. 19, 1982;
49 FR 10092, Mar. 19, 1984; 54 FR 24893, June 12, 1989; 58 FR 2891, Jan.
6, 1993]
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