[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: 21CFR145.190]
[Page 441-443]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 145 CANNED FRUITS--Table of Contents
Subpart B Requirements for Specific Standardized Canned Fruits
Sec. 145.190 Canned prunes.
(a) Ingredients. Canned prunes is the food prepared from dried
prunes, which may be packed as a solid pack or in one of the optional
packing media specified in paragraph (b) of this section. Such food may
also contain one, or any combination of two or more, of the following
safe and suitable optional ingredients:
(1) Natural and artificial flavors.
(2) Spice.
(3) Vinegar, lemon juice, or organic acids.
(4) Unpeeled pieces of citrus fruits.
Such food is sealed in a container and before or after sealing is so
processed by heat as to prevent spoilage.
(b) Packing media. (1) The optional packing media referred to in
paragraph (a) of this section, as defined in Sec. 145.3 are:
(i) Water.
(ii) Fruit juice(s) and water.
(iii) Fruit juice(s).
Such packing media may be used as such or any one or any combination of
two or more safe and suitable nutritive carbohydrate sweetener(s) may be
added. Sweeteners defined in Sec. 145.3 shall be as defined therein,
except that a nutritive carbohydrate sweetener for
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which a standard of identity has been established in part 168 of this
chapter shall comply with such standard in lieu of any definition that
may appear in Sec. 145.3.
(2) When a sweetener is added as a part of any such liquid packing
medium, the density range of the resulting packing medium expressed as
percent by weight of sucrose (degrees Brix) as determined by the
procedure prescribed in Sec. 145.3(m) shall be designated by the
appropriate name for the respective density ranges, namely:
(i) When the density of the solution is less than 20 percent, the
medium shall be designated as ``slightly sweetened water''; or ``extra
light sirup''; ``slightly sweetened fruit juice(s) and water''; or
``slightly sweetened fruit juice(s)'', as the case may be.
(ii) When the density of the solution is 20 percent or more but less
than 24 percent, the medium shall be designated as ``light sirup'';
``lightly sweetened fruit juice(s) and water''; or ``lightly sweetened
fruit juice(s)'', as the case may be.
(iii) When the density of the solution is 24 percent or more but
less than 30 percent, the medium shall be designated as ``heavy sirup'';
``heavily sweetened fruit juice(s) and water''; or ``heavily sweetened
fruit juice(s)'', as the case may be.
(iv) When the density of the solution is 30 percent or more but not
more than 45 percent, the medium shall be designated as ``extra heavy
sirup''; ``extra heavily sweetened fruit juice(s) and water''; or
``extra heavily sweetened fruit juice(s)'', as the case may be.
(c) Labeling requirements. (1) The name of the food is ``prunes--
prepared from dried prunes''. The words ``prepared from dried prunes''
shall be in close proximity to the word ``prunes'' and shall be of the
same style and not less than \1/2\ of the point size of the type used
for the word ``prunes''. The name of the food shall also include a
declaration of any flavoring that characterizes the product as specified
in Sec. 101.22 of this chapter and a declaration of any spice or
seasoning that characterizes the product; for example, ``Spice added'',
or in lieu of the word ``Spice'', the common name of the spice,
``Seasoned with vinegar'' or ``Seasoned with unpeeled pieces of citrus
fruit''. When two or more of the optional ingredients specified in
paragraphs (a) (2) through (4) of this section are used, such words may
be combined as for example, ``Seasoned with cider vinegar, cloves,
cinnamon oil and unpeeled pieces of citrus fruit.''
(2) When the food is prepared with a packing medium, the name of the
packing medium specified in paragraphs (b) (1) and (2) of this section,
preceded by ``In'' or ``Packed in'' and the words ``cooked'',
``stewed'', or ``prepared'', shall be included as part of the name or in
close proximity to the name of the food. When no packing medium is used,
the words ``solid pack'' or ``moist pack'' or the word ``moistened''
followed by the words ``without sirup'' shall be included as part of the
name or in close proximity to the name of the food. When the packing
medium is prepared with a sweetener(s) which imparts a taste, flavor or
other characteristic to the finished food in addition to sweetness, the
name of the packing medium shall be accompanied by the name of such
sweetener(s), as for example in the case of a mixture of brown sugar and
honey, an appropriate statement would be ``------ sirup of brown sugar
and honey'', the blank to be filled in with the word ``light'',
``heavy'', or ``extra heavy'' as the case may be. When the liquid
portion of the packing media provided for in paragraphs (b) (1) and (2)
of this section consists of fruit juice(s), such juice(s) shall be
designated in the name of the packing medium as:
(i) In the case of a single fruit juice, the name of the juice shall
be used in lieu of the word ``fruit'',
(ii) In the case of a combination of two or more fruit juices, the
names of the juices in the order of predominance by weight shall either
be used in lieu of the word ``fruit'' in the name of the packing medium,
or be declared on the label as specified in paragraph (c)(3) of this
section, and
(iii) In the case of the single fruit juice or a combination of two
or more fruit juices any of which are made from concentrate(s), the
words ``from concentrate(s)'' shall follow the word ``juice(s)'' in the
name of the packing medium and in the name(s) of such
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juice(s) when declared as specified in paragraph (c)(3) of this section.
(3) Whenever the names of the fruit juices used do not appear in the
name of the packing medium as provided in paragraph (c)(2)(ii) of this
section, such names and the words ``from concentrate'', as specified in
paragraph (c)(2)(iii) of this section, shall appear in an ingredient
statement pursuant to the requirements of Sec. 101.3(d) of this
chapter.
(4) 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 14414, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 58 FR 2880, Jan. 6, 1993]
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