printed, or graphic matter, except that the specific varietal name of the prunes may so intervene or may immediately precede the word "prunes" in the name. [25 F.R. 6964, July 22, 1960; 25 FR. 8769, Sept. 13, 1960]

§ 27.20 Canned pears; identity; label statement of optional ingredients.

(a) Canned pears is the food prepared from one of the optional pear ingredients specified in paragraph (b) of this section and one of the optional packing media specified in paragraph (c) of this section. Such food may also contain one or more of the following optional ingredients:

(4) (i) Mint flavoring and harmless artificial green coloring; or

(ii) Spice or spice flavoring and harmless artificial red coloring.

Such food is sealed in a container and so processed by heat as to prevent spoilage.

(b) The optional pear ingredients referred to in paragraph (a) of this section are prepared from mature pears and are in the following forms of units: Peeled whole, unpeeled whole, peeled halves, unpeeled halves, peeled quarters, peeled slices, peeled dice, peeled mixed pieces of irregular sizes and shapes. Each such form of units is an optional pear ingredient. Each such ingredient, except in the cases of peeled whole pears and unpeeled whole pears, is cored. For the purposes of paragraph (d) of this section, the respective names of such optional pear ingredients are "Whole," "Halves” or “Halved,” “Quarters” or "Quartered," "Slices" or "Sliced," "Dice" or "Diced," "Mixed Pieces of Irregular Sizes and Shapes," preceded or followed in case the units are whole or halves and are unpeeled, by the word "Unpeeled."

(c) (1) The optional packing media referred to in paragraph (a) of this section are:

(1) Water.

(ii) Pear juice.

(iii) Slightly sweetened water. (iv) Light sirup.

(v) Heavy sirup.

(vi) Extra heavy sirup.

(vii) Slightly sweetened pear juice. (viii) Light pear juice sirup.

(ix) Heavy pear juice sirup.
(x) Extra heavy pear juice sirup.
(xi) Clarified juice.

As used in this subparagraph, the term "water" means, in addition to water, any mixture of water and pear juice or any mixture of water and clarified juice; the term "pear juice" means the fresh or canned expressed juice of mature pears to which no water is added, directly or indirectly; and the term "clarified juice” means the liquid expressed wholly or in part from pear peelings, cores, or from pear flesh or parts thereof, which liquid is clarified and may be further refined or concentrated. Any substances used to aid in clarifying, refining, or concentrating the pear liquid are either substances that are not food additives within the meaning of section 201 (s) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or they are food additives and are used in conformity with regulations established pursuant to section 409 of the act. In the case of concentrated liquid, if the concentration is such that the packing medium conforms to the density range for one of the sirups referred to in this subparagraph, such concentrated liquid is considered to be light sirup, heavy sirup, or extra heavy sirup, as the case may be.

(2) Except as concentrated clarified juice is considered to be a sirup packing medium as provided in this section, each of packing media (1) (iii) to (x), inclusive, is prepared with a liquid ingredient and a saccharine ingredient. Water is the liquid ingredient from which packing media (1) (iii) to (vi), inclusive, are prepared, and pear juice is the liquid ingredient from which packing media (1) (vii) to (x), inclusive, are prepared. The saccharine ingredient from which packing media (1) (iii) to (x), inclusive, are prepared is one of the following: Sugar; invert sugar sirup; any combination of sugar or invert sugar sirup and dextrose in which the weight of the solids of the dextrose used is not more than one-half the weight of the solids of the sugar or invert sugar sirup used; any combination of sugar or invert sugar sirup and corn sirup or glucose sirup in which the weight of the solids of the corn sirup or glucose sirup used is not more than one-third the weight of the solids of the sugar or invert sugar sirup used; or any combination of sugar or invert sugar sirup, dextrose, and corn sirup or glucose sirup in which twice the

weight of the solids of the dextrose used added to three times the weight of the solids of the corn sirup or glucose sirup used is not more than the weight of the solids of the sugar or invert sugar sirup used; except that packing media (1) (vii) to (x), inclusive, are not prepared with any invert sugar sirup or with any corn sirup other than dried corn sirup or with any glucose sirup other than dried glucose sirup. A packing medium prepared with pear juice and any invert sugar sirup or corn sirup other than dried corn sirup or glucose sirup other than dried glucose sirup is considered to be prepared with water as the liquid ingredient.

(3) The respective densities of packing media (1) (iii) to (x), inclusive, as measured on the Brix hydrometer 15 days or more after the pears are canned, are within the range prescribed for each in the following list:

(1) (vi) and (x)--- 22° or more but not more than 35°.

(d) The label shall bear the name of the optional pear ingredient used, as specified in paragraph (b) of this section, and the name whereby the optional packing medium used is designated in paragraph (c) of this section, preceded by "In" or "Packed in." When any optional ingredient permitted by one of the following specified subparagraphs of paragraph (a) of this section is used, the label shall bear the words set forth below after the number of such subparagraph:

(1) "Spiced" or "Spice Added" or "With Added Spice," or, in lieu of the word "Spice," the common name of the spice.

(2) "Flavoring Added" or "With Added Flavoring,” or, in lieu of the word "Flavoring," the common name of the flavoring.

(3) "Seasoned with Vinegar" or "Seasoned with -------- Vinegar," the blank being filled in with the word showing the kind of vinegar used.

(4) "With added flavoring and artificial coloring" or "flavoring and artificial coloring added." The word

"flavoring" may be replaced by "mint flavoring," "spice flavoring," or "spice," as is appropriate, or by the common or usual name of the flavoring or spice used. The artificial coloring may be named as "artificial green coloring" or "artificial red coloring," as the case may be. When two or more of the optional ingredients specified in paragraph (a) (1), (2), (3), and (4) of this section are used, such words may be combined, as for example, "With added cloves and cinnamon oil, artificial red coloring, and seasoned with cider vinegar."

(e) Wherever the name "pears" appears on the label so conspicuously as to be easily seen under the customary conditions of purchase, the words specified in this section, showing the optional ingredients used, shall immediately and conspicuously precede or follow such name without intervening written, printed, or graphic matter, except that the specific varietal name of the pears may so intervene.

[24 F.R. 10663, Dec. 24, 1959, as amended at 28 FR. 5422, June 1, 1963]

§ 27.21 Canned pears; quality; label statement of substandard quality. (a) The standard of quality for canned pears is as follows:

(1) All units tested in accordance with the method prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section are pierced by a weight of not more than 300 grams.

(2) In the cases of halves and quarters, the weight of each unit is not less than 5 ounce and 10 ounce, respectively.

(3) In the cases of whole pears, halves, and quarters, the weight of the largest unit in the container is not more than twice the weight of the smallest unit therein.

(4) Except in the case of unpeeled pears, there is present in the finished canned pears not more than 1 square inch of peel per each 1 pound of net contents.

(5) Not more than 20 percent of the units in the container are blemished with scab, hail injury, discoloration, or other abnormalities.

(6) In the cases of whole pears, halves, and quarters, all units are untrimmed, or are so trimmed as to preserve normal shape.

(7) Except in the case of mixed pieces of irregular sizes and shapes, not more than 10 percent of the units in a con

tainer of 10 or more units, and not more than 1 unit in a container of less than 10 units, are crushed or broken. (A unit which has lost its normal shape because of ripenes and which bears no mark of crushing shall not be considered to be crushed or broken.)

(b) Canned pears shall be tested by the following method to determine whether or not they meet the requirements of paragraph (a) (1) cf this section: So trim a test piece from the unit as to fit, with peel surface up, into a supporting receptacle. If the unit is of different firmness in different parts of its peel surface, trim the piece from the firmest part. If the piece is unpeeled remove the peel. The top of the receptacle is circular in shape of 1% inches inside diameter, with vertical sides; or rectangular in shape, 34 inch by 1 inch inside measurements, with ends vertical and sides sloping downward and joining at the center at a vertical depth of 3/4 inch. Use the circular receptacle for testing units of such size that a test piece can be trimmed therefrom to fit it. Use the rectangular receptacle for testing other units. Test no unit from which a test piece with rectangular peel surface at least 2 inch by 1 inch cannot be trimmed. Test the piece by means of a round metal rod 532 inch in diameter. To the upper end of the rod is affixed a device to which weight can be added. The rod is held vertically by a support through which it can freely move upward or downward. The lower end of the rod is a plane surface to which the vertical axis of the rod is perpendicular. Adjust the combined weight of the rod and device to 100 grams. Set the receptacle so that the surface of the test piece is held horizontally. Lower the end of the rod to the approximate center of such surface, and add weight to the device at a uniform, continuous rate of 12 grams per second until the rod pierces the test piece. Weigh the rod and weighted device. Test all units in containers of 50 units or less, except those units too small for testing or too soft for trimming. Test at least 50 units, taken at random, in containers of more than 50 units; but if less than 50 units are of sufficient size and firmness for testing, test those which are of sufficient size and firmness.

(c) If the quality of canned pears falls below the standard prescribed in paragraph (a) of this section, the label

shall bear the general statement of substandard quality specified in § 10.7(a) of this chapter in the manner and form therein specified; but in lieu of such general statement of substandard quality, the label may bear the alternative statement "Below Standard in Quality -the blank to be filled in with the words specified after the corresponding number of each subparagraph of paragraph (a) of this section which such canned pears fail to meet, as follows: (1) "Not Tender"; (2) "Small Halves" or "Small Quarters," as the case may be; (3) "Mixed Sizes"; (4) "Not Well Peeled"; (5) "Blemished"; (6) "Unevenly Trimmed"; (7) "Partly Crushed or Broken." Such alternative statement shall immediately and conspicuously precede or follow, without intervening written, printed, or graphic matter, the name "pears" and any words and statements required or authorized to appear with such names by § 27.20(b). § 27.22 Canned pears;

fill of container; label statement of substandard fill. (a) The standard of fill of container for canned pears is the maximum quantity of the optional pear ingredient that can be sealed in the container and processed by heat to prevent spoilage, without crushing or breaking such ingredient.

(b) If canned pears fall below the standard of fill of container prescribed in paragraph (a) of this section, the label shall bear the general statement of substandard fill specified in § 10.7(b) of this chapter, in the manner and form therein specified.

§ 27.23

Canned pears with rum; identity; label statement of optional ingredients.

Canned pears with rum conforms to the definition and standard of identity, and is subject to the requirements for label statement of optional ingredients, prescribed for canned pears by § 27.20, except that it contains added rum in such amount that its alcohol content is more than 3 percent but less than 5 percent by weight.

§ 27.24 Artificially sweetened canned pears; identity; label statement of optional ingredients.

(a) Artificially sweetened canned pears is the food which conforms to the definition and standard of identity pre

scribed for canned pears by § 27.20, except that in lieu of a packing medium specified in § 27.20 (c), the packing medium used is water artifically sweetened with saccharin, sodium saccharin, or a combination of both. Such packing medium may be thickened with pectin and may contain any mixture of any edible organic salt or salts and any edible organic acid or acids as a flavor-enhancing agent, in a quantity not more than is reasonably required for that purpose. (b) (1) The specified name of the food is "artificially sweetened. "the blank being filled in with the name prescribed by § 27.20 for canned pears having the same optional pear ingredient.

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(2) The artificially sweetened food is subject to the requirements for label statement of optional ingredients used, as prescribed for canned pears by § 27.20. If the packing medium is thickened with pectin, the label shall bear the statement "thickened with pectin." When any organic salt or acid or any mixture of two or more of these is added, the label shall bear the common or usual name of each such ingredient.

[24 F.R. 10663, Dec. 24, 1959, as amended at 32 F.R. 12603, Aug. 31, 1967; 35 F.R. 11177, July 11, 1970]

Such food is sealed in a container. It is so processed by heat as to prevent spoilage.

(b) The optional grape ingredients referred to in paragraph (a) of this section are prepared from stemmed grapes of the light or dark seedless varieties or from unstemmed clusters of such grapes. For the purposes of paragraph (e) of this section, the names of such optional grape ingredients are "light seedless grapes" or "dark seedless grapes," as the case may be, preceded by the words "unstemmed clusters" where appropriate.

(c) (1) The optional packing media referred to in paragraph (a) of this section are:

(1) Water.

(ii) Grape juice.

(iii) Slightly sweetened water.
(iv) Light sirup.
(v) Heavy sirup.

(vi) Extra heavy sirup.

As used in this section, the term "grape juice" means the fresh or canned expressed juice of mature grapes of the same variety as the optional fruit ingredient, and the term "water" means, in addition to water, any mixture of water and grape juice.

(2) Each of packing media in subparagraph (1) (iii) to (vi), inclusive, of this paragraph is prepared with water and one of the optional saccharine ingredients specified in paragraph (d) of this section.

(3) The respective densities of packing media in subparagraph (1) (iii) to (vi), inclusive, of this paragraph as measured on the Brix hydrometer 15 days or more after the grapes are canned, are within the range prescribed after the name of each in the following list:

(2) Invert sugar sirup.

(3) Any mixture of sugar and invert sugar sirup.

(4) Any of the optional saccharine ingredients in subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this paragraph with dextrose, provided that the weight of the solids of the dextrose does not exceed one-third of the total weight of the solids of the combined saccharine ingredients.

(5) Any of the optional saccharine ingredients in subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this paragraph with corn sirup or glucose sirup or such sirups in dried form, or any two or more of such sirups or dried sirups, provided the weight of the solids of such sirups or dried sirups used does not exceed one

fourth of the total weight of the solids of the combined saccharine ingredients.

(6) Any mixture of the optional saccharine ingredients in subparagraphs (4) and (5) of this paragraph.

(e) The label shall bear the name of the optional grape ingredient used, as specified in paragraph (b) of this section, and the name whereby the optional packing medium used is designated in paragraph (c) of this section, preceded by "in" or "packed in." When any of the optional ingredients permitted by one of the following specified subparagraphs of paragraph (a) of this section is used, the label shall bear the words set forth after the number of such subparagraph:

(a) (1) "Spiced" or "spice added" or "with added spice," or, in lieu of the word "spice," the common name of the spice.

(a) (2) "Flavoring added" or "with added flavoring," or, in lieu of the word "flavoring," the common name of the flavoring.

(a) (3) "Seasoned with vinegar" or "зeasoned with vinegar," the blank being filled in with the name of the vinegar used.

When two or all of the optional ingredients specified in paragraph (a) (1), (2), and (3) of this section are used, such words may be combined, as for example, "seasoned with cider vinegar, cloves, and cinnamon oil."

(f) Wherever the name of the food appears on the label so conspicuously as to be easily seen under customary conditions of purchase, the words specified in this section, showing the optional ingredients used, shall immediately and conspicuously precede or follow such name without intervening written, printed, or graphic matter, except that the varietal name of the grapes may so intervene.

[25 F.R. 6964, July 22, 1960; 25 FR. 8769, Sept. 13, 1960]

§ 27.30 Canned cherries; identity; label

statement of optional ingredients.

(a) Canned cherries is the food prepared from one of the optional cherry ingredients specified in paragraph (b) of this section and one of the optional packing media specified in paragraph (c) of this section. Such food may be seasoned with one or more of the following optional ingredients:

(1) Spice.

(2) Flavoring, other than artificial flavoring.

(3) A vinegar.

Such food is sealed in a container and so processed by heat as to prevent spoilage.

(b) The optional cherry ingredients referred to in paragraph (a) of this section are prepared from mature cherries of the red sour, light sweet, or dark sweet varietal group. Pitted cherries of each such group and unpitted cherries of each such group are an optional cherry ingredient. For the purposes of paragraph (d) of this section, the names of such optional cherry ingredients are the words "Red Sour" or "Red Tart," "Light Sweet" or "Dark Sweet," as the case may be, preceded or followed by the word "Pitted" in case such ingredients are pitted.

(c) (1) The optional packing media referred to in paragraph (a) of this section are:

(i) Water.

(ii) Cherry juice.

(iii) Slightly sweetened water.
(iv) Light sirup.

(v) Heavy sirup.

(vi) Extra heavy sirup.

(vii) Slightly sweetened cherry juice. (viii) Light cherry juice sirup. (ix) Heavy cherry juice sirup.

(x) Extra heavy cherry juice sirup.

As used in this subparagraph the term "water" means, in addition to water, any mixture of water and cherry juice; and the term "cherry juice" means the fresh or canned expressed juice of mature cherries, of any varietal group specified in paragraph (b) of this section, to which no water is added directly, or indirectly.

(2) Each of packing media (1) (iii) to (x), inclusive, is prepared with a liquid ingredient and a saccharine ingredient. Water is the liquid ingredient from which packing media (1) (iii) to (vi), inclusive, are prepared, and cherry juice is the liquid ingredient from which packing media (1) (vii) to (x), inclusive, are prepared. The saccharine ingredient from which packing media (1) (iii) to (x), inclusive, are prepared is one of the following: Sugar (invert sugar sirup); any combination of sugar or invert sugar sirup and dextrose in which the weight of the solids of the dextrose used is not more than one-half the weight of the solids of the sugar or invert sugar sirup used; any combination of sugar or invert sugar sirup and corn sirup or glucose