capacity of the container, as determined by the general method for water capacity of containers prescribed in § 10.6(a) of this chapter. Such total weight of drained fruit is determined by the following method: Tilt the opened container so as to distribute the contents evenly over the meshes of a circular sieve which has been previously weighed. The diameter of the sieve is 8 inches if the quantity of contents of the container is less than 3 pounds, and 12 inches if such quantity is 3 pounds or more. The bottom of the sieve is woven-wire cloth which complies with the specifications for such cloth set forth under "2380 Micron (No. 8)" in Table I of "Standard Specifications for Sieves," published March 1, 1940, in L.C. 584 of the United States Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards. Without shifting the material on the sieve so incline the sieve as to facilitate drainage. Two minutes from the time drainage begins, weigh the sieve and drained fruit. The weight so found, less the weight of the sieve, shall be considered to be the total weight of drained fruit. (b) If canned fruit cocktail falls 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 prescribed. § 27.43 Artificially sweetened canned fruit cocktail; identity; label statement of optional ingredients. (a) Artificially sweetened canned fruit cocktail is the food which conforms to the definition and standard of identity prescribed for canned fruit cocktail by § 27.40, except that in lieu of a packing medium specified in § 27.40 (c), the packing medium used is water artificially 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 flavorenhancing agent, in a quantity not more than is reasonably required for that purpose. (b) (1) The specified name of the food is "artificially sweetened fruit cocktail." (2) Artificially sweetened fruit cocktail is subject to the requirements for label statement of optional ingredients used, as prescribed for canned fruit cocktail by § 27.40. 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. 11178, July 11, 1970] § 27.45 Canned plums; identity; label statement of optional ingredients. (a) Canned plums is the food prepared from one of the optional plum 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 seasoned with one or more of the following optional ingredients: (1) Spice. be (2) Flavoring, other than artificial flavoring. (3) A vinegar. Such food is sealed in a container. It is so processed by heat as to prevent spoilage. are 66 (b) The optional plum ingredients referred to in paragraph (a) of this section are prepared from mature plums of the domestic (Prunus domestica L.) varietal groups, and are in the following forms of units: Unpeeled whole, peeled whole, unpeeled halves, peeled halves. In the case of halves, the plums are pitted, and in the case of whole plums they may be pitted or unpitted. For the purposes of paragraph (e) of this section, the names of such optional plum ingredients plums," the blank being filled in with the name of the variety or varietal type of the plums, for example, "purple," "greengage," etc., preceded or followed by the word "whole," "halves," or "halved," as the case may be. The name of the optional plum ingredient shall include the word "peeled" when appropriate, and in the case of whole plums the word "pitted" if such ingredient is pitted as, for example, "pitted whole purple plums," "whole pitted purple plums," "peeled halves purple plums," "peeled purple plums halved.” (c) (1) The optional packing media referred to in paragraph (a) of this section are as follows: (i) Water. (ii) Plum juice. (iii) Slightly sweetened water. (iv) Light sirup. (v) Heavy sirup. (vi) Extra heavy sirup. (vii) Slightly sweetened plum juice. (x) Extra heavy plum juice sirup. As used in this section, the term "plum juice" means the fresh or canned expressed juice of mature plums of the same varietal group as the optional plum ingredient, and the term “water” means, in addition to water, any mixture of water and plum juice. (2) Each of packing media in subparagraph (1) (iii) to (x), inclusive, of this paragraph is prepared with a liquid ingredient and a saccharine ingredient. Water is the liquid ingredient from which packing media in subparagraph (1) (iii) to (vi) of this paragraph, inclusive, are prepared and plum juice is the liquid ingredient from which packing media in subparagraph (1) (vii) to (x) of this paragraph, inclusive, are prepared. The saccharine ingredient from which packing media in subparagraph (1) (iii) to (x) of this paragraph, inclusive, are prepared is one of the optional saccharine ingredients specified in paragraph (d) of this section. Where the saccharine ingredient used adds water to the packing medium, as it will if it includes invert sugar sirup, corn sirup, or glucose sirup other than such sirups in dried form, the packing medium shall be considered to be one designated in subparagraph (1) (iii) to (vi), inclusive, of this paragraph and not a plum 1 juice packing medium as designated in 1 subparagraph (1) (vii) to (x), inclusive, of this paragraph. (3) The respective densities of packing media in subparagraph (1) (iii) to (x), inclusive, of this paragraph as measured on the Brix hydrometer 15 days or more after canning, are within the range prescribed for each in the following list: Number of packing me- (1) (iii) and (vii). (1) (v) and (ix). Brix measurement Less than 18°. 18° or more but less than 21°. 21° or more but less than 26'. 26° or more but not more than 35°. (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 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 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 plum 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 "seasoned with vinegar," the blank being filled in with the name of the vinegar. When two or more 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, "with added spices and vinegar." (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. [25 F.R. 6966, July 22, 1960; 25 F.R. 8768, Sept. 13, 1960] § 27.50 Canned pineapple; identity; la bel statement of optional ingredients. (a) Canned pineapple is the food prepared from one of the following optional forms of units obtained from peeled, cored, mature fruits of the pineapple plant: (1) Sliced, slices; consisting of whole circular slices cut across the axis of the peeled, cored fruit cylinders. (2) Half sliced, half slices; consisting of semicircular halves of slices. A unit that is approximately one-half slice is considered to be a half slice. (3) Broken sliced, broken slices; consisting of arc-shaped portions cut or broken from slices, which portions are not uniform in size or shape. (4) Tidbits; consisting of sectors cut from slices. Tidbits are reasonably uniform in size and shape; they are predominantly from 6-inch to 2-inch thick and, except for an occasional unit, each sector is not larger than one-sixth of the slice from which cut. (5) Chunks; consisting of short, thick pieces cut from thick slices or from peeled, cored fruit. Chunks may or may not be symmetrical or uniform in shape and size. Predominantly, the units have a thickness greater than 1⁄2-inch, a width greater than 16-inch, but a longest dimension (along any edge) not greater than 11⁄2 inches. (6) Cubes, diced; consisting of cubeshaped pieces cut from slices or from peeled, cored fruit. Except for an occasional unit, the longest dimension (along any edge) of each unit is not greater than 6-inch. (7) Spears, fingers; consisting of long, slender pieces cut parallel to the core axis from peeled cored fruit cylinders. The units are not larger than one-sixth of the cylinder from which they are cut, and they are not less than 21⁄2 inches long. (8) Crushed; consisting of shredded or finely cut pieces of fruit flesh. The optional forms of units specified by subparagraphs (1) through (7) of this paragraph are canned with one of the optional packing media specified in paragraph (b) of this section. The optional form of unit specified by subparagraph (8) of this paragraph may be canned with one of the optional packing media specified in paragraph (b)(2) through (6) of this section or with one of the optional sweetening ingredients specified in paragraph (d) of this section. Canned pineapples may be flavored or seasoned with one or more of the optional ingredients specified in paragraph (e) of this section. In the canning of pineapple, dimethylpolysiloxane complying with the requirements of § 121.1099 of this chapter may be employed as a defoaming agent in an amount not greater than 10 parts per million by weight of the finished food. Such food is sealed in containers, and is so processed by heat, either before or after sealing, as to prevent spoilage. (b) The optional packing media referred to in paragraph (a) of this section are: (1) Water. (2) Pineapple juice. (6) Extra heavy sirup. (c) For the purposes of this section: (1) Pineapple juice conforms to the definition and standard of identity for unsweetened pineapple juice as specified in § 27.54, except that it is not required to be separately sealed in containers and so processed by heat as to prevent spoilage. Clarified juice is the liquid collected from cutting various forms of units from pineapple fruits, or the liquid expressed wholly or in part from pineapple cores, shells, or from pineapple flesh or parts thereof, which liquid is clarified and may be further refined or concentrated; but if the concentration is such that the packing medium conforms to the density range for one of the sirups hereinafter specified, such concentrated liquid is considered to be light sirup, heavy sirup, or extra heavy sirup, as the case may be. (2) Except as the concentrated, clarifled juice is considered to be a sirup packing medium as above provided, each of the packing media light sirup, heavy sirup, and extra heavy sirup consists of an optional sweetening ingredient as specified in paragraph (d) of this section, dissolved in one or any mixture of two or more of the liquids designated in subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3) of paragraph (b) of this section. The sirup packing media have respective densities as determined by the method specified in "Official Methods of Analysis of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists," Eighth Edition, on page 533, under the heading "Solids-By Means of Spindle Official," [Ed. note 10th edition 1965, p. 486, sec. 29.0091, using the Brix hydrometer 15 days or more after the pineapple is canned, which are within the ranges specified for each in the following list: (2) Invert sugar sirup. (3) Any mixture of optional sweetening ingredients designated in subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this paragraph. (4) Any of the optional sweetening ingredients designated in subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this paragraph with dextrose, provided that the weight of the solids of dextrose does not exceed one-third of the total weight of the solids of the combined sweetening ingredients. (5) Any of the optional sweetening ingredients designated in subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this paragraph with corn sirup or with dried corn sirup or with glucose sirup or with dried glucose sirup, or with any two or more of these, provided that the weight of the solids of corn sirup, dried corn sirup, glucose sirup, dried glucose sirup or the sum of the weights of the solids of corn sirup, dried corn sirup, glucose sirup, and dried glucose sirup, in case two or more of these are used, does not exceed onefourth of the total weight of the solids of the combined sweetening ingredients. (6) Any mixture of the optional ingredients designated in subparagraphs (4) and (5) of this paragraph. (e) The optional ingredients referred to in paragraph (a) of this section are as follows: (1) Spice. (2) Flavoring, other than artificial flavoring. (3) A vinegar. (f) The name of the canned pineapple prepared from each of the optional forms of pineapple ingredient specified in paragraph (a) of this section is as follows: (1) If the optional form is one designated in paragraph (a) (1) to (7), inclusive, of this section, the name is "pineapple," preceded or followed, for each of the indicated optional forms of units, by the words here specified: (a) (1) "Sliced" or "slices." (a) (2) "Half sliced" or "half slices." (a) (3) "Broken sliced" or "broken slices." (a) (4) "Tidbits." (a) (6) "Cubes" or "diced." (2) If the optional form is one designated in paragraph (a) (8) of this section, the name is "pineapple," preceded or followed by the word "crushed." If the crushed pineapple, when drained by the method specified in § 27.51(b) (1), yields not less than 73 percent but less than 78 percent by weight of drained material, the word "crushed" or the words "crushed pineapple" in the name of the food may be preceded or followed by the words "heavy pack," and if it yields 78 percent or more by weight of drained material the word "crushed" or the words "crushed pineapple" may be preceded or followed by the words "solid pack." (g) (1) The labels of canned pineapple prepared from the optional forms of pineapple specified in paragraph (a) (1) to (7), inclusive, of this section shall bear the name of the optional packing medium used as specified in paragraph (b) of this section, preceded by "in" or "packed in." Whenever the optional packing medium pineapple juice, as specified in paragraph (b) (2) of this section, is used, the words "pineapple juice" may be preceded by the word "unsweetened." The labels of crushed pineapple canned with the optional packing media specified in paragraph (b) (2) to (6), inclusive, of this section shall bear the statement "in or "packed in "the blank being filled in with the name of the optional packing medium used as specified in paragraph (b) of this section, but in lieu of such statement crushed pineapple canned with pineapple juice (paragraph (b) (2) of this section) may be labeled "unsweetened," and crushed pineapple canned with pineapple juice and sugar may be labeled "lightly sweetened" or "heavily sweetened" or "extra heavily sweetened," if the drained liquid conforms to the density ranges specified in paragraph (c) of this section for light sirup, heavy sirup, or extra heavy sirup, respectively. (2) When any optional ingredient permitted by one of the following specified subparagraphs of paragraph (e) of this section is used, the label shall bear the words set forth below after the number of such subparagraph: (e) (1) "Spiced" or "spice added" or "with added spice" or, in lieu of the word "spice," the common name of the spice. (e) (2) "Flavoring added" or "with added flavoring" or, in lieu of the word "flavoring," the common name of the flavoring. (e) (3) "Seasoned with vinegar" or "seasoned with vinegar," the blank being filled in with the name of the vinegar used. When two or all of the optional seasoning ingredients specified in paragraph (e) (1), (2), and (3) of this section are used, such words may be combined, as for example, "seasoned with vinegar, cloves, and cinnamon oil." (3) Wherever the name of the food appears on the label so conspicuously as to be easily seen under customary conditions of purchase, the words and statements herein specified, showing the optional ingredients used, shall conspicuously precede or follow the name, without intervening written, printed, or graphic matter, except that the adjecti val designation of the State, Territory, or possession of the United States or of the foreign country in which the pineapples were grown may intervene. [24 FR. 10670, Dec. 24, 1959, as amended at 25 F.R. 6877, July 20, 1960, 25 FR. 8366, Sept. 1, 1960; 33 F.R. 12040, Aug. 24, 1968] § 27.51 Canned pineapple; quality; la bel statement of substandard quality. (a) The standard of quality for canned pineapple is as follows: (1) In the case of broken slices, not more than 10 percent of the drained weight may consist of pieces having an arc of less than 90° and not more than 5 percent of the drained weight of the contents of the container, as determined by the method prescribed in paragraph (b) (1) of this section: (i) Consists of pieces that measure in thickness less than 16 inch or more than 1 inch; or (ii) Consists of pieces that measure less than 34 inch in width as measured from the outer edge to the inner edge. (2) (i) In the case of cubes or diced pineapple, not more than 10 percent of the drained weight consists of units of such size that they pass through the screen when tested by the method prescribed in paragraph (b) (4) of this section; and (ii) Not more than 15 percent of the drained weight consists of pieces weighing more than 32 ounce each. (3) In the case of chunks, not more than 15 percent of the drained weight consists of pieces weighing less than 316 ounce each. (4) (i) In the case of slices and spears, the drained weight of the largest unit in the container is not more than 1.4 times the weight of the smallest. (ii) In the case of half slices, the drained weight of the largest unit in the container is not more than 1.75 times the weight of the smallest (except for an occasional broken piece due to splitting or an occasional whole slice not quite completely cut through). (5) In the case of broken slices, not more than 5 percent of the drained weight of the contents of the can consists of broken slices having an outside diameter differing by as much as % inch from that of those present in greatest proportion by weight. (6) In the case of tidbits, not more than 15 percent of the drained weight consists of tidbits each of which weighs less than three-fourths as much as the |