Exemption from definition of fish product of certain human food products containing fish.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 9

The following articles contain fish ingredients only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been considered by consumers to be (a) Any human food product if: (1) It contains less than 3 percent raw or 2 percent cooked fish; (2) The fish ingredients used in the product were prepared under Federal inspection or were inspected under a foreign inspection system approved under § 557.2 of this subchapter and imported in compliance with the Act and the regulations; (3) The immediate container of the product bears a label which shows the name of the product in accordance with this section; and (4) The product is not represented as a fish product. The percentage of cooked fish ingredients must be computed on the basis of the moist, deboned, cooked fish in the ready-to-serve product when prepared according to the serving directions on the consumer package. (b) A product exempted under this section will be deemed to be represented as a fish product if the term “fish” or a term representing a fish species that is covered by the definition of “fish” in part 531 of this subchapter is used in the product name of the product without appropriate qualification. (c) A product exempted under this section is subject to the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 9:§ 532.5