§ 1.247. List of ingredients.
(a) The list of ingredients shall show the common or usual names of the ingredients arranged in the descending order of predominance, except as otherwise provided in this section.
(b) The term ‘‘flavorings’’ may be used to designate natural spices, essential oils, oleoresins and other natural spice extractives, and the term ‘‘spices’’ may be used to designate natural spices without naming each.
(c) The term ‘‘corn syrup’’ may be used to designate either corn syrup or corn syrup solids.
(d) The term ‘‘animal and vegetable fats’’ or ‘‘vegetable and animal fats’’ may be used to designate the ingredients of mixtures of such edible fats in product designated ‘‘compound’’ or ‘‘shortening.’’ ‘‘Animal fats’’ means fat derived from inspected and passed cattle, sheep, swine or goats.
(e) When a product is coated with pork fat, gelatin or other approved substance and a specific declaration of such coating appears contiguous to the name of the product, the ingredient statement need not make reference to the ingredients of such coating.
(f) When two meat ingredients comprise at least 70% of the meat and meat byproduct ingredients of a formula and when neither of the two meat ingredients is less than 30% by weight of the total meat and meat byproducts used, such meat ingredients may be interchanged in the formula without a change being made in the ingredients statement on labeling materials if the word ‘‘and’’ in lieu of a comma is shown between the declaration of such meat ingredients in the statement of ingredients.
(g) On containers of frozen dinners, entrees, pizzas and similarly consumer packaged products in cartons the ingredient statement may be placed on the front riser panel if the words ‘‘see ingredients’’ followed immediately by an arrow is placed on the principal display panel immediately above the location of such statement without intervening print or designs.
Cross References This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.244 (relating to information required on principal display panel).
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