[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 126 (Friday, July 1, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-16092]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 94P-0157]
White Chocolate Deviating From Identity Standard; Temporary
Permit for Market Testing
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a
temporary permit has been issued to Kraft General Foods, Inc., to
market test a product identified as ``white chocolate'' that deviates
from the U.S. standards of identity for chocolate products, e.g.,
chocolate liquor, sweet chocolate, milk chocolate, buttermilk
chocolate, skim milk chocolate, and mixed dairy product chocolates, in
that it is prepared without the nonfat components of the ground cacao
nibs but contains the fat (cacao butter) expressed from the cacao nibs.
The test product may also contain antioxidants. The purpose of the
temporary permit is to allow the applicant to collect data on consumer
acceptance of the product in support of establishing a standard of
identity for white chocolate.
DATES: The permit is effective for 15 months, beginning on the date the
food is introduced or caused to be introduced into interstate commerce,
but no later than September 29, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle A. Smith, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-158), Food and Drug Administration,
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-205-5099.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 21 CFR 130.17 concerning
temporary permits to facilitate market testing of foods deviating from
the requirements of the standards of identity promulgated under section
401 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 341), FDA is
giving notice that a temporary permit has been issued to Kraft General
Foods, Inc., 250 North St., White Plains, NY 10625. The permit covers
limited interstate market testing of a product identified as ``white
chocolate'' that deviates from the U.S. standards of identity for
chocolate products, e.g., chocolate liquor (21 CFR 163.111), sweet
chocolate (21 CFR 163.123), milk chocolate (21 CFR 163.130), buttermilk
chocolate (21 CFR 163.135), skim milk chocolate (21 CFR 163.140), and
mixed dairy product chocolates (21 CFR 163.145).
For the purposes of this permit, white chocolate is the solid or
semi-plastic food prepared by intimately mixing and grinding cocoa
butter with one or more nutritive carbohydrate sweeteners and one or
more dairy ingredients. It contains not less than 20 percent of cocoa
butter, not less than 14 percent of total milk solids, not less than
3.5 percent of milkfat, not more than 55 percent of nutritive
carbohydrate sweetener, and not more than 1.0 percent hydroxylated
lecithin or lecithin. White chocolate may also contain spices, natural
and artificial flavorings (not imitating chocolate, milk, or butter),
other seasonings, and antioxidants approved for food use; but it
contains no added coloring.
The test product will bear the name ``Premium White Chocolate
Baking Squares.'' The test product differs from the standardized
chocolate products described in 21 CFR part 163 in that it is prepared
without the nonfat components of the ground cacao nibs but contains the
fat (cocoa butter) expressed from the ground cacao nibs and it may also
contain antioxidants.
This permit provides for the temporary marketing of 237,000
kilograms (522,000 pounds) of the test product. The test product will
be manufactured by Kraft General Foods Canada, Inc., 795 90th Ave.,
Ville LaSalle, Quebec, Canada H8R 3A4. The product will be distributed
nationwide. The information panel of the label will bear nutrition
labeling in accordance with 21 CFR 101.9. Each of the ingredients used
in the food will be declared on the label as required by the applicable
sections of 21 CFR part 101.
This permit is effective for 15 months, beginning on the date the
test product is introduced or caused to be introduced into interstate
commerce, but no later than September 29, 1994.
Dated: June 21, 1994.
L. Robert Lake,
Acting Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 94-16092 Filed 6-30-94; 8:45 am]
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