[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR131.120]
[Page 294-295]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 131_MILK AND CREAM--Table of Contents
Subpart B_Requirements for Specific Standardized Milk and Cream
Sec. 131.120 Sweetened condensed milk.
(a) Description. Sweetened condensed milk is the food obtained by
partial removal of water only from a mixture of milk and safe and
suitable nutritive carbohydrate sweeteners. The finished food contains
not less than 8 percent by weight of milkfat, and not less than 28
percent by weight of total milk solids. The quantity of nutritive
carbohydrate sweetener used is sufficient to prevent spoilage. The food
is pasteurized and may be homogenized.
(b) Optional ingredients. The following safe and suitable
characterizing flavoring ingredients, with or without coloring and
nutritive carbohydrate sweeteners, may be used:
(1) Fruit and fruit juice, including concentrated fruit and fruit
juice.
(2) Natural and artificial food flavoring.
(c) Methods of analysis. The milkfat content is determined by the
method prescribed in ``Official Methods of Analysis of the Association
of Official Analytical Chemists,'' 13th Ed. (1980), section 16.185,
under ``Fat--Official Final Action,'' which is incorporated by
reference. Copies may be obtained from the AOAC INTERNATIONAL, 481 North
Frederick Ave., suite 500, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, or may be examined at
the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For
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information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-
6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal--register/code--of--
federal--regulations/ibr--locations.html.
(d) Nomenclature. The name of the food is ``Sweetened condensed
milk.'' The word ``homogenized'' may appear on the label if the food has
been homogenized. The name of the food shall include a declaration of
the presence of any characterizing flavoring, as specified in Sec.
101.22 of this chapter.
(e) Label declaration. Each of the ingredients used in the food
shall be declared on the label as required by the applicable sections of
parts 101 and 130 of this chapter.
[43 FR 21670, May 19, 1978, as amended at 47 FR 11823, Mar. 19, 1982; 49
FR 10091, Mar. 19, 1984; 54 FR 24892, June 12, 1989; 58 FR 2890, Jan. 6,
1993]
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