[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: 21CFR155.3]
[Page 461-462]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 155_CANNED VEGETABLES--Table of Contents
Subpart A_General Provisions
Sec. 155.3 Definitions.
Subpart A_General Provisions
Sec.
155.3 Definitions.
Subpart B_Requirements for Specific Standardized Canned Vegetables
155.120 Canned green beans and canned wax beans.
155.130 Canned corn.
155.131 Canned field corn.
155.170 Canned peas.
155.172 Canned dry peas.
155.190 Canned tomatoes.
155.191 Tomato concentrates.
155.194 Catsup.
155.200 Certain other canned vegetables.
155.201 Canned mushrooms.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 343, 348, 371, 379e.
Source: 42 FR 14449, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.
For the purposes of this part:
(a) The procedure for determining drained weight is set forth in the
``Official Methods of Analysis of the Association of Official Analytical
Chemists,'' 13th Ed. (1980), sections 32.001-32.003, which is
incorporated by reference. Copies are available from the AOAC
INTERNATIONAL, 481 North Frederick Ave., suite 500, Gaithersburg, MD
20877, or available for inspection at the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). For 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.
(b) Compliance means the following: Unless otherwise provided in a
standard, a lot of canned vegetables shall be deemed in compliance for
the following factors, to be determined by the sampling and acceptance
procedure as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, namely:
(1) Quality. The quality of a lot shall be considered acceptable
when the number of defectives does not exceed the acceptance number (c)
in the sampling plans.
(2) Fill of container. A lot shall be deemed to be in compliance for
fill of container (packing medium and vegetable ingredient) when the
number of defectives does not exceed the acceptance number (c) in the
sampling plans.
(3) Drained weight. A lot shall be deemed to be in compliance for
drained weight based on the average value of all samples analyzed
according to the sampling plans.
(c) The sampling and acceptance procedure means the following:
(1) Definitions--(i) Lot. A collection of primary containers or
units of the same size, type, and style manufactured or packed under
similar conditions and handled as a single unit of trade.
(ii) Lot size. The number of primary containers or units in the lot.
(iii) Sample size. The total number of sample units drawn for
examination from a lot.
(iv) Sample unit. A container, a portion of the contents of a
container, or a composite mixture of product from small containers that
is sufficient for the examination or testing as a single unit. For fill
of container, the sample unit shall be the entire contents of the
container.
(v) Defective. Any sample unit shall be regarded as defective when
the sample unit does not meet the criteria set forth in the standards.
(vi) Acceptance number (c). The maximum number of defective sample
units permitted in the sample in order to consider the lot as meeting
the specified requirements.
(vii) Acceptable quality level (AQL). The maximum percent of
defective sample units permitted in a lot that will be accepted
approximately 95 percent of the time.
(2) Sampling plans.
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Size of container
Lot size (primary containers ---------------------
n \1\ c \2\
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net weight equal to or less than 1 kg (2.2 lb)
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4,800 or less..................................... 13 2
4,801 to 24,000................................... 21 3
24,001 to 48,000.................................. 29 4
48,001 to 84,000.................................. 48 6
84,001 to 144,000................................. 84 9
144,001 to 240,000................................ 126 13
Over 240,000...................................... 200 19
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net weight greater than 1 kg (2.2 lb) but not more than 4.5 kg (10 lb)
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2,400 or less..................................... 13 2
2,401 to 15,000................................... 21 3
15,001 to 24,000.................................. 29 4
24,001 to 42,000.................................. 48 6
42,001 to 72,000.................................. 84 9
72,001 to 120,000................................. 126 13
Over 120,000...................................... 200 19
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net weight greater than 4.5 kg (10 lb)
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600 or less....................................... 13 2
601 to 2,000...................................... 21 3
2,001 to 7,200.................................... 29 4
7,201 to 15,000................................... 48 6
15,001 to 24,000.................................. 84 9
24,001 to 42,000.................................. 126 13
Over 42,000....................................... 200 19
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\1\ n = number of primary containers in sample.
\2\ c = acceptance number.
(d) Strength and redness of color means at least as much red as is
obtained by comparison of the prepared product, with the blended color
produced by spinning a combination of the following concentric Munsell
color discs of equal diameter, or the color equivalent of such discs:
Disc 1--Red (5R 2.6/13) (glossy finish)
Disc 2--Yellow (2.5 YR 5/12) (glossy finish)
Disc 3--Black (N1) (glossy finish)
Disc 4--Grey (N4) (mat finish)
Such comparison is to be made in full diffused daylight or under a
diffused light source of approximately 2691 lux (250 footcandles) and
having a spectral quality approximating that of daylight under a
moderately overcast sky, with a correlated color temperature of 7,500
degrees Kelvin 200 degrees. With the light source
directly over the disc and product, observation is made at an angle of
45 degrees from a distance of about 24 inches from the product.
Electronic color meters may be used as an alternate means of determining
the color of tomato concentrates. Such meters shall be calibrated to
indicate that the color of the product is as red or more red than that
produced by spinning the Munsell color discs in the combination as set
out above.
(e) Tomato soluble solids means the sucrose value as determined by
the method prescribed in the ``Official Methods of Analysis of the
Association of Official Analytical Chemists,'' 13th Ed., 1980, sections
32.014 to 32.016 and 52.012, under the headings ``Soluble Solids in
Tomato Products Official Final Action'' and ``Refractive Indices (n) of
Sucrose Solutions at 20[deg],'' which is incorporated by reference.
Copies are available from the AOAC INTERNATIONAL, 481 North Frederick
Ave., suite 500, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, or are available for inspection
at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For
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. If no salt has been added, the
sucrose value obtained from the referenced tables shall be considered
the percent of tomato soluble solids. If salt has been added either
intentionally or through the application of the acidified break,
determine the percent of such added sodium chloride as specified in
paragraph (f) of this section. Subtract the percentage so found from the
percentage of total soluble solids found (sucrose value from the
refractive index tables) and multiply the difference by 1.016. The
resultant value is considered the percent of ``tomato soluble solids.''
(f) Salt means sodium chloride, determined as chloride and
calculated as percent sodium chloride, by the method prescribed in
``Official Methods of Analysis of the Association of Official Analytical
Chemists,'' 13th Ed., 1980, sections 32.025 to 32.030, under the heading
``Method III (Potentiometric Method),'' which is incorporated by
reference.
[45 FR 43398, June 27, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 11831, Mar. 19, 1982;
48 FR 3954, Jan. 28, 1983; 54 FR 24895, June 12, 1989; 63 FR 14035, Mar.
24, 1998]
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