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Miss Frankie

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Posted 11 April 2022 - 04:20 PM

Hello,

We produce imitation crab meat and sell it to retail stores.  On our label, we list multiple ingredients under "contains less than 2%"  Do these have to do in order of most to least like the bigger ingredients?  During a recent recipe change, two of the ingredients switched amounts a tiny bit, like less than .05%  Understandably, they don't want to change labels if it's not needed.

 

Is there a link to the FDA site where I can find this information? I've searched and am having trouble finding anything.

Thanks.

 



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Posted 11 April 2022 - 05:25 PM

Forum members in the US will hopefully pick this up as their expertise on FDA requirements is vastly greater than mine, but I presume you're referring to the exemption from ordering by proportion that can be applied below 2%, as included in 21CFR101.4:

 

(2) The descending order of predominance requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of this section do not apply to ingredients present in amounts of 2 percent or less by weight when a listing of these ingredients is placed at the end of the ingredient statement following an appropriate quantifying statement, e.g., "Contains _ percent or less of ___" or "Less than _ percent of ___." The blank percentage within the quantifying statement shall be filled in with a threshold level of 2 percent, or, if desired, 1.5 percent, 1.0 percent, or 0.5 percent, as appropriate. No ingredient to which the quantifying phrase applies may be present in an amount greater than the stated threshold.

 

There is a general FDA page on labelling  and nutrition guidance on their website here that might be useful to you: https://www.fda.gov/...ory-information



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Posted 11 April 2022 - 06:14 PM

I think you are OK.  


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Posted 11 April 2022 - 06:52 PM

Forum members in the US will hopefully pick this up as their expertise on FDA requirements is vastly greater than mine, but I presume you're referring to the exemption from ordering by proportion that can be applied below 2%, as included in 21CFR101.4:

 

(2) The descending order of predominance requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of this section do not apply to ingredients present in amounts of 2 percent or less by weight when a listing of these ingredients is placed at the end of the ingredient statement following an appropriate quantifying statement, e.g., "Contains _ percent or less of ___" or "Less than _ percent of ___." The blank percentage within the quantifying statement shall be filled in with a threshold level of 2 percent, or, if desired, 1.5 percent, 1.0 percent, or 0.5 percent, as appropriate. No ingredient to which the quantifying phrase applies may be present in an amount greater than the stated threshold.

 

There is a general FDA page on labelling  and nutrition guidance on their website here that might be useful to you: https://www.fda.gov/...ory-information

 

 

Thank you.
I have looked at the CFR21 so many times, I should have it memorized by now.  But I can't ever seem to find what I'm looking for when I NEED to find something.





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