[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR145.176]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                           SERVICES--CONTINUED
 
PART 145--CANNED FRUITS--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart B--Requirements for Specific Standardized Canned Fruits
 
Sec. 145.176  Artificially sweetened canned pears.

    (a) Artificially sweetened canned pears is the food which conforms 
to the definition and standard of identity prescribed for canned pears 
by Sec. 145.175(a) except that in lieu of a packing medium specified in 
Sec. 145.175(a)(3), the packing medium used is water artificially 
sweetened with saccharin, sodium saccharin, or a combination of both. 
Such packing medium may be thickened with pectin and may contain any 
mixture of any edible organic salt or salts and any edible organic acid 
or acids as a flavor-enhancing agent, in a

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quantity not more than is reasonably required for that purpose.
    (b)(1) The specified name of the food is ``artificially sweetened 
______'', the blank being filled in with the name prescribed by 
Sec. 145.175(a) for canned pears having the same optional pear 
ingredient.
    (2) The artificially sweetened food is subject to the requirements 
for label statement of ingredients used, as prescribed for canned pears 
by Sec. 145.175(a). If the packing medium is thickened with pectin, the 
label shall bear the statement ``thickened with pectin''. When any 
organic salt or acid or any mixture of two or more of these is added, 
the label shall bear the common or usual name of each such ingredient.

[42 FR 14414, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 58 FR 2880, Jan. 6, 1993]