Chapter 5 - Foods, Colors, Cosmetics

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SUB CHAPTER 500 - ADDITIVES

500.100    Additives - Labeling with Adequate Directions for Many Uses
500.200    Food Additives -"GRAS"
500.250    Food Additives - Labeling Directions Necessary for Safe Use
500.300    "Approved by FDA" - Use of Phrase Objectionable in Marketing
            or Labeling of a Food Additive    
500.400    Use of Calcium Chloride as a  Drying Agents in Such
           Products as Packaged Potato Chips and Peanuts    
500.425    Use of Color Additives in Paper and Paperboard Intended for
           Use with Food    
500.450    Volatile N-Nitrosamines in Rubber Baby Bottle Nipples

SUB CHAPTER 505 - BAKERY PRODUCTS

505.100    Bakery Products, Candy "Shotgun" Ingredients Declaration
505.200    "Butter" Featured in Product Name
505.300    "Butter-Nut" Bread
505.350    Honey Bread, Honey Buns
505.400    Chow Mein Noodles, Chinese Noodles and Other Oriental
           Noodles; Labeling    
505.500    Macaroni and Noodle Products

SUB CHAPTER 510 - BEVERAGES

510.100    Beverage Bases
510.200    Brandy Containing Methyl Alcohol - Food Additive
510.300    Unfermented Beverages, Use of Word "Champagne"
510.400    Dealcoholized Wine *and Malt Beverages* -Labeling
510.450    Labeling - Diluted Wines and Cider with Less than 7%
           Alcohol          
510.500    Green Coffee Beans - Adulteration with Insects; Mold
510.600    Dimethylnitrosamine in Malt Beverages 
510.700    Fortification of Standardized Juices

SUB CHAPTER 515 - CANDY AND SUGAR

515.100    Confectionery - Use of Non-nutritive Substances as
           Ingredients
515.200    Malt Extract; Malt Syrup; Malted Cereal Syrup;Liquid Malt;
           Dried Malt         
515.300    Honey - Source Declaration
515.350    Candy - Mixed with Trinkets and Sold in Vending Machines
515.400    Raw Sugar
515.425    Sugar - Water Damaged - Reconditioning
515.500    Barley Sugar - Definition, and Barley Sugar Candy
515.600    Candied Citron - Labeling
515.700    Chocolate & Chocolate Liquor - Adulteration with Insect and 
           Rodent Filth          
515.750    Cocoa Beans - Adulteration by Mold, Insect Infestation, and 
           Mammalian Excreta          
515.775    Cocoa Powder, Press Cake - Insect and Rodent Filth 
515.800    Labeling of Products Purporting to be "Chocolate" or
           "Chocolate      

SUB CHAPTER 520 - CANNED FOODS

520.100    Canned Foods, Use of the Term "Solid Pack"
520.200    Canned Foods - Seam Defects
520.300    Acidified Low-Acid Canned Foods - High pH     CPG 7120.25

SUB CHAPTER 525 - CONDIMENT INDUSTRY

525.100    Whole and Ground Allspice - Adulteration by Mold;
           Insect and Rodent Filth          
525.150    Bay (Laurel) Leaves - Adulteration by Insect Filth; Mold;
           Mammalian Excreta          
525.200    Capsicum Pods, Ground Capsicums Excluding Paprika,
           Ground Paprika - Adulteration with Insect and Rodent
           Filth, Mold, Mammalian Excreta               
525.225    Whole Cassia or Whole Cinnamon, Ground Cinnamon - 
           Adulteration by Insect and Rodent Filth; Mold;            
           Mammalian Excreta     
525.250    Cloves - Aduteration with Stems 
525.300    Condimental Seeds Other than Fennel Seeds and Sesame
           Seeds - Adulteration by Mammalian Excreta          
525.325    Cumin seed - Adulteration with Sand and Grit
525.330    Curry Powder - Adulteration by Insect and Rodent Filth
525.350    Fennel Seed - Adulteration by Mammalian Excreta; Insects
525.375    Whole Ginger - Adulteration with Insect Filth; Mold;
           Mammalian Excreta          
525.400    Hollandaise Sauce - Common or Usual Name
525.425    Hops - Adulteration Involving Aphid Infestation 
525.500    Leafy Spices, Other than Bay Leaves - Whole Oregano 
           Leaves, Whole Marjoram Leaves, Whole Sage Leaves and
           Whole Thyme Leaves - Adulteration with Insect Filth;
           Mold; Mammalian Excreta     
525.550    Mace - Adulteration with Insect Filth; Mold, Foreign
           Matter; Mammalian Excreta    
525.575    Prepared Mustard, Composition
525.600    Whole and Ground Nutmeg - Adulteration with Insect
           Filth; Mold; Rodent Filth          
525.625    Whole and Ground Pepper - Adulteration with    Insect
           and Rodent Filth; Mold; Mammalian Excreta; Foreign Matter          
525.650    Labeling of Seasonings
525.700    Sesame Seeds - Adulteration with Insect Filth,
           Decomposition; Mammalian Excreta; Foreign Matter          
525.750    Spices - Definitions
525.800    Tomato Sauce or Tomato Hot Sauce Labeling
525.825    Vinegar, Definitions - Adulteration with Vinegar Eels
525.850    Whole Plant (Unprocessed) Oregano, Crushed Oregano
           and Ground Oregano - Adulteration by Insect and Rodent
           Filth; Mold; Mammalian Excreta
525.900    Whole Plant (Unprocessed) Marjoram, Unground
           (Processed) Marjoram and Ground Marjoram - Adulteration       
           by Insect and Rodent Filth; Mold; Mammalian Excreta  
525.925    Whole Plant (Unprocessed) Thyme, Unground Processed
           Thyme and Ground Thyme - Adulteration by Insect and           
           Rodent Filth; Mold; Mammalian Excreta     
525.950    Whole Plant (Unprocessed) Sage, and Ground Sage -
           Adulteration by Insect and Rodent Filth; Mold; 
           Mammalian Excreta          

SUB CHAPTER 527 - DAIRY           
           
527.100    Butter - Adulteration Involving Low Fat  
527.200    Cheese and Cheese Products - Adulteration with Filth
527.225    Cheese - Misbranding Due to Moisture and Fat
527.250    Cheese and Cheese Products - Misbranding Involving 
           Net Contents           
527.300    athogens in Dairy Products
527.350    Eggnog; Eggnog Flavored Milk--Common Usual Names
527.400    Whole Milk, Low Fat Milk, Skim Milk - Aflatoxin M1
527.450    Milk and Milk Products Containing Penicillin
527.500    Malted Milk
527.600    Use of DDVP (Vapona) Strips in Milkhouses and Milkrooms

SUB CHAPTER 530 - DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

530.400    Vitamin Products for Human Use - Low Potency
530.500    Wheat Germ Containing Non-Wheat Germ Tissue

SUB CHAPTER 535 - EDIBLE OILS

535.100    Oleomargarine - Misbranding Due to Low Fat

SUB CHAPTER 537 - EGG INDUSTRY

537.100    Eggs and Other Egg Products - Frozen - Adulteration
           Involving Decomposition          

SUB CHAPTER 540 - FISH AND SEAFOOD

540.100    Capelin: Prohibited from Being Labeled as Smelt
540.150    Caviar, Use of Term - Labeling
540.200    Chubs, Hot Process Smoked with Added Nitrite
           Adulteration Involving Food Additives, Sodium Nitrite          
540.250    Clams, Mussels, Oysters, Fresh, Froxen or Canned -
           Paralytic Shellfish Poison              
540.275    Crabmeat - Fresh and Frozen - Adulteration with Filth
           Involving the Presence of the Organism - Escherichia coli          
540.285    Crab and Crabmeat Products, Labeling - Crabmeat Products
           with Added Fish or Other Seafood Ingredients; Labeling          
540.300    Crabmeat - Product Name
540.350    Common or Usual Names for Crustaceans
540.375    Canned Salmon - Adulteration Involving Decomposition
540.390    Canned Shrimp, Labeling, Size Designations and Corresponding
           Counts              
540.400    Shrimp - Fresh or Frozen Raw Headless, Peeled or Breaded -
           Adulteration Involving Decomposition          
540.410    Shrimp - Frozen, Raw, Breaded or Lightly Breaded -
           Misbranding Involving Non-Compliance with Standards   
540.420    Raw Breaded Shrimp - Microbiological Criteria or 
           Evaluating Compliance with Current Good Manufacturing
           Practice Regulations           
540.450    Imitation Breaded Shrimp       

540.475    Snapper - Labeling
540.500    Tuna, Sable, Salmon, S Adulteration
           Involving Food Additives,  Sodium Nitrite     
540.525    Decomposition & Histamine in Albacore, Skipjack and 
           Yellow fin Tuna              
540.550    Kipper and Kipper Unsplit - Definitions
540.575    Fish-Fresh and Frozen-Adulteration Involving 
           Decomposition          
540.590    Fish - Fresh and Frozen, as Listed - Adulteration by
           Parasites          
540.600    Fish, Shellfish, Crustaceans, and Other Aquatic
           Animals - Fresh, Frozen or Processed - Methyl Mercury          
540.650    Salt-Cured, Air-Dried, Uneviscerated Fish (e.g.,
           "Kapchunka")          
540.700    Processed and/or Blended Seafood Products

SUB CHAPTER 545 - FOOD RELATED

545.200    Confectionery Decorations (Nutritive and Non-Nutritive)
545.300    Foods, Rail Car Sanitation - Adulteration
545.400    Pottery (Ceramics) - Cadmium Contamination
545.450    Pottery (Ceramics) - Lead Contamination
545.500    Silver-Plated Hollowware - Lead Contamination 
545.600    Cinnamon-Flavored Toothpicks

SUBCHAPTER 550 - FRUITS

550.100    Apple Butter - Adulteration with Mold; Rodent Filth, Insect
550.150    Apricots - Canned - Adulteration with Insects
550.155    Apricot, Peach and Pear Nectars and Purees - Mold 
550.200    Drupelet Berries (Blackberries, Raspberries, Etc.)
550.225    Cherries Brined, Fresh, Canned and Frozen - Adulteration
           Involving Rot and Insect          
550.230    Cherries, Canned - Misbranding Involving Food Standards
550.235    Cherry Jam - Adulteration with Mold
550.250    Citrus Fruit Juices, Canned - Fly Filth and Mold
550.260    Cranberry Sauce - Adulteration with Mold
550.270    Currants - Adulteration Involving Wormy Fruits
550.300    Dates and Date Material; Imported and Domestic -
           Adulteration Involving Mold, Insect Excreta, Sour,
           Dirty, Worthless and Pits      
550.350     Figs; Fig Paste - Adulteration Involving Insect
           Infestation; Mold, Dirt       
550.400    Grenadine
550.450    Jam, Black Currant - Adulteration with Mold
550.475    Jellies, Nonstandardized
550.500    Lingon Berries, Canned - Adulteration by Insects
550.550    Maraschino Cherries
550.575    Marmalade
550.590    Cloudberries (Multer Berries), Canned - Adulteration
           by Insects          
550.600    Olives - Adulteration Involving Pits; Rot; Insect Infestation
550.605    Olives Stuffed with Minced Pimentos - Labeling
550.625    Oranges - Artificial Coloring
550.650    Peaches, Canned, Frozen -- Adulteration Due to Insects and
           Mold          
550.655    Peaches, Canned - Misbranding Involving Food Standards
550.680    Pineapple, Canned; Pineapple Juice - Adulteration with Mold
550.685    Pineapple, Canned; Imported and Domestic - Misbranding
           Involving Food Standards          
550.690    Plums, Canned - Adulteration with Rot
550.700    Dried Prunes, Dehydrated Low Moisture Prunes, and
           Pitted Prunes - Adulteration Involving Insects;
           Decomposition; Dirt; Pits; and Pit Fragments
550.750    Raisins - Adulteration Involving Mold, Sand, Grit,
           & Insects
550.800    Standardized Canned Fruit - Misbranding Involving
           Improper Declaration of Packing Medium          
550.850    Strawberries; Frozen, Whole, or Sliced -    Sand, Mold

SUB CHAPTER 555 - GENERAL

555.100    Alcohol; Use of Synthetic Alcohol in Foods
555.200    Adulterated Food Mixed with Good Food
555.300    Foods, Except Dairy Products - Adulteration with
           Salmonella          
555.400    Foods, Adulteration with Aflatoxin
555.450    Foods - Adulteration Involving Infestation and
           1080 Rodenticide          
555.500    All Food Sanitation (Including Bacteriological) Inspections
           - Classification of Establishment
555.550    Foods, Standardized; Enriched or Fortified -  Adulteration
           Involving Misbranding - Potency
555.600    Interpretation of Insect Filth in Foods
555.650    Reconditioning Foods by Diversion for Animal Feed
555.700    Revocation of Tolerancesfor Cancelled Pesticides
555.750    Seeds forSprouting Prior to Food Use, i.e., Dried 
           Mung Beans, Alfalfa Seeds, Etc.          
555.800    Polysorbates 20, 40, 60, 65, 80, 85 - Common or Usual Names
555.850    Water Damaged Food Products in Screw-Top, Crimped-
           Cap and Similar Containers          
555.875    Water in Food Products (Ingredient or Adulterant)

SUB CHAPTER 560 - IMPORTS

560.100    Importation of Unlabeled Foods; Exemption Under
           *21 CFR 101.100    (d)*          
560.200    Country of Origin Labeling4
560.250    Imports - Importer can be Required to Reveal Identity
           of Ingredients          
560.300    Reconditioning of Imported Insect Infested, Insect Damaged
           or Moldy Coffee Beans          
560.350    Coffee and Cocoa Bean Sweeps
560.400    Imported Milk and Cream. Import Milk Act
560.450    Imported Low-Acid Canned Foods (Manufacturer Not Registered
           and/or No Scheduled Process Filed)          
560.500    Jams, Jellies and Related Products-Imports
560.600    Clams, Mussels, Oysters; Fresh or Frozen - Adulteration
           by Bacteriological Contamination          
560.700    Processing of Imported Frozen Products of Multiple Sizes
           (e.g., Shrimp, Prawns, Etc.)          
560.750    Radionuclides in Imported Foods - Levels of Concern


SUB CHAPTER 562 - LABELING

562.100    Acetic Acid - Use in Foods - Labeling of Foods in WhichUsed
562.200    Foods - FPLA Compliance
562.300    Foods - Net Weight
562.400    Foreign Language Declarations on Food Labels
562.450    Identity of Foods-- Use of Terms Such as Fresh, Frozen,
           Dried, Canned, Etc.           
562.550    Safety and Labeling og Waxed (Coated) Fruits and 
           Vegetables          
562.600    Preservatives; Use in Nonstandardized Foods; Label
           Declaration          
562.650    "Processing" - Use of Term in Section 405 of the
           FD&C Act          
562.700    Labeling of Food Bearing Residues of Pesticide
           Chemicals          
562.750    Labeling of Food Articles Distributed Solely in
           Puerto Rico          
562.800    Vending Machine Food - Labeling 

SUB CHAPTER 565 - MEAT AND POULTRY

565.100    FDA Jurisdiction Over Meat and Poultry Products
565.200    Red Meat Adulterated with PCB's

SUB CHAPTER 567 - MULTIPLE FOODS

567.100    Antipasto, Common or Usual Name 
567.200    Pork and Beans and Similar Bean Products--Labeling
567.300    *Bouillon, Bouillon Cubes, Granulated Bouillon*

SUB CHAPTER 570 - NUT

570.100    Jordan Almonds - Common or Usual Name
570.200    Brazil Nuts - Adulteration with Aflatoxin
570.250    Cashews, Insect Infested - Reconditioning
570.300    Peanut Butter - Adulteration with Filth; Grit
570.350    Peanuts, Shelled and Unshelled - Adulteration with Filth
           and Reject Nuts          
570.375    Aflatoxin in Peanuts and Peanut Products
570.425    Tree Nuts - Adulteration Involving Rejects (Insect
           Infestation, Moldy, Rancid, Otherwise Decomposed,
           Blanks, and Shriveled)          
570.450    Tree Nuts - Adulteration with Filth, Involving the
           Presence of the Organism - Escherichia coli          
570.500    Pistachio Nuts - Aflatoxin Adulteration
570.550    Reconditioning - Tree Nuts Contaminated with E. coli
570.700    Mixed Nuts - Misbranding Involving Food Standards

SUB CHAPTER 575 - PESTICIDES

575.100    Pesticide Residues in Food and Feed - Enforcement Criteria

SUB CHAPTER 578 - PROCESSED GRAIN

578.100    Starches--Common or Usual Names
578.200    Corn meal - Adulteration by Insect and Rodent Filth
578.300    Wheat - Adulteration by Insect and Rodent filth
578.350    Wheat for Human Consumption - Reconditioning
578.400    Treated Grain Seed - Mercury Residue
578.450    Wheat Flour-Adulteration with Insect Fragments and Rodent
           Hairs          
578.500    Dimethylnitrosamine (DMNA) in Barley Malt
578.600    Unapproved Additives for Exported Grains

SUB CHAPTER 580 - STORAGE

580.100    Food Storage and Warehousing-Adulteration-Filth (Domestic
           and Import)          

SUB CHAPTER 585 - VEGETABLES

585.100    Artichoke; Jerusalem Artichoke - Common or Usual Name
585.150    Asparagus, Canned or Frozen - Adulteration with Insect Filth
585.200    Beets, Canned - Adulteration with Rot
585.225    Black-Eyed Peas (Cow Peas, Field Peas); Dried- Adulteration
           with Lygus Bug Damage          
585.260    Broccoli, Frozen - Adulteration with Insects
585.275    Brussels Sprouts, Frozen - Adulteration by Insects
585.300    Corn, Sweet; Canned - Adulteration by Corn  Worms,
           Corn Borers          
585.325    Corn on the Cob, Canned - Quantity of Contents Declaration 
585.350    Corn Husks (for Tamales) - Adulteration with Filth 
585.400    Cowpeas (Black-Eyed Peas); Canned (Succulent Peas) -
           Adulteration by Insects          
585.450    Greens, canned - Adulteration by Mildew
585.475    Canned Green Beans and Canned Wax Beans - Misbranding
            Involving Food  Standards          
585.500    Mushrooms, Canned or Dried (Freeze-Dried or Dehydrated)
            - Adulteration Involving Maggots, Mites, Decomposition              
585.525     Mushroom Mycelium - Fitness for Food; Labeling
585.575    Peas and Beans; Dried -  Adulteration Involving Storage,
           Insect Damage, Rocks          
585.600    Peas and Carrots, Labeling of Canned Mixture
585.625    Canned Peas - Label Designation of Sizes
585.650    Canned Pimentos and Red Sweet Peppers - Seeds Should be
           Removed          
585.675    Popcorn - Adulteration with Rodent Filth and Field Corn
585.700    Potato Chips - Adulteration with Rot
585.710    Potato Chips, Ingredients - Labeling 
585.725    "Pumpkin" is an Acceptable Desgination for Labeling Articles
           Made from Certain Varieties of Squash          
585.750    Sauerkraut - Definition; Adulteration by Thrips
585.775    Spinach, Canned or Frozen - Adulteration Involving Insects,
           Decomposition          
585.800    Squash Seeds - Labeling as Pumpkin Seeds
585.825    Sweet Potatoes, Dyeing of Yellow and Red Varieties
585.850    Sweet Potatoes - Sirup Pack

585.875    Tomatoes - Canned - Misbranding Involving Food Standards 
           (Peel)          
585.890    Tomato Products - Adulteration with Drosophila Fly Eggs
           and Maggots          
585.900    Tomato Products - Adulteration with Mold
SUB CHAPTER 587 - COLORS

587.100    Label Declaration of Artificial Color
587.200    Uncertified or Delisted Colors in Foods for Export
           - (e.g., FD&C Red #2)          
587.300    Colors for Foods, Drugs, and Cosmetics

SUB CHAPTER 590 - COSMETICS 

590.300    Direct Reference Authority for Pseudomonas Contamination
           of Cosmetics Used in the Eye Area          
590.400    Natural Bristle Brushes (i.e., Hair Brushes, Shaving
           Brushes) - Nit Contamination          
590.500    Packaging Technologies and Tamper-Resistant Packaging
           Requirements for Cosmetic Products          
590.600    Wigs
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