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[FR Doc No: 94-15247]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 94P-0156]

 

White Chocolate Deviating From Identity Standard; Temporary 
Permit for Market Testing

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a 
temporary permit has been issued to The Pillsbury Co. to market test 
products containing a component identified as ``white chocolate'' that 
deviates from the U.S. standards of identity for chocolate products. 
The purpose of the temporary permit is to allow the applicant to 
collect data on consumer acceptance of the products in support of 
establishing a standard of identity for white chocolate.

DATES: This permit is effective for 15 months, beginning on the date 
the food is introduced or caused to be introduced into interstate 
commerce, but no later than September 21, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle A. Smith, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-158), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-205-5099.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 21 CFR 130.17 concerning 
temporary permits to facilitate market testing of foods deviating from 
the requirements of the standards of identity promulgated under section 
401 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 341), FDA is 
giving notice that a temporary permit has been issued to The Pillsbury 
Co., Pillsbury Center, 200 South Sixth St., Minneapolis, MN 55414. The 
permit covers limited interstate market testing of products containing 
a component identified as ``white chocolate'' that deviates from the 
U.S. standards of identity for chocolate products, e.g., chocolate 
liquor (21 CFR 163.111), sweet chocolate (21 CFR 163.123), milk 
chocolate (21 CFR 163.130), buttermilk chocolate (21 CFR 163.135), skim 
milk chocolate (21 CFR 163.140), and mixed dairy product chocolates (21 
CFR 163.145).
    For the purposes of this permit, white chocolate is the solid or 
semiplastic food prepared by intimately mixing and grinding cocoa 
butter with one or more nutritive carbohydrate sweeteners and one or 
more dairy ingredients. White chocolate contains not less than 20 
percent of cocoa butter, not less than 14 percent of total milk solids, 
not less than 3.5 percent of milkfat, not more than 55 percent of 
nutritive carbohydrate sweetener, and not more than 1.0 percent 
hydroxylated lecithin or lecithin. White chocolate may also contain 
spices, natural and artificial flavorings (not imitating chocolate, 
milk, or butter), other seasonings, and antioxidants approved for food 
use; but it contains no added coloring.
    The test products will bear the names ``Gourmet White Chocolate 
Macadamia Nut Cookie Dough,'' ``Special Recipe White Chocolate Chunk w/ 
Macadamia Nuts Cookie Dough,'' ``Classic White Chocolate Chunk Cookie 
Dough,'' and ``Classic White Chocolate Chunk w/ Macadamia Nuts Cookie 
Dough.'' The test product component, white chocolate, differs from the 
standardized chocolate products described in 21 CFR part 163 because it 
is prepared without the nonfat components of the ground cacao nibs, but 
it contains the fat (cocoa butter) expressed from the ground cacao nibs 
and may contain antioxidants.
    This permit provides for the temporary marketing of 120,000 cases, 
approximately 1,300,000 kilograms (3,000,000 pounds) of the test 
products. The test products will contain 12 to 25 percent of the test 
product component. The products will be manufactured at the Pillsbury/
McGlynn plants at One McGlynn Dr., Chanhassen, MN 55317, and at 7752 
Mitchell Rd., Eden Prairie, MN 55344.
The products will be distributed for institutional use throughout the 
continental United States. Each of the ingredients used in the food 
must be declared on the labels as required by the applicable sections 
of 21 CFR part 101. This permit is effective for 15 months, beginning 
on the date the test products are introduced or caused to be introduced 
into interstate commerce, but no later than September 21, 1994.

    Dated: June 15, 1994.
 Fred R. Shank,
 Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 94-15247 Filed 6-22-94; 8:45 am]
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