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[FR Doc No: 94-16092]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 94P-0157]

 

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 Kraft General Foods, Inc., to 
market test a product identified as ``white chocolate'' that deviates 
from the U.S. standards of identity for chocolate products, e.g., 
chocolate liquor, sweet chocolate, milk chocolate, buttermilk 
chocolate, skim milk chocolate, and mixed dairy product chocolates, in 
that it is prepared without the nonfat components of the ground cacao 
nibs but contains the fat (cacao butter) expressed from the cacao nibs. 
The test product may also contain antioxidants. The purpose of the 
temporary permit is to allow the applicant to collect data on consumer 
acceptance of the product in support of establishing a standard of 
identity for white chocolate.

DATES: The 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 29, 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 Kraft General 
Foods, Inc., 250 North St., White Plains, NY 10625. The permit covers 
limited interstate market testing of a product 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 
semi-plastic food prepared by intimately mixing and grinding cocoa 
butter with one or more nutritive carbohydrate sweeteners and one or 
more dairy ingredients. It 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 product will bear the name ``Premium White Chocolate 
Baking Squares.'' The test product differs from the standardized 
chocolate products described in 21 CFR part 163 in that it is prepared 
without the nonfat components of the ground cacao nibs but contains the 
fat (cocoa butter) expressed from the ground cacao nibs and it may also 
contain antioxidants.
    This permit provides for the temporary marketing of 237,000 
kilograms (522,000 pounds) of the test product. The test product will 
be manufactured by Kraft General Foods Canada, Inc., 795 90th Ave., 
Ville LaSalle, Quebec, Canada H8R 3A4. The product will be distributed 
nationwide. The information panel of the label will bear nutrition 
labeling in accordance with 21 CFR 101.9. Each of the ingredients used 
in the food will be declared on the label as required by the applicable 
sections of 21 CFR part 101.
    This permit is effective for 15 months, beginning on the date the 
test product is introduced or caused to be introduced into interstate 
commerce, but no later than September 29, 1994.

    Dated: June 21, 1994.
L. Robert Lake,
Acting Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 94-16092 Filed 6-30-94; 8:45 am]
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