7 CFR § 981.466 - Almond butter.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s981.466"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 981.466 - Almond butter."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "981.466"
section_name: "Almond butter."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "981"
part_name: "ALMONDS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 11372, July 16, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "981"
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# 981.466 Almond butter.

Almond butter as used in § 981.66(c) is hereby defined as a comminuted food product prepared by grinding shelled or blanched almonds into a homogeneous plastic or semiplastic mass or liquid having very few particles larger than 
1/16 inch in any dimension. To produce chunky style almond butter, almond chunks or pieces may be added up to a maximum of 25 percent by weight of the finished product. The size of the almond pieces used to make chunky style almond butter may not exceed 
5/16 inch in any dimension.

[48 FR 11250, Mar. 17, 1983]

At 88 FR 67627, Oct. 2, 2023, §§981.466 was stayed indefinitely.