21 CFR § 169.176 - Concentrated vanilla extract.

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title: "21 CFR § 169.176 - Concentrated vanilla extract."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "169.176"
section_name: "Concentrated vanilla extract."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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subchapter_name: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION"
part_number: "169"
part_name: "FOOD DRESSINGS AND FLAVORINGS"
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regulatory_source: "42 FR 14481, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
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# 169.176 Concentrated vanilla extract.

(a) Concentrated vanilla extract conforms to the definition and standard of identity and is subject to any requirement for label statement of ingredients prescribed for vanilla extract by § 169.175, except that it is concentrated to remove part of the solvent, and each gallon contains two or more units of vanilla constituent as defined in § 169.3(c). The content of ethyl alcohol is not less than 35 percent by volume.

(b) The specified name of the food is “Concentrated vanilla extract __-fold” or “__-fold concentrated vanilla extract”, the blank being filled in with the whole number (disregarding fractions) expressing the number of units of vanilla constituent per gallon of the article. (For example, “Concentrated vanilla extract 2-fold”.)

[42 FR 14479, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 58 FR 2886, Jan. 6, 1993]