17.16 Approval of cloth containers. 17.19 Trade labels to be used only on 17.34 Benzoate of soda in meat or product to be shown on label. 17.35 Use of coloring matter to be shown on label; oleomargarine excepted. quantity prohibited. 17.37 Net weight on meat and meat food products. 17.22 False or deceptive names; established trade names; false indi- 17.36 False or misleading statement of cation of origin or quality; use of names of countries, states, etc., "country", "farm", etc., qualified by words "style", "type", etc.; labeling of lard, oil, stearine, etc. 17.23 Use of term "bockwurst." 17.38 Declaration of quantity of con- Labeling, filling of containers, Distribution of labels bearing the CROSS REFERENCES Labeling: See §§ 27.18-27.21. Labels and collection of samples, viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products: 22 CFR Part 96. Labeling of articles imported into the United States: See Foreign Relations, 22 CFR Part 96. Section 17.1 Labeling; marking products inspected and passed; supervision by bureau employee. (a) When any inspected and passed meat or product is placed or packed in an official establishment, in any can, pot, tin, canvas, or other receptacle or covering constituting an immediate or true container within the meaning of the regulations in this subchapter there shall be attached to such container or covering a trade label as hereinafter described in this part. (b) No container or covering which bears or is to bear a trade label shall be filled, in whole or in part, except with articles which have been inspected and passed in compliance with the regulations in this subchapter and which are sound, healthful, wholesome, fit for human Page 53 food, and strictly in accordance with the statements on the label. No such container or covering shall be filled, in whole or in part, and no trade label shall be affixed, except under the supervision of a bureau employee.** [Reg. 17, sec. 1] *§§ 17.1 to 17.42, inclusive, issued under the authority contained in 34 Stat. 1260-1265; 21 U.S.C. 71-79, 83–91. †The source of §§ 17.1 to 17.40, inclusive, (except for amendments and supplemental documents noted in the text,) is BAI order 211 rev., Sept. 1, 1922. 17.2 Trade labels; what to contain; kind; when and how used; detachable devices. (a) Trade labels shall bear the true name of the meat or product contained in the package, and, except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (e), or as specified in this paragraph shall bear, in prominent letters and figures of uniform size, the phrase "U. S. inspected and passed by Department of Agriculture," and the number of the official establishment at which the meat or product was prepared, or, if processed, the number of the establishment at which last processed. The establishment number may be omitted from labels applied to metal containers on which such number is embossed and from cartons used as containers of oleomargarine, lard, or compound and the product in which is immediately inclosed in an approved wrapper bearing the inspection legend and establishment number. Labels may also bear any other statement, not false or misleading, which has been approved by the department. (b) Trade labels within the meaning of the regulations in this subchapter shall include printed, lithographed, or embossed labels, stickers, seals, wrappers, and receptacles. Metal containers on which the inspection legend is embossed may, with the approval of the department, bear the inspection legend in abbreviated form. (c) Stencils, box dies, inserts, tags, so-called "liners" and "circles" and like devices shall not be used in an official establishment unless previously approved by the department, nor shall they bear the inspection legend or any abbreviation or representation thereof: Provided, That wooden boxes of light material and having a maximum capacity of 5 pounds may, upon specific approval by the chief of bureau, have the inspection legend and establishment number imprinted thereon. Sketches of inserts, tags, liners, circles, and like devices shall be submitted for approval in the same manner as prescribed for labels in § 17.10 (a). (d) The establishment number shall be embossed on all sealed tin containers of inspected and passed meat and products filled in an official establishment except that sealed cans, such as those used for sausage in oil and which bear lithographed labels in which the establishment number is incorporated, need not have the establishment number embossed thereon. Trade labels shall not be affixed to containers so as to obscure the embossed establishment number. (e) When any meat or product is placed in cartons or in wrappers of paper or cloth, or in such other containers as the department may approve, the inspection legend and the establishment number may be embodied in a sticker or seal prominently displayed with the trade label, but not necessarily a part thereof. Such stickers or seals shall Page 54 not be used without the approval of the department, and shall be securely affixed after an approved trade label has been affixed. (f) No detachable device bearing the inspection legend or any abbreviation or representation thereof shall be affixed to any meat or product or the container thereof.** [Reg. 17, sec. 2] 17.3 Coined or fanciful names. (a) A coined or fanciful name, which does not in itself serve to identify the products to which it is applied, will not be acceptable in the future as the true name of the product within the meaning of the regulation cited. Illustrations of such a name may be found in the terms "Camping Delight," "Luncheon Spread," "Breakfast Tasties," "Noontime Relish," "Luncheon," etc. However, no exception will be offered to such a name when preceded by a qualification indicating the character of the product, such as "Pork Camping Delight," etc., or the application of the coined name immediately followed by a prominent statement of ingredients arranged in the order of their percentages. In the absence of either of these qualifications the coined name should be accompanied by the statement "a meat food product" or a similar acceptable statement. (b) In a number of instances cloth bags bearing unqualified coined names of the character above referred to, and containing chopped or comminuted products, have been approved in the absence of a specific classification which would serve to differentiate between such coined names and generic or established trade names. Supplies of approved containers on hand bearing such coined names, and which in other respects conform to existing requirements, will be permitted to be used pending the submission of information as to the approval number of such bags, the quantity on hand, and the length of time it will take to exhaust the supply. Before new supplies are prepared sketches or proofs should be submitted for approval. (c) By reason of long and common usage certain terms, such as "Cooked Specialty" and "Minced Roll," have become generic or wellestablished trade names. Therefore no objection is offered to the use of these terms without qualification as true names of products prepared as heretofore, without the addition of cereal, similar substances, or excessive water. The term "Baked Loaf" or similar term is regarded as a true name of a product to which it is properly applicable. * (d) The foregoing supersedes any previous section to the contrary. It does not apply to meat food products in animal casings, the labeling of which is amenable to § 17.28 (c), or to compounds which must be labeled as prescribed in § 17.28 (i). [SRA, BAI 190, Feb. 1923] 17.4 Omission of establishment number from cartons. (a) Referring to the provisions of § 17.2 (a), which authorize the omission of the establishment number from cartons used as containers of oleomargarine, lard, or compound, and the product in which is immediately inclosed in an approved wrapper bearing the inspection legend and establishment number, such provisions are construed to be applicable also to similar cartons in which sliced bacon, dried beef, and other meat food products are customarily delivered to consumers. **For statutory and source citations, see note to § 17.1. Page 55 (b) This section does not authorize the omission of the inspection legend from the cartons. The omission of the establishment number as indicated will necessitate the reapproval of cartons so prepared for each establishment at which the containers are to be used. When the cartons are submitted for approval there should be applied to each a written statement indicating that the product is placed in approved wrappers bearing the inspection legend and establishment number, in order that such information may be apparent on the specimens which are to bear the stamp of approval.* [SRA, BAI 248, Dec. 1927] 17.5 Approval of stencils, box dies, and brands. Stencils, box dies, and brands bearing any of the names or words, individually or collectively, in the following list are hereby approved for use at all establishments operating under Federal inspection, in connection with products to which they may be applicable. If names or features other than those included in the list are incorporated in such stencils, box dies, or brands, specific approval of such markings will be required. However, stencils, box dies, or brands included in the list may be used without further approval in combination with other approved markings, including stencils, box dies, or brands, provided such combinations are applicable to the products, are not inconsistent, and do not result in false or deceptive labeling. *For statutory citation, see note to § 17.1. LIST OF STENCILS, BOX DIES, AND BRANDS-Continued Chorizos (sausage'). Club Brand (or Style). Cod Fat. Colonial Style. Columbia Style (or Brand). Coney Island Style. Continental Style (or Brand). Coppa (pork butts in casings '). Cottage Style (or Brand). Cumberland Cut. Cure (d). Cutlet(s). Cuttings. Half. Ham(s). H Hamburger Style (or Brand). Hamburger Steak. Hanging. Hash. H. C. (hog casings). Head Cheese. Heavy. Hind (s). Hog maws. Hog stomachs. Holstein (er) Style (or Brand). Honey Comb (or H. C.). Hotel. Hungarian Style (or Brand). Ears. I |