Draft Regulations Governing th e Labeling of Pr epackaged 
Beverages Claimed to Contain Fr uit and/or  Vegetable Juice  
 
1. These proposed regulations are drafted pursu ant to Article 17, Pa ragraph 1, Subparagraph 
6 of the Act Governing Food Sanitation. 
2. Scope of Application: Packaged beverages of  which the packaging bears the nam es and/or 
images (illu strations ) of fruit and/o r vege table and sold for direct consumption.  
3. A prepackaged beverage which contains at l east 10% of fruit and/or  vegetable juice shall 
explic itly d eclare the juice con tent perc entag e of fruit/vegetab le on  the f ront of  the 
package in  accord ance with C NS 2377  “Fruit an d V egetable Juice Products 
(Packaged ).” 
4. Where the beverage contains less than 10% of fruit and/or vegetable juice , it shall be 
declared on the front of the package with the text “fruit (vege table) juice content less than  
10%”, or ex plicitly indic ate the fruit/vebetab le juice con tent p ercentage as  an alterna tive.   
5. Prepackaged beverages contain no fruit or ve getable juice, but are sold as fruit or 
vegetable flavored beverages shall be la belled in acco rdance with the follo wing 
requirem ents:     
5.1 Where the “nam e” of a product include a fr uit or vegetable nam e, the product nam e 
shall explicitly state “tast e”, “flavored”, or other s ynonym ous term s; moreover , the 
front of the package shall visibly declare “no real fruit or vegetabl e juice contained” or 
other synonym ous terms.    
5.2 Where the product nam e does not contain a fruit or vegetable nam e, but im ages 
(illustrations) of fruit or vege table are m anifested or nam es of fruits or vegetables are 
indicated on the outer packaging, it is requi red that the front of the package shall 
explicitly declare “no real fruit or vegetable juice co ntained” or other synonym ous 
terms. 
6. For m ixed or assorted fruit and vegetable ju ice beverages (containing  a tota l of at leas t 
10% fruit and vegetable juice), the product nam e shall m eet the following requirem ents:   
6.1 If a product nam e includes one or several frui t or vegetable, the total juice content of 
the fruit or vegetable shown on the product name should consist at least 50% of the 
mixed or assorted fruit or vegetable juice; where two or m ore fruit or vegetables ar e 
included in the product nam e, their respec tively con tents sha ll be indic ated in 
descending order of weight. 
6.2 If the product nam e does not show all the fruit or vegeta ble added in the product, the 
  1product nam e shall declare the word “assorted”.   
6.3 If the product nam e does not im ply the nam e of fruit or vegetable in the beverage, 
indication of  the word “assorted” shall not be required.  
7. The f oregoing “ the juice content p ercentage of  fruit/vege table”, “no f ruit or vegetable  
juice contained”, “fruit and vegetable juice content less than 10%”,  or other synonymous 
terms shall be printed in a color dif ferent fr om the background color for clarity . The font 
size should com ply with the related part of CNS 2377.    
8. These draft regulations are planned to co me into ef fect on July 1, 2015 ( Date of 
Production).  
 
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