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          Inventory of Temporary Marketing Permits Granted under 21 U.S.C. 341 for Definitions and Standards of Identity for FoodLabeling & Nutrition Guidance Documents & Regulatory Information Inventory of Temporary Marketing Permits Granted under 21 U.S.C. 341 for Definitions and Standards of Identity for Food
  
  	
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    PrintThe Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act governs the labeling of all foods, including foods that conform to a standard of identity.  FDA food standards of identity, among other things, establish the common or usual name for a food and define the basic nature of the food,  generally in terms of the types of ingredients that it must contain (i.e., mandatory ingredients) and that it may contain (i.e., optional ingredients).  The purpose of food standards, as spelled out in section 401 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, is to promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers.

The Food and Drug Administration recognizes that in many cases before petitions to amend food standards can be submitted, appropriate investigations of potential advances in food technology sometimes require tests in interstate markets of the advantages to and acceptance by consumers of experimental packs of food varying from applicable definitions and standards of identity under section 401 of the act.

Under title 21, Code of Federal Regulations 21 (CFR), section 130.17, manufacturers may submit applications to the FDA requesting TMPs to market test a food product that deviates from the standard of identity for that particular food.  This section lists the required information that manufacturers are to submit with their application that includes but is not limited to, proposed label (s).  Manufacturers have 15 months from the date of the TMP approval to market test their products.  Please note: Any label changes submitted for review after the TMP has been granted, cannot be used until they have been reviewed and approved.  Consequently, food products bearing a modified label may not receive the entire 15 month marketing period.

FDA can permit such tests when it can be ascertained that the sole purpose of the tests is to obtain data necessary for reasonable grounds in support of a petition to amend the relevant food standard, that the tests are necessary to complete or conclude an otherwise adequate investigation, and that the interests of consumers are adequately safeguarded.

The active TMPs received by FDA are listed below and are on display at FDA’s Division of Dockets Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061 (HFA-305), Rockville, MD, 20852.

Contact us via email at FDAFoodsProgramTMP@fda.hhs.gov.

Docket Number
			Manufacturer
			Product
			Description
			Date TMP
			Granted
			Date
			of
			Extension
			Date
			Extension
			Granted
			Date Reg.
			Amended
			FR NoticeFDA-2023-N-0853
			Chobani LLC
			Yogurt Products
			3/28/23FDA-2002-N-0325
			Del Monte Corp.
			Canned Tomatoes
			5/6/02
			4/23/03
			9/3/03FDA-1989-P-0168
			Crystal Foods, Inc.
			Ultrapasteurized egg (liquid egg)
			1989
			1990
			1990FDA-1998-P-0074
			Kraft Foods
			Parmesan Cheese
			4/6/99
			8/28/00
			12/29/00FDA-1987-P-0074
			BumbleBee Seafoods, Inc.
			Canned Pacific Salmon
			7/13/87
			
			9/6/88FDA-2008-N-0119
			Yardarm Knot Fisheries, LLC
			Canned Pacific Salmon
			3/6/08
			4/9/09
			1/5/10FDA-2012-P-1189
			Bumble Bee Foods, LLC
			Canned Tuna
			6/20/14
			9/3/15
			3/7/16FDA-2012-P-1189
			StarKist Co.
			Canned Tuna
			6/20/14
			9/3/15
			3/7/16FDA-2012-P-1189
			Chicken of the Sea
			Canned Tuna
			6/20/14
			9/3/15
			3/7/16FDA-2019-N-4844
			Barry Callebaut USA LLC
			Ruby Chocolate
			11/22/19
			2/19/21
			9/3/21FDA-2020-N-2226
			Bongards Creameries
			Pasteurized standardized cheeses
			12/11/2020

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