Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart B - Liquid Foods › Chapter 57 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS-GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter B - LABELING › Section 57.42 - Specific labeling requirements

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Special designations approved by the
					 Department, suggesting extra milkfat, may be used with milk if the product
					 contains not less the 4% milkfat.
(b) Additives, such as flavors, sweeteners,
					 milk solids, lactose, stabilizers, emulsifiers, vitamins and minerals if used,
					 shall be shown on the label in descending order of predominance. When vitamins,
					 minerals or milk solids are added, the quantity or percentage of United States
					 Recommended Daily Allowance (U.S. RDA) per serving shall be shown on the
					 label.
(c) The word "Pasteurized"
					 shall appear on the label if the product has been pasteurized. Homogenized
					 products shall be so labeled. "Grade A" may precede the designation of a
					 product described in this section, if the processing plant possesses a current
					 Grade A rating, but type size may not be larger than letters in basic product
					 name.
(d) The designation "Grade AA
					 Pasteurized Milk" may appear on the carton or cap if the milk meets the
					 requirements for Grade AA Pasteurized Milk in Chapter 59 (relating to milk
					 sanitation). The size of the type may not be larger than the word
					 "Milk."
(e) Reconstituted products
					 shall be labeled so that the word "Reconstituted" is at least half the size of
					 the name of the product which has been reconstituted and "Reconstituted" shall
					 immediately precede or follow the name of the product.
(f) Protein fortified dairy products shall be
					 labeled so that the words "Protein Fortified" is at least half the size of the
					 name of the product which has been fortified and "Protein Fortified"
					 immediately precede or follow the name of the product. The label shall include
					 the percentage of milk solids not fat added or the percentage of U.S. RDA of
					 protein, vitamins and minerals per serving on the information panel of the
					 container.
(g) If an artificial
					 color is used for a flavored milk other than chocolate, the label shall declare
					 "Artificially Colored."
(h) If an
					 artificial flavor is used for artificially flavored milk, it shall be declared
					 and the product shall be labeled "Imitation (Name of flavor imitated) Flavored
					 Milk." The word imitation shall be in type at least 1/2 the size of the name of
					 the product imitated.
(i) Lowfat
					 milk shall be labeled so that the words "Lowfat Milk" are the same size and
					 style of type, and the percentage of milkfat shall be shown.
(j) The word "pasteurized" shall appear in
					 letters not less than 1/4 the height of letters in the basic product name. If
					 desired, letters used in modifying terms and "pasteurized" may be the same
					 size, but never larger than the product name. Printing shall be readily
					 legible.
(k) Products which are
					 cultured or acidulated after pasteurization may be alternately labeled "Made
					 from pasteurized dairy products."
(l) A food is deemed to be misbranded if one
					 of the following apply:
(1) It is an
					 artificial dairy product as defined in §
												57.1 (relating to definitions). A
					 food is not misbranded if its label bears the word "artificial," and
					 immediately thereafter, the name of the standardized food imitated, and the
					 letters in the word "artificial" and in the name of the standardized food
					 imitated are in type of uniform size, style and prominence.
(2) It contains an "artificial dairy product"
					 defined in §
												57.1 as an ingredient which
					 replaces portions of basic compositional ingredients in a food and is not
					 labeled with the phrase "contains artificial_____" -the blank filled in with
					 names of the basic compositional ingredients being simulated-immediately
					 following the name of the food.