Administrative Order No. 125 of 1970 on Regulation prescribing the standard of identity, quality and fill, of container for canned pineapple (B-4.7-01)

Â1t{IU8t 6, 1970 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER Nó. 125 s. 1970 · · · SUBJECT-: Regulluion prescribing th:e sta:nda,rd of iden,. .. tity, q'UJJlity and ftJJ, of container for ca,n'ned pm,ea.pple. (B-4.7--01) 1.0 1 1JI � I<1entity: Canned • pmeapple • 1s the food prep�red from optional f orms of units obtained from peeled, cored, ' mature fruits of the pinapple p�nt and shall have a normal color, flavor and odor free from tbe flavors and odora foreign to the product. The canned pine­apple shall have a reasonably good texture; the fruit lets shall be reaaonably compact in structure; and the product sball be fairly free from porosity. 1.1 The optional forms of units obtained from the peeled, cored, mature f ruits of the pinea�ple plant are: a) Whole: cylindrical·whole unit 'with the core re­moved. b) Sliced, Slices or Spiral : Slices or Whole Slices or Rings: Uniformly cut circular slices or rings cut across the axis of the peeled, cored pineapple cy linders. e) Half Slices, Half Sliced: uniformly cut, ap,proxi­ mately �mi-circular halves of slices. d) Quarter Slices: uniformly cut, on� fourth portion of alices. e) Broken Sliced, Broken Slices: are-shaped portions which may not be uniform in size and/or shq>e. f ) Spears or Fingers : long slender pieces cut ra­ dially and Jengthwise of the cored ·pineapple cy­ linder, predominantly 65 mm or longer. g) Tidbits: reasonably uniform, v:edge sha�d sec­ tors cut from alices or portions thereof, predo­ dominantly from 8 mm to 13 mm thick. 7 8 h) Chunks: short, thick pieces cut from thick slices and/or from peeled cored pineapple and predo­ minantly more than 12 mm in both thickness and width, and less than 38 mm. in length. i ) Diced or Cubes: reasonably unif orm, cube­ shaped pieces, predominantly 14 mm or less in the longest edge dimensiona. j) Pieces: irregular shapes and sizes not identifi­ able as a specific style and does not include "chunks" or "chips" style. k) Chips: small, irregular shapes and sizes of pine­ apple pieces similar to that left over after dicing of pineapple, and which may be included in crushed style-. l) Crushed or Crisp Cut: ftnely cut or shredded or grated or diced pieces of pineapple and which may include chips in the crusbed mess . 1.2 The optional packing media are: a) Water: in which water or any mixture of water and pineapple juice, is the sole packing medium. b) Pineapple Juiçe: in which the iPineapple juice conforma to the definition and standards of iden­ tity and quality for pineapple ;juice as �ified by the Food and Drug Administration except tliat it is not required to be separately sealed in containers and so processed by beat as to pre­ vent spoilagé, or clarified juice which is the li quid collected f rom cutting various forma of units from pine�ple fruits, or the liquid ex­ pressed wholly or in part from the pineapple flesh or parts thereof. which Uquid is clartfied and maybe further refined or concentrated. e) Syrup: in which water or juice is combined with oné or more of the following nutritive sweet.­ eners--sucrose, invert sugar, dextrose, dried 9 glucose syrup-and classified on the ba&is of cut out strength as : Extra Light Syrup .... not less than' 10º Brix Light Syrup .............. not less than 14° Brix Heavy Syrup ............ not less than 18º Brix Extra Heavy Syrup .. not less than 22º Brix The optional forma of units like sliced, alices, half-sliced, half slices, broken sl�ced, ' brokên slices, tidbits, chunks, cubes, diced, spears, fin­ gers and crushed are cantied with any of the optional packing media. Canned pineapples may be flavored or seasoned with one or more of the option.al ingredients. Dimethypolysilox­ ane may be employed as a def oaming agent in an amount not greater than 10 parts per million by weight of the finished food. Such food is sealed in containers, and is so processed by heat, either before or after sealing as to prevent spoil­ age. LS The optional sweetening ingrediente are: a) Sugar b) Invert sugar syrup e) Any mixture of sugár and invert sugar syrup d) Any of the above optional sweetening ingrediente with dextrose, provided that the weight of the solida of dextrose does not exceed one-third of the total weight of the solids of the combined sweetening ingred,ients. e) Any of thc above optional sweetening ingre­ diente with com syrup or dried corn syrup or w�th g.fucose syrup or with dried glqcose syrup, . or with any two or more of these, provided that the weigbt of the solids of com syrup, dried corn SY.�, glJÚcose' syrup, and dried glucose syrup, in case two or more of these are used, does not exceed one fourth of the combined sweetening ingrediente. lO f) Any mixture of the optional ingredients in (d) & (e). l-.4 The1 optional ingredients are as follows: aJ Spice b) Flavoring, Natural and Permissible : :, e) Vinegar 2.0 úabel Statement of Optional ·lngredients a) The name "pineapple" is preceded or f ollowed, for each of the indicated optional forins of units b)I'. the wor�s here specified: 1) "Whole"; 2) "Sliced", "Slices" or "Spiral Slices" or "Whole Slices" or "Rings" ; 3) "Half Slices"; 4.) "Quarter Slices"; 6) "Broken Slices" ; 6) "Spears" or "Fingers"; 7) "Tidbits"; 8) "Chunks"; 9) "Diced" or "Cubes"; 10) "Pieces"; 11) "Chips" ; 12) "Crushed" or "Crisp Cut". lf the optional form of units is specifted by the word "crushed" or "crisp..eut", the name is "pineapple" preceded or followed by the word "crushed': or "crisp cut". If the crushed or crisp cut pineapple, when drained yields not less than 73 % but. iess than 78% by weight of drain­ êd material, the word "crushed" or "crisp-cut" or the words "crushed or crisp-cut pineapple" in tbe name of tbe �ood may be preceded or fol­ lowed by the words "heavy pack" and if it yields 78o/o or mo-re by weight of drained material the word ''.crushed" or "crisp-cut" or the words "crushed or crisp-cut pineapple" may be preced­ ed or f ollowed by the words "solid .Packed". b) 11 e) The labels of canned pineapple prepared from t the optional forros of pineapple except the "crushed" or "crisp-Cut" form sball bear the name of the optional packipg medium ;preceded by "in" or "packed in". Whenever the optional packing medium pineapple juice is used, the words "pineapple juice" may be preceded by the word "unsweetened". The label of crushed or crisP-Cut pineapple canned with optional packing media shall bear the statement "in----" or "packed in ----", the blank being filled in with the name of the optional packing medium used, but in lieu of such statement crushed or crisp-eut pineapple canned with pineawle juice may be labeled "unsweetened" and cru.shed or crisl)-Cut pineapple canned with pineapple juice and sugar may be labeled "lightly sweetened" or "heavily sweetened" or "extra heavy sweetened" if tbe drained liquid conforms to the density ranges specified for light syrup, heavy syrup, or extra heavy syrup. d) When any optional ingredient is used, the Iabel shall bear the words set f orth below: 1) "Spiced" or "spice add.ed" or "with added spice"· or in lieu of the word "spice" the com­ mon name of the spice. · ' 2) "Artificial flavoring added" or "witli added artificial ftavoring" or, in lieu of the word "flavoring'' : 3) "Seasoned with vinegar" or ''seasoned with vinegar'', the blank being filled in with the name of the 'Vinegar used. When two or ali of the optional séasoning ingre­ dients are used, such words maY, be combined as for example, "seasoned with vi negar, cloves and , cinnamon oil". e) Whenever the name of tbe food appears on the label with prominence, ·so conspicuously and easily understood by ordinary individual under 12 ·customary conditions of purchase, the name of the optional ingredients used, shall conspicuously precede or follow the name. 3.0 Standard of Quality The standard of quality for canned pineapple is as follows: a) ln the case of broken slices, not more than 10% of the drained weight may consist of pieces hav­ ing an are of less than 90º and not more than 6% of the drained weight of the contents of the container. 1) consist of pieces tbat measure in thickness lesa tban 8 mm. or more than 25 mm; or 2) consists of 1 pieces that measure k?ss than 18 mm. in width as measured from the outer edge to tbe inner edge. b), 1) ln the case of cubes or dieed pineapple, not more than 10% of the drained weight con­ sista of uníts of such size. 2)1 Not more than 15'% of the drained weight consista of pieces weighing more than 2.6 Gms. e) ln the case of chunks, not more than 15% of the drained weight consista of pieces wtighing less than 5.25 Gms. each. 9) 1) ln the case of slices and apeara, ,the drained weigbt of the largest unit in tbe container is not more than 1.4 times the weight of the smallest. 2) ln the case of balf slices, the drained weight of the largest unit in the container is not more than 1.75 times the weight of the small­ est ( except for an occasional whole slices not quite completely cut through.) e) In the case of broken slices, not more than 5% of the drained weight of the content.8 of the can consista of broken idices having an outside dia­ meter differing by as mµcb as 9 mm. from that , ,. . 13 of those present in greatest prQPOrtion by weigbt. f) ln tbe case of tidbits, not more than 15% of the drained weight consista of tidbits eácb of which weight less than tlu·ee-f ourth as much as the average weight of all the untrimmed tidbits in tbe container. g) ln the case of slices and half slices, not more than 7½% by count.of the units in1a container may be excessively trimmed, but in any contain­ er having not more than 10 unitá,1 one unit may be excessively trimmed, and in any container, having more than 10 units; but not more than 27 u�ts, two units maybe �cessively trimmed. Such alices and half slices are excessively trim­ med if the portion trimmed away exceeds 5% of the apparent physical bulk of the perfectly formed unit and if such trimming destroy the normal circular shaPe o! the outer or inner edge of the unit. - t 11 ' h) ln the case of broken slices and i,pears, not more than 15 % by count of the total units in ' the conta.ine,.- and, in the case of tidbits, not more than 15% of the drained weight, consist of units excessively trimmed. ;B�oken slices, speàrs, and tidbits are excessively trimme� if I the normal shape of ·these units is destroyed by .such trim­ min g. i) ln the case of slices, half alices, broken slices, spears, chunks, cubes, and tidbits, not more than 121/2 % by count of the units in any container maybe blemnished, but in containers having not more tban five units, one unit may be blemished ; in containers having not more than five units, one unit may be blemisbed; in containers having not more than five units, one unit may be ble­ mished; in containers having ) mo re th�n five units but not more than 10 units, two units ,'mAY be a,4 blemished; and in containers having more than ro units but not more than 12 ·units, . four units may be blemished. Blemishes include: • • ' ( 1) Any of the following, if in excess 1 of 1.6 mm. in the longest dimension on the exposed sur • face of the unit; eyes, pieces of shell, brown spots. 2) Deep fruit eyes 3) Bruished portions ' 4) Other abnormalities. that jt i� possible to detect in good commercial practice before sealing in the containers. j) ln the case of crushed pineapple, not more than l¼, % of the drained weight of the contenta of the can consists of fragments bearing such blemislies. k) ln the case of spears, not more than one unit per container is mashed; in the case-of slices and half slices, not more tha.n one unit in containers of 25 units or less, and not more than three units in containers of more than 25 units are mashed ; in thi case of broken slices, not more than 5% by count of the units in the container is mashed; in the case· of chunks, not more than three of the units in containers of less than 70 units, or 5 % of the units in con�ners of 70 units or more, is mashed; in the ·case of tidbits, not more than three of the units in containers of less than 150 units, or. ,3 % · of , the units in conta.iners of 150 units or more 'is nip.shed. (A unit that has lost its norm�l sha� because of ripene!:1s and which bears no mark of mechanical injury shall not be considered as mashed.) 1) ln the case of all forms of canned pineaple, not more than 31 Gms. of core is contained in 448 Gms. of drained fruit. 16 m) ln the case of all for.m.s of .canned pineapple, not more than 1.35 gi·ams of acid calculated as anhy­ drous 1 citric acid is córttain'ed in · 100 milliters of !> ' the liqüid drained from the product 15 days or more af ter the pineappÍe is canned. n) ln the case of crushed pineapple, the drained weight of pineapple is not less than 63% of the • t net we1ght pf the con enrs of t�e �ontainer. 3:1 Statement of Substandard Quality If the quality of canned pineapple falls below the standard of quality, the label shall bear the general statement "Below Standard in Quality". However, if the quality of canned pineapple falls below stand­ ·ard with respect to only one of the factors of quafüy specified in (3.0) (a) through (n) there may" be substituted for the second line of such general statement of substand�rd quality a new line th�t such canned pineapple fails to meet, as 1ollows: a) "Small bro�en pieces" or "thick br�ken pieces" as the case maybe. b) 1) lrr-ieg9lar small pieces 2) Mix'e d sizes ( the&e 1 . words are to be used only where tlie cubes /ite of mixed siz� and the tolerance for units larger than maximum size ÍS exceeaed), e) 1"Irre'gular·s�all pieces" d) "Mixed sizes" e) "Mixed sizes" f) "Mixed sizes" g) "Excessively trimmed" h) "Excessively trimmed" i) "Blemished" or "Contains blemished pieces" j) "Blemished" or "Contains blemished pieces" k) "Mashed units" or "Contains mashed units" 1) '"Poorly cored" or "Excessive core" m) "Excessively tart" n) "Contains excess liquid" 16 4.0 Fill of Container The container shall be well fiUed with fruit and the product shall occupy n-0t less than 90% of the water capacity of the container. 4.1 Label Statement of Substandard Fill If canned pineapple f alJs below; the s�ndard of fill of container, the label shall bear the statement "Below Stand�d in Fill". 5.0 Canned crushed pineapple 5.1 Fill of Container The standard of fill of container for canned crusbed p,ineapple is a fill of not less than 90% .of the total capacity of the container. 5.2 Label Statement of Substandard Fill . . If canned crushed pmeapple f alls below the standard of fill of co:Qtainer, the label sball bear the general statement of substandard fill" Below Standard in Fill". This regulation shall take effect thirty {30) days after publication in the Official Gazette. :(Sgd.), .AMADEO H. CRUZ, M.D., C.P.H. Secreta;ry of H�th