[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR161.30]

[Page 494]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 161_FISH AND SHELLFISH--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  161.30  Declaration of quantity of contents on labels for canned 
oysters.




                      Subpart A_General Provisions

Sec.
161.30 Declaration of quantity of contents on labels for canned oysters.

   Subpart B_Requirements for Specific Standardized Fish and Shellfish

161.130 Oysters.
161.136 Olympia oysters.
161.145 Canned oysters.
161.170 Canned Pacific salmon.
161.173 Canned wet pack shrimp in transparent or nontransparent 
          containers.
161.175 Frozen raw breaded shrimp.
161.176 Frozen raw lightly breaded shrimp.
161.190 Canned tuna.

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 343, 348, 371, 379e.

    Source: 42 FR 14464, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.



    (a) For many years packers of canned oysters in the Gulf area of the 
United States have labeled their output with a declaration of the 
drained weight of oysters in the containers. Packers in other areas have 
marketed canned oysters with a declaration of the total weight of the 
contents of the container. Investigation reveals that under present-day 
practice consumers generally do not discard the liquid packing medium, 
but use it as a part of the food. Section 403(e)(2) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the regulations thereunder require food in 
package form to bear an accurate label statement of the quantity of food 
in the container.
    (b) It is concluded that compliance with the label declaration of 
quantity of contents requirement will be met by an accurate declaration 
of the total weight of the contents of the can. The requirements of 
Sec.  161.145(c), establishing a standard of fill of container for 
canned oysters and specifying the statement of substandard fill for 
those canned oysters failing to meet that standard remain unaffected by 
this interpretation.