[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR155.172]

[Page 479]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 155_CANNED VEGETABLES--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart B_Requirements for Specific Standardized Canned Vegetables
 
Sec.  155.172  Canned dry peas.

    (a) Identity. Canned dry peas conforms to the definition and 
standard of identity, and is subject to the requirements for label 
declaration of ingredients, prescribed for canned peas by Sec.  
155.170(a), except that:
    (1) The optional pea ingredient is the dry seeds of the pea plant of 
the species Pisum sativum L. but excluding the subspecies macrocarpum.
    (2) The optional ingredients specified in Sec.  155.170(a)(2)(xii) 
shall not be used.
    (3) The name of the food is ``cooked dry peas'' or ``soaked dry 
peas''. The optional terms specified by Sec.  155.170(a)(3), ``early'', 
``June'', ``sweet'', ``green'', ``wrinkled'', or any combination 
thereof, shall not be used on the labels.
    (b) Quality. (1) The standard of quality for canned dry peas is that 
specified for canned peas by Sec.  155.170(b) except that:
    (i) The alcohol-insoluble solids maximums specified in Sec.  
155.170(b)(1)(vi) do not apply.
    (ii) The skins of not more than 25 percent by count of the peas in 
the container are ruptured to a width of 1.6 millimeters (0.06 inch) or 
more.
    (2) If the quality of canned dry peas falls below the standard of 
quality prescribed by paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the label shall 
bear the statement of substandard quality in the manner and form 
specified in Sec.  155.170(b)(3) for canned peas, except that the words 
``Excessively mealy'' shall not be used.
    (c) Fill of container. (1) The standard of fill of container for 
canned dry peas is that prescribed for canned peas by Sec.  155.170(c).
    (2) If canned dry peas fall below the standard of fill of container 
prescribed by paragraph (c)(1) of this section, the label shall bear the 
general statement of substandard fill specified in Sec.  130.14(b) of 
this chapter, in the manner and form therein specified.

[45 FR 43399, June 27, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 15241, Apr. 8, 1983; 58 
FR 2883, Jan. 6, 1993]