Canned Tuna Deviating From Identity Standard; Temporary Permit for Market Testing
Federal Register, Volume 79 Issue 119 (Friday, June 20, 2014)
Federal Register Volume 79, Number 119 (Friday, June 20, 2014)
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Pages 35362-35363
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2014-14447
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Docket No. FDA-2012-P-1189
Canned Tuna Deviating From Identity Standard; Temporary Permit for Market Testing
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) received applications for temporary permits from Bumble Bee Foods, LLC; Chicken of the Sea International; and StarKist Seafood Company (the applicants). We are announcing that we have issued temporary permits to the applicants to market test products (designated as ``canned tuna'' products) that deviate from the U.S. standard of identity for canned tuna. The purpose of the temporary permits is to market test the product throughout the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The permits will allow the applicants to measure consumer acceptance of the products and assess the commercial feasibility of the products.
DATES: These permits are effective for 15 months, beginning on the date each applicant introduces or causes the introduction of the test products into interstate commerce, but not later than September 18, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Loretta A. Carey, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-820), Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, 240-402-2371.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have issued a temporary permit to each of the following applicants: Bumble Bee Foods, LLC; Chicken of the Sea International; and StarKist Seafood Company. We are issuing these temporary permits in accordance with 21 CFR 130.17, which addresses temporary permits for interstate shipment of experimental packs of food varying from the requirements of standards of identity issued under section 401 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 341).
These permits cover limited interstate marketing tests of products identified as ``canned tuna.'' These test products deviate from the U.S. standard of identity for canned tuna (21 CFR 161.190) in that they are labeled without the statement ``Below Standard in Fill'' as required in Sec. 161.190(c)(4) and 21 CFR 130.14(b). The test products meet all the requirements of the standard with the exception of this deviation.
The purpose of these temporary permits is to market test the product throughout the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. These permits will allow the applicants to measure customer acceptance of the products and assess commercial feasibility of the products.
Table 1 lists the amount of product for distribution and the manufacturers of the products for each of the applicants. The retail cans for the products are of various sizes.
Table 1--Amount, Manufacturer, and Location by Applicant
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Amount of canned
Applicant tuna for Manufacturer and
distribution location
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Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, 9655 141,000,000 pounds Asian Alliance, 8/
Granite Ridge Dr., San Diego, (lbs) (63,800,905 8 Moo 3, Rama 2
CA 92123. kilograms (kgs)). Rd., Bunbor,
Muang,
Samutsakorn
74000, Thailand.
Chicken of the Sea
Georgia Canning,
129 North
Commerce Dr.,
Lyons, GA 30436.
Bumble Bee
Seafoods, Inc.,
13100 Arctic
Circle, Santa Fe
Springs, CA
90670.
Chotiwat
Manufacturing
Co., 84/22 Moo 7,
Asia Highway Rd.
43, P.O.
Box 37, T.
Korhong, Hatyai
Songkhla,
Thailand 90110.
Gentuna (GTC/
Century), P.O.
Tambler, General
Santos City,
South Cotabato,
Philippines 9500.
I.S.A. Value Co.,
Ltd. (Narong),
101/6 Mu 6, Soi
Muangsakul Road,
Samaedam,
Bangkhutien,
Bangkok 10150,
Thailand.
Pataya Foods, 90/6
Tambol Tarsai,
Muang,
Samutprakarn,
Pataya, Thailand.
PT Aneka Tuna,
Jalan Raya
Surabaya-Malang
Km. 38, Gempol,
Pasuruan 67155
Jawa Timur.
R.S. Cannery Co.,
Ltd., 255/1
Industrial Soi 3,
Industrial
Estate,
Samutprakarn
10280, Thailand.
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Tropical Canning
Thailand, Km. 19
Kanjanavanich
Rd., Thungyai,
Hatyai, Songkhla
90110, Thailand.
Unicord, 39/3 Moo
8, Sedtakit 1
Rd., Thasai,
Muang,
Samutsakorn
74000, Thailand.
Chicken of the Sea 77,500,000 lbs Bumble Bee
International, 9330 Scranton (35,067,873 kgs). Seafoods, Inc.,
Rd., Suite 500, San Diego, CA 13100 Arctic
92121. Circle, Santa Fe
Springs, CA
90670.
Century Canning,
Suite 1906,
Centerpoint
Bldg., Julia
Vargas Avenue
cor. Garnet St.,
Ortigas Ctr.,
Pasig City,
Manila,
Philippines 1605.
Chicken of the Sea
Georgia Canning,
129 North
Commerce Dr.,
Lyons, GA 30436.
MMP International,
19/8 Moo 6,
Tambol Nadee,
Muang District,
Samutsakorn
74000, Thailand.
PT Juifa
International
Foods, JL Lingkar
Timur No. 53,
Tegal Kamulyan
Cilacap 53211,
Jawa Tengah,
Indonesia.
Songkhla Canning,
333 Kanjanavanich
Rd., Tumbol
Pavong, Amphur
Muang, Songkhla
90100, Thailand.
Thai Union Frozen
Products PCL, 72/
1 Moo 7 Sethakit
1 Rd., Tambon
Tarsrai, Amphur
Muang,
Samutsakorn
74000, Thailand.
Thai Union
Manufacturing, 30/
2 Moo 8, Sethakit
1 Road, Tambon
Tarsrai, Amphur
Muang,
Samutsakorn
74000, Thailand.
Yueh Chyang Canned
Food Group, Nhut
Chinh Village,
Ben Luc District,
Long An Province,
Vietnam.
StarKist Seafood Company, 225 182,500,000 lbs Galapesca S.A.,
North Shore Dr., Pittsburgh, PA (82,579,185 kgs). Km. 12.5 Via A
15212. Duale, Guayaquil,
Ecuador.
StarKist Samoa
Co., 368 Atu'u
Rd., Pago Pago,
American Samoa
96799.
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Bumble Bee Foods, LLC; Chicken of the Sea International; and StarKist Seafood Company will distribute the test products throughout the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The information panels on the labels of the test products must bear nutrition labeling in accordance with 21 CFR 101.9. Each of the ingredients used in the food must be declared on the labels of the test products as required by the applicable sections of part 101. These permits are effective for 15 months, beginning on the date each applicant introduces or causes the introduction of the test products into interstate commerce, but not later than September 18, 2014.
Dated: June 17, 2014.
Philip C. Spiller,
Acting Director, Office of Nutrition, Labeling and Dietary Supplements, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
FR Doc. 2014-14447 Filed 6-19-14; 8:45 am
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