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United States • Title 21 CFR • Part 152

Part 152PART 152—FRUIT PIES

Part 152 establishes the definition and standard of identity for frozen cherry pie, including requirements for its filling, pastry, and topping. It also sets quality standards related to fruit content and cherry appearance, and specifies labeling requirements for substandard products.

What this part covers

  • Defines frozen cherry pie, including acceptable cherries (fresh, frozen, canned) and pastry/topping components.
  • Specifies that optional ingredients must be suitable substances and not unauthorized food or color additives.
  • Allows the name 'frozen cherry tart' for pies with a maximum diameter of 4 inches.
  • Requires ingredients to be declared on the label according to applicable regulations.
  • Sets a quality standard: fruit content must be at least 25% of the pie's weight.
  • Limits blemished cherries to no more than 15% by count.
  • Details a procedure for determining the weight of washed and drained cherry content.
  • Mandates substandard quality labeling if the pie falls below the defined quality standards, with specific alternative statements.
  • Prohibits misleading pictorial representations of cherries on the label.

Sections in Part 152

§ 152.126

Frozen cherry pie.

Identity.(a) (1) Frozen cherry pie (excluding baked and then frozen) is the food prepared by incorporating in a filling contained in a pastry shell mature, pitted, stemmed cherries that are fresh, frozen, and/or canned. The top of the pie may be open or it may be wholly or partly covered with pastry or other suitable topping. Filling, pastry, and topping components of the food consist of optional ingredients as prescribed by paragraph (a)(2) of this section. The finished food is frozen. (2) The optional ingredients referred to in paragraph (a)(1) of this section consist of suitable substances that are not food additives as defined in section 201(s) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or color additives as defined in section 201(t) of the act; or if they are food additives or color additives as so defined, they are used in conformity with regulations established pursuant to section 409 or 721 of the act. Ingredients that perform a useful function in the formulation of the filling, pastry, and topping components, when used in amounts reasonably required to accomplish their intended effect, are regarded as suitable except that artificial sweeteners are not suitable…

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