Characterizing

Excerpt from CFR Title 21 Foods and Drugs 101.22 5i: 'If the label, labeling, or advertising of a food makes any direct or indirect representations with respect to the primary recognizable flavor(s), by word, vignette, e.g., depiction of a fruit, or other means, or if for any other reason the manufacturer or distributor of a food wishes to designate the type of flavor in the food other than through the statement of ingredients, such flavor shall be considered the characterizing flavor and shall be declared in the following way ', Sections 101.22 5i to 5j(3). The regulations go on to describe the way the label should be depicted, type should be designed, and regulations should be interpreted.

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