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(NAR) VOL. II NO. 4 / OCTOBER - DECEMBER 1991
[ BFAD FDA REGULATION NO. 001-A s. 1982, August 30, 1982 ]
GUIDELINES FOR THE OPEN-DATE MARKING OF LIQUID MILK PRODUCTS, PURSUANT TO ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 16 S. 1979
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Scope
This guideline covers the open-date marking of milk products that are relatively stable under ambient conditions.
1.1 Evaporated milk
a. recombined/reconstituted
b. filled
1.2 Sweetened condensed milk
1.3 UHT sterilized milk
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Definitions
For the purpose of this guidelines the following definitions shall apply:
2.1 Evaporated milk — a liquid product obtained by the partial removal of water from milk.
2.2 Evaporated recombined/reconstituted milk — a liquid product obtained by the addition of water to milk solids non-fact and milk fat in amounts necessary to re-establish the specific water to solids ratio of evaporated milk.
2.3 Evaporated filled milk — a liquid product obtained by recombining non-fat or skim milk constituents with a blend of vegetable oils in amounts necessary to re-establish the specific water to solid so that the resulting product is nutritionally equivalent to evaporated milk.
2.4 Sweetened condensed milk — liquid milk to which sucrose has been added and whose water has been partially removed.
2.5 UHT sterilized milk — liquid milk rendered sterile by ultra-high temperature treatment and packaged under aseptic conditions.
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Requirements
All products covered by this guideline shall prominently indicate in their labels a "Best before" date, at which time any of the specified limits for a particular product is expected to be reached.
3.1 Evaporated milk
3.1.1 Minimum Vitamin A — 95% of label claim but, in no case, lower than 2,000 IU/liter of the reconstituted milk beverage.
3.1.2 Maximum viscosity
3.1.3 Maximum browning index
3.1.4 Fat separation
3.2 Sweetened condensed milk
3.2.1 Minimum Vitamin A
3.2.2 Maximum viscosity
3.2.3 Maximum browning index
3.3 UHT sterilized milk (plain)
3.3.1 Maximum titratable acidity - 0.16% as lactic acid
3.3.2 Fat separation
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Date of Effectivity
For products covered by this guideline, full compliance to the open-date marking regulations shall be on January 1983.
Adopted: 30 Aug. 1982
(SGD.) CATALINA C. SANCHEZ Acting Administrator | (SGD.) J. C. AZURIN Minister of Health |
Re-issued: 7 Oct. 1991
(SGD.) QUINTIN L. KINTANAR, M.D., PH.D..
Director
Assistant Secretary for Standards and Regulation