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FOODS NOT COVERED UNDER THE LOW-ACID CANNED FOODS REGULATIONS (21 CFR 108.35 and

FOODS NOT COVERED UNDER THE LOW-ACID CANNED FOODS REGULATIONS (21 CFR 108.35 and 113)

The following foods are not considered low-acid canned foods. Therefore, processors of these foods do not have to register and file processing information for these products:

 

  • Acid foods (natural or normal pH equal to 4.6 or below)

     

     

  • Alcoholic beverages

     

     

  • Fermented foods (when the pH of the food is reduced to 4.6 or less by the growth of acid producing microorganisms)

     

     

  • Foods processed under the jurisdiction of the meat and poultry inspection program of the United States Department of Agriculture under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act

     

     

  • Foods with water activity (aw) of 0.85 or below

     

     

  • Foods which are not thermally processed

     

     

  • Foods which are not packaged in hermetically sealed containers (refer to 21 CFR 113.3(j))

     

     

  • Foods stored, distributed, and retailed under refrigerated conditions (product must be conspicuously labeled - e.g., Perishable, keep refrigerated)

     

     

  • Tomatoes and tomato products having a finished equilibrium pH less than 4.7

 

    
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