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CPG Sec 550.270 Currants - Adulteration Involving Wormy Fruits March 1995

Final
Issued by:
Guidance Issuing Office
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Office of Regulatory Affairs

REGULATORY ACTION GUIDANCE:

The following represents criteria for direct reference seizure *request to the Office of Human and Animal Food Operations (OHAFO) in consultation with the Office of Enforcement and Import Operations (OEIO) and CFSAN, and for direct citation by the appropriate Field Office within the Human and Animal Food Program*:

The currants contain an average of 5% or more wormy fruits, by count.

SPECIMEN CHARGE:

Article adulterated (when introduced and while in interstate commerce) (while held for sale after introduction into interstate commerce), within the meaning of 21 U.S.C. 342(a)(3), in that it consists in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence therein of wormy currants.

NOTE: Only use direct reference citation authority when prosecution is anticipated and evidence to support a prosecution is included with the adulteration charge. Evidence necessary to support a prosecution is specified in existing regulatory procedures issuances.

*Material between asterisks is new or revised*

Issued: 10/1/80, 11/1/81 Revised: 3/95


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