COMPLIANCE POLICY GUIDE (CPG)
CPG Sec 585.200 Beets, Canned - Adulteration with Rot November 2005
The following represents criteria for direct reference seizure *requests 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 canned beets contain an average of 5% or more, by weight, pieces with dry rot.
SPECIMEN CHARGE:
*The article was adulterated when introduced into and while in interstate commerce, and is adulterated while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce within the meaning of 21 U.S.C. 342(a)(3), in that it consists in part of a decomposed substance by reason of the presence therein of beets with dry rot.
NOTE: Use direct reference citation authority only 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: 11/7/79
Reissued: 10/1/80
Revised: 11/1/81, 12/8/88
Updated: 11/29/05
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