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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 2. Agriculture |
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Agency 5. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
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Chapter 510. Rules and Regulations Governing the Production, Processing, and Sale of Icecream, Frozen Desserts, and Similar Products |
Section 190. Artificially sweetened ice milk; identity; label statement of optional ingredients; artificially sweetened ice milk mix
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A. Artificially sweetened ice milk means ice milk manufactured, prepared, or processed for consumption by persons who wish to restrict their intake of ordinary sweetening ingredients and shall conform to the definition and standard of identity prescribed for ice milk in 2VAC5-510-70 , except that it shall be sweetened with an artificial sweetening agent and contains edible carbohydrates other than sugar. The artificial sweetening agent and the edible carbohydrates must be approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration and no sugars other than those naturally present in the milk solids or flavoring agent shall be added thereto.
B. The manufacturer shall place the product in packages or containers which shall be conspicuously labeled "artificially sweetened" immediately preceding the words "ice milk" in similar type at least one-half the size of the type used for the words "ice milk" and on the same contrasting background.
C. The label shall also contain a statement in terms of percentage by weight of protein, fat, and carbohydrates, the total number of calories per ounce, the number of calories contributed by carbohydrates and any carbohydrates other than lactose, and the name of each ingredient entering into the composition other than flavors.
D. The following statement shall appear conspicuously following the declaration of the artificial sweetener used, such as "contains.... % saccharine, (or sodium salt of saccharine, or other artificial sweetener, as the case may be), a nonnutritive artificial sweetener which should only be used by persons who must restrict their intake of ordinary sweets." The blank is to be filled in with the percent by weight of saccharine or other artificial sweetener in said product.
E. The product shall not be sold in any manner other than in sealed or unbroken packages or containers from one or more separate compartments of a refrigerated container or cabinet.
F. Artificially sweetened ice milk mix is the pasteurized unfrozen combination of ingredients that when frozen while stirring will produce a product conforming to the definition of artificially sweetened ice milk.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR115-05-03 § 3.17, eff. December 11, 1985; amended, Volume 03, Issue 10, eff. March 18, 1987; Volume 24, Issue 17, eff. June 12, 2008.