§ 110685 Food Misbranding Standards

Key Takeaways

•You can't sell food pretending it's something else (like selling fake cheese as real cheese).
•If your food is a copy of another food that has rules about what it must contain, you must clearly write 'imitation' and the name of the real food on the label.
•The word 'imitation' must be easy to see and the same size as the rest of the important words on the label.

Example

A company sells a jar labeled 'Strawberry Jam' but it's mostly apples with a little strawberry flavor.

This is breaking the law because the jam is pretending to be real strawberry jam but isn't. If there are rules saying what real strawberry jam must have, the label must say 'imitation strawberry jam' in clear, easy-to-read letters.

Any food is misbranded if it is offered for sale under the name of another food, or if it is an imitation of another food for which a definition and standard of identity has been established by regulation and its label does not bear, in type of uniform size and prominence the word “imitation,” and immediately following, the name of the food imitated. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Key Takeaways

•You can't sell food pretending it's something else (like selling fake cheese as real cheese).
•If your food is a copy of another food that has rules about what it must contain, you must clearly write 'imitation' and the name of the real food on the label.
•The word 'imitation' must be easy to see and the same size as the rest of the important words on the label.

Example

A company sells a jar labeled 'Strawberry Jam' but it's mostly apples with a little strawberry flavor.

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§ 110685 Food Misbranding Standards

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