Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 24, June 15, 2024
Section 1.241 - General labeling requirement; exemptionsWhen, in an official establishment, any inspected and passed product is placed in any receptacle or covering constituting an immediate container, there shall be affixed to such container a label as described in this subchapter, except that the following shall not have to bear such a label:
(1) Wrappings of dressed carcasses and primal parts in an unprocessed state bearing the official inspection legend, if such wrappings are intended solely to protect the product against soiling or excessive drying during transportation or storage, and the wrappings bear no information except company brand names, trade marks, or code numbers.(2) Uncolored transparent coverings, such as cellophane, which bear no written, printed or graphic matter and which enclose any unpackaged or packaged product bearing all markings required by § § 1.221-1.223 which are clearly legible through such coverings.(3) Animal and transparent artificial casings bearing only the markings required by § § 1.229 and 1.230 (relating to marking of sausages and similar products; and special markings for certain meat food products).(4) Stockinettes used as "operative devices," such as those applied to cured meats in preparation for smoking, whether or not such stockinettes are removed following completion of the operations for which they were applied.(5) Containers such as boil-in bags, trays of frozen dinners, and pie pans which bear no information except company brand names, trade marks, code numbers, directions for preparation and serving suggestions, and which are enclosed in a consumer size container that bears a label as described in this subchapter.(6) Containers of products passed for cooking or refrigeration and moved from an official establishment under the provisions of § 1.141 (relating to general requirements).