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COMPLIANCE POLICY GUIDE (CPG)

CPG Sec 527.250 Cheese & Cheese Products - Misbranding Involving Net Contents November 2005

Final
Issued by:
Guidance Issuing Office
Office of Inspections and Investigations
Human Foods Program

REGULATORY ACTION GUIDANCE:

The following represents criteria for recommending legal action to CFSAN/Office of *Compliance*/Division of Enforcement (HFS-605):

Net Weight

In packaged cheese when there is an average shortage of one percent or more substantiated by factory evidence of short weight practices, or two percent or more if factory evidence of short weight is not available.

NOTE: Caution must be observed to make sure that shrinkage has not occurred after interstate shipment.

*Material between asterisks is new or revised.*

Issued: 10/1/80
Revised: 8/1/86, 3/95, 5/05
Updated: 11/29/05

Submit Comments

Submit comments on this guidance document electronically via docket ID: FDA-2013-S-0610 - Specific Electronic Submissions Intended For FDA's Dockets Management Staff (i.e., Citizen Petitions, Draft Proposed Guidance Documents, Variances, and other administrative record submissions)

If unable to submit comments online, please mail written comments to:

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Food and Drug Administration
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Rockville, MD 20852

All comments should be identified with the title of the guidance.

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