Notice2021-28164
Canned Tuna Deviating From the Standard of Identity; Amendment of Temporary Marketing Permits
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Published
December 28, 2021
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentFood and Drug Administration
Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the temporary permits issued to Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, and StarKist Seafood Co. to market test canned tuna. The Bumble Bee Foods, LLC's temporary permit is amended to add one additional manufacturing location. The StarKist Seafood Co.'s temporary permit is amended to increase the amount of test product and to add one additional manufacturing location. These amendments will allow the applicants to continue to test market the test product and collect data on consumer acceptance.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73789-73790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28164]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2012-P-1189]
Canned Tuna Deviating From the Standard of Identity; Amendment of
Temporary Marketing Permits
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the
temporary permits issued to Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, and StarKist Seafood
Co. to market test canned tuna. The Bumble Bee Foods, LLC's temporary
permit is amended to add one additional manufacturing location. The
StarKist Seafood Co.'s temporary permit is amended to increase the
amount of test product and to add one additional manufacturing
location. These amendments will allow the applicants to continue to
test market the test product and collect data on consumer acceptance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marjan Morravej, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-820), Food and Drug Administration,
5001 Campus Dr., College Park, MD 20740, 240-402-2371.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of June 20, 2014 (79
FR 35362), we issued a notice announcing that we had issued temporary
permits to Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, 9655 Granite Ridge Dr., San Diego, CA
92123; Chicken of the Sea International, 9330 Scranton Rd., Suite 500,
San Diego, CA 92121; and StarKist Seafood Co., 225 North Shore Dr.,
Pittsburgh, PA 15212, to market test products identified as canned tuna
products. We issued the permits to facilitate market testing of
products that deviate from the requirements of the standard of identity
for canned tuna in 21 CFR 161.190, which were issued under section 401
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 341).
In the Federal Register of March 7, 2016 (81 FR 11813), we issued a
notice announcing that we were extending the temporary market permits
issued to Bumble Bee Foods, LLC; Chicken of the Sea International; and
StarKist Seafood Co. The extension allows the applicants to continue to
measure consumer acceptance of the products and assess the commercial
feasibility of the products, in support of a petition to amend the
standard of identity for canned tuna. The new expiration date of the
permits will be either the effective date of a final rule amending the
standard of identity for canned tuna that may result from the petition
or 30 days after denial of the petition.
In the Federal Register of March 5, 2021 (86 FR 12954), we issued a
notice announcing that we were amending the temporary permit issued to
StarKist Seafood Co. to allow the test product to be manufactured at
three additional plants: Tropical Canning (Thailand) Public Co., Ltd.,
1/1 M.2 T. Thungyai, Hatyai, Songkhla 90110, Thailand; I.S.A. Value
Co., Ltd., 44/4 Moo1, Petchkasem Road, Yaicha, Sampran, Nakornpathom
73110, Thailand; and Tri-Marine (Solomon Islands), Soltuna Ltd., 1 Tuna
Dr., Noro, Western Province, Solomon Islands, and to increase the
amount of test product to 213,500,000 pounds (96,841,971 kilograms).
Under our regulations at 21 CFR 130.17(f), we are amending the
temporary permits issued to Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, and StarKist Seafood
Co. We are amending the temporary permit issued to Bumble Bee Foods,
LLC, to allow the test product to be manufactured at one additional
plant: Marindustrias, S.A. de C.V. Calle Central Oriente No. 5, Parque
Industrial Fondeport, Manzanillo Colima, CL 28219 Mexico. We are
amending the temporary permit issued to StarKist Seafood Co. to
increase the amount of test product to be market tested to 217,900,000
pounds (98,837,777 kilograms) in retail cans of various sizes and to
allow the test product to be manufactured at one additional plant:
Soci[eacute]t[eacute] De Conserverie en Afrique (SCA S.A.), Nouveau
Quai de Peche-Mole 10-BP 782, Dakar, Senegal. All other conditions and
terms of the permits remain the same.
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Dated: December 21, 2021.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021-28164 Filed 12-27-21; 8:45 am]
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