New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
Chapter I - Milk Control
Subchapter A - Dairy Products (Article 4, Agriculture and Markets Law)
Part 17 - Requirements For The Labeling Of, And Definitions And Standards Of Identity For, Milk, Milk Products And Frozen Desserts
Section 17.2 - Flavored dairy drink: identity
Universal Citation: 1 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 17.2
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Description. Flavored dairy drink is a pasteurized or ultra pasteurized product in liquid form containing not more than two percent milk fat and not less than eight percent milk solids not fat.
(b) Optional ingredients.
(1) Milk, cream, skim milk, concentrated
milk, condensed skim milk or nonfat dry milk or other milk derived ingredients
to increase the nonfat solids content of the food; provided, that the ratio of
protein to total nonfat solids of the food, and the protein efficiency ratio of
all protein present, shall not be decreased as a result of adding such
ingredients. When added, the finished product shall contain not less than 10
percent milk solids not fat.
(2)
Water.
(3) Flavoring ingredients
(with or without safe and suitable coloring, nutritive sweeteners, emulsifiers
and stabilizers).
(4) Safe and
suitable natural and artificial food flavoring.
(5) Safe and suitable nutritive
sweeteners.
(c) Nomenclature. The name of the food is " ________Dairy Drink." The blank is to be filled in by the name of the flavor.
(1)
One or more of the following descriptive terms, if applicable, shall accompany
the name of the food wherever it appears on the principal display panel or
panels of the label in letters not less than one-half the height of the letters
used in the name of the food.
(i) If any
flavoring ingredients have been added, and the resultant flavor derives wholly
from natural flavoring, the common name of the flavoring, followed by the name
of the food.
(ii) If any flavoring
ingredients have been added and the resultant flavor derives predominantly from
the natural flavor, the common name of the flavoring, followed by the word
flavored, e.g., "vanilla flavored."
(iii) If any flavoring ingredients have been
added, and the resultant flavor derives wholly or predominantly from artificial
flavoring, the words "artificial ________flavored," the blank being filled in
with the common name of the flavor simulated.
(2) The following terms may appear on the
label:
(i) The word "homogenized" if the food
has been homogenized.
(ii) The word
"pasteurized" if the food has been pasteurized.
(d) Label declaration. The common or usual name of each of the optional ingredients used in the food shall be declared on the label.
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