When is a pumpkins something
other than a pumpkin?
Apparently when the FDA says so...
When the canned pumpkin in your cupboard says 100% pumpkin, you now must wonder if that is true according to the written word or to the interpretation of the Food and Drug Administration. Somehow it has been decided that 100% can mean other than actually 100%.
There is no logic to this method of untruthful disclosure, but what you can know for sure is that the consumer was not the first concern. Read the full document below which is published on fda.gov to learn the details which will leave you wondering if the FDA is a trustworthy source of protection.
There is no logic to this method of untruthful disclosure, but what you can know for sure is that the consumer was not the first concern. Read the full document below which is published on fda.gov to learn the details which will leave you wondering if the FDA is a trustworthy source of protection.
CPG Sec. 585.725 "Pumpkin" - Labeling Articles Made from Certain Varieties of Squash
https://www.fda.gov/iceci/compliancemanuals/compliancepolicyguidancemanual/ucm074635.htm
BACKGROUND:
Canned "pumpkin" has for many years been packed from field pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) or certain varieties of firm-shelled, golden-fleshed, sweet squash (Cucurbita maxima), or mixtures of these. Pumpkin and squash are sometimes mixed intentionally to obtain the consistency most acceptable to users.
Since l938, we have consistently advised canners that we would not initiate regulatory action solely because of their using the designation "pumpkin" or "canned pumpkin" on labels for articles prepared from golden-fleshed, sweet squash, or mixtures of such squash with field pumpkins. In the absence of any evidence that this designation misleads or deceives consumers we see no reason to change this policy.
POLICY:
In the labeling of articles prepared from golden-fleshed, sweet squash or mixtures of such squash and field pumpkin, we will consider the designation "pumpkin" to be in essential compliance with the "common or usual name" requirements of sections 403(i)(l) and 403(i)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the "specifying of identity" required by section 1453(a)(1) of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act.
https://www.fda.gov/iceci/compliancemanuals/compliancepolicyguidancemanual/ucm074635.htm
BACKGROUND:
Canned "pumpkin" has for many years been packed from field pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) or certain varieties of firm-shelled, golden-fleshed, sweet squash (Cucurbita maxima), or mixtures of these. Pumpkin and squash are sometimes mixed intentionally to obtain the consistency most acceptable to users.
Since l938, we have consistently advised canners that we would not initiate regulatory action solely because of their using the designation "pumpkin" or "canned pumpkin" on labels for articles prepared from golden-fleshed, sweet squash, or mixtures of such squash with field pumpkins. In the absence of any evidence that this designation misleads or deceives consumers we see no reason to change this policy.
POLICY:
In the labeling of articles prepared from golden-fleshed, sweet squash or mixtures of such squash and field pumpkin, we will consider the designation "pumpkin" to be in essential compliance with the "common or usual name" requirements of sections 403(i)(l) and 403(i)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the "specifying of identity" required by section 1453(a)(1) of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act.