[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 232 (Wednesday, December 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77468-77469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26533]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-1987-P-0074]


Canned Pacific Salmon Deviating From Identity Standard; Amendment 
of Temporary Marketing Permit

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending Bumble Bee 
Seafoods Inc.'s temporary permit to market test canned skinless and 
boneless chunk salmon packed in water that contains sodium 
tripolyphosphate to inhibit protein curd formation during retorting. 
The temporary permit is amended to add an additional manufacturing 
location. This amendment will allow the applicant to continue to test 
market the test product and collect data on consumer acceptance of the 
test product.

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 July 13, 1987 (52 
FR 26186), we issued a notice announcing that we had issued a temporary 
permit to Bumble Bee Seafoods, Inc., San Diego, CA 92123, to market 
test products identified as canned skinless and boneless chunk salmon 
packed in water and containing added sodium tripolyphosphate to inhibit 
protein curd formation during retorting. The permit allowed for the 
test product to be manufactured at a plant located in Petersburg, AK. 
We issued the permit to facilitate market testing of products that 
deviate from the requirements of the standard of identity for canned 
Pacific salmon in 21 CFR 161.170, which were issued under section 401 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 341).
    In the Federal Register of April 8, 1988 (53 FR 11710), we issued a 
notice announcing that we had amended the temporary permit to permit 
the test product be manufactured at one additional plant, Chugach 
Alaska Fisheries, Inc., Ocean Dock Rd., Cordova, AK 99574.
    In the Federal Register of September 6, 1988 (53 FR 34354), we 
issued another notice announcing that we were extending the expiration 
date of the permit to either the effective date of a

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final rule for any proposal to amend the standard of identity for 
canned Pacific salmon that may result from the National Food Processors 
Association's petition, submitted on behalf of Bumble Bee Seafoods, 
Inc., and other salmon packers holding temporary permits, or 30 days 
after termination of such proposal.
    In the Federal Register of April 24, 2020 (85 FR 23047), we issued 
a notice announcing that we amended the temporary permit to allow for 
the canned skinless and boneless chunk salmon packed in water with or 
without sodium tripolyphosphate and to allow the test product to be 
manufactured only at one plant, Pataya Food Industries Ltd., located at 
90/6 Moo 7, Settakit Road, Tambol Tarsai, Amphur Maung, Samutsakorn 
74000, Thailand.
    Under our regulations at 21 CFR 130.17(f), we are amending the 
temporary permit issued to Bumble Bee Seafoods, Inc., to allow the test 
product to be manufactured at an additional plant, RS Cannery Company 
Limited, located at 255/1 Industrial Soi 3, Bangpoo Industrial Estate, 
Samutprakarn 10280, Thailand. All other conditions and terms of this 
permit remain the same.

    Dated: November 23, 2020.
Lauren K. Roth,
Acting Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020-26533 Filed 12-1-20; 8:45 am]
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