[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73789-73790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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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