Section 39.32. Parevine

(a) Parevine is the food which is prepared by freezing while stirring a pasteurized mix composed of all of the following:

(1) One or more edible vegetable oils or fats.

(2) Protein and carbohydrate food ingredients from other than milk or meat sources.

(3) Nutritive sweeteners other than lactose.

(4) Characterizing ingredients except any containing meat or milk.

(5) Any other safe and suitable ingredient which is not milk or meat or a product or derivative of milk or meat. This product shall not contain any milk, milk product, meat or meat products or any of their derivatives of any kind.

(b) Its fat content shall not be less than 10%, except that when bulky optional characterizing ingredients are used, the fat content may be reduced, as a result of the addition of such ingredients, but shall in no case be less than 8.0%.

(c) Its total solids shall not be less than 1.3 pounds per gallon of the finished product.

(d) The name of the food is parevine.

(e) Parevine may be sold, held or offered for sale by any manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or any other seller only in properly labeled factory filled containers, except under paragraphs (1) and (2).

(1) Parevine may be sold from a dispensing freezer. When parevine is sold from a dispensing freezer, a sign or menu board shall be displayed in a location where it can be easily read by customers under normal conditions of sale, stating ‘‘Parevine Served Here.’’ When items containing parevine are listed on a sign or menu board, the statement ‘‘Parevine Served Here’’ shall be included in reasonable proximity to the items containing parevine. The letters in the statement shall be bold face capitals at least as large as the letters used in listing items containing parevine and on a contrasting background. No sign or menu board declaration shall be required if the only method of advising customers on what items are being offered for sale is a menu furnished to the customer. In such a case, the menu shall contain the statement ‘‘Parevine Served Here.’’ The statement shall be in reasonable proximity, and the letters of the statement shall be bold face capitals at least as large as the letters used in listing items containing parevine. Any menu listing parevine or items prepared with parevine shall conform to this paragraph.

(2) Parevine may be dipped from a properly labeled bulk container. If parevine is served in this manner, a sign or menu board shall be displayed where it can be easily read by customers under normal conditions of sale stating ‘‘Parevine Served Here.’’ When items containing parevine are listed on a menu board, the statement ‘‘Parevine Served Here’’ shall be included in reasonable proximity to the items containing parevine. The letters in the statement shall be bold face capitals at least as large as the letters used in listing items containing parevine. No sign or menu board declaration shall be required if the only method of advising customers on what items are being offered for sale is a menu furnished to the customer. In such a case the menu shall contain the statement ‘‘Parevine Served Here.’’ This statement shall be in reasonable proximity to the menu items containing parevine, and the letters on the statement shall be bold face capitals at least as large as the letters used in listing items containing parevine. Any menu listing parevine or items prepared with parevine shall conform to this paragraph.

The provisions of this § 39.32 adopted March 25, 1970; amended June 29, 1984, effective June 30, 1984, 14 Pa.B. 2242. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (1516).

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Cross References

This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 39.33 (relating to lowfat parevine).