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21 C.F.R. § 101.44   Identification of the 20 most frequently consumed raw fruit, vegetables, and fish in the United States.

Title 21: Food and Drugs
PART 101—FOOD LABELING
Subpart C—Specific Nutrition Labeling Requirements and Guidelines

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§ 101.44   Identification of the 20 most frequently consumed raw fruit, vegetables, and fish in the United States.

Link to an amendment published at 71 FR 42044, July 25, 2006.

(a) The 20 most frequently consumed raw fruit are: Banana, apple, watermelon, orange, cantaloupe, grape, grapefruit, strawberry, peach, pear, nectarine, honeydew melon, plum, avocado, lemon, pineapple, tangerine, sweet cherry, kiwifruit, and lime.

(b) The 20 most frequently consumed raw vegetables are: Potato, iceberg lettuce, tomato, onion, carrot, celery, sweet corn, broccoli, green cabbage, cucumber, bell pepper, cauliflower, leaf lettuce, sweet potato, mushroom, green onion, green (snap) bean, radish, summer squash, and asparagus.

(c) The 20 most frequently consumed raw fish are: Shrimp, cod, pollock, catfish, scallops, salmon (Atlantic/Coho, chum/pink, sockeye), flounder/sole, oysters, orange roughy, Atlantic/Pacific mackerel, ocean perch, rockfish, whiting, clam, haddock, blue crab, rainbow trout, halibut, lobster, and swordfish.

[55 FR 60890, Nov. 27, 1991, as amended at 61 FR 42760, Aug. 16, 1996]