(1) CIE processors must submit a copy of the proposed ingredient label for each CIE to the department for approval. The proposed ingredient label may not be used without the department's written approval.
(2) CIE product labels must comply with the WSLCB's packaging and labeling requirements under chapter
314-55 WAC and, for the purposes of the CIE endorsement, additionally display:
(a) A statement of ingredients as specified under 21 C.F.R. 101.4 (2017). The ingredient statement must identify sulfites, if present, as required under 21 C.F.R. 101.100 (2017) and the names of Food and Drug Administration certified color additives such as FD&C Yellow 5 and the like, if present.
(b) Allergens (milk, egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, soybeans) as specified under the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-282, Title II).
(3) The following sample label illustrates the ingredient and allergen labeling requirements:
Chocolate Peanut Butter Walnut Brownie
Ingredients: Brown Sugar (Sugar, Invert sugar, Cane molasses), All-purpose flour (Wheat flour, Niacin, Reduced iron, Thiamine mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic acid), Milk chocolate (Sugar, Whole milk powder, Cocoa butter, Cocoa mass, Soy lecithin, Vanilla), Peanut Butter (Peanuts, Sugar, Molasses, Hydrogenated vegetable oil, Mono and diglycerides, Salt), Chopped Walnuts, Dextrose, Salt, Artificial Flavoring, Leavening (Sodium bicarbonate), Cannabis Extract.
CONTAINS: Milk, Peanuts, Soy, Walnuts, Wheat
[Statutory Authority: RCW
69.07.020 and 2022 c 16. WSR 24-01-035, § 16-131-060, filed 12/11/23, effective 1/11/24. Statutory Authority: RCW
69.07.020,
69.07.200, and chapter
34.05 RCW. WSR 18-05-010, § 16-131-060, filed 2/8/18, effective 4/1/18.]