The Juice HACCP regulation applies to processors, repackers, or importers of juice sold at wholesale (sold or distributed to other business entities) including: 

  • 100% juice or juice concentrates (including persons using pasteurized or otherwise treated juice ingredients)
  • Fruit or vegetable purees
  • Non-Juice Beverage with a juice ingredient (e.g, lemonade using fresh squeezed lemon juice). NOTE: For beverages containing less than 100% juice, only the fresh juice ingredient is subject to HACCP principles
  • Juice produced and sold within the same state as well as juice sold in interstate commerce
  • Juice importers

The Juice HACCP regulation does NOT apply to: 

  • Juice produced at a retail establishment and sold exclusively and directly to consumers (e.g., stores, roadside stands, farmers markets, juice bars, etc.)
  • Juice beverages (<100% juice) using only treated (i.e., pasteurized) juice ingredients which were produced under juice HACCP principles (e.g., juice beverage produced from a pasteurized concentrate or lemonade produced from pasteurized lemon juice)
  • Fruit or vegetable by-products (e.g., citrus oil)
  • Juice ingredient used in the production of a non-beverage food (e.g., fruit flavored candy)
  • Beverages using whole fruits or vegetables without juice extraction (e.g., smoothies)
  • Warehousing or storage of the juice only (without processing)
  • Harvesting, picking, or transporting raw agricultural ingredients of juice products without otherwise engaging in processing
  • Juice used solely as a starting material for a fermented alcoholic product (Ex. wine or hard cider) in which the juice becomes an alcoholic beverage and is no longer recognizable as juice at the time processing is complete
How do I know if the Juice HACCP regulation applies to my juice-containing prroduct?

The Juice HACCP regulation applies to processors, repackers, or importers of juice sold at wholesale (sold or distributed to other business entities) including: 

  • 100% juice or juice concentrates (including persons using pasteurized or otherwise treated juice ingredients)
  • Fruit or vegetable purees
  • Non-Juice Beverage with a juice ingredient (e.g, lemonade using fresh squeezed lemon juice). NOTE: For beverages containing less than 100% juice, only the fresh juice ingredient is subject to HACCP principles
  • Juice produced and sold within the same state as well as juice sold in interstate commerce
  • Juice importers

The Juice HACCP regulation does NOT apply to: 

  • Juice produced at a retail establishment and sold exclusively and directly to consumers (e.g., stores, roadside stands, farmers markets, juice bars, etc.)
  • Juice beverages (<100% juice) using only treated (i.e., pasteurized) juice ingredients which were produced under juice HACCP principles (e.g., juice beverage produced from a pasteurized concentrate or lemonade produced from pasteurized lemon juice)
  • Fruit or vegetable by-products (e.g., citrus oil)
  • Juice ingredient used in the production of a non-beverage food (e.g., fruit flavored candy)
  • Beverages using whole fruits or vegetables without juice extraction (e.g., smoothies)
  • Warehousing or storage of the juice only (without processing)
  • Harvesting, picking, or transporting raw agricultural ingredients of juice products without otherwise engaging in processing
  • Juice used solely as a starting material for a fermented alcoholic product (Ex. wine or hard cider) in which the juice becomes an alcoholic beverage and is no longer recognizable as juice at the time processing is complete
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The Juice HACCP regulation applies to processors, repackers, or importers of juice sold at wholesale (sold or distributed to other business entities) including: 

  • 100% juice or juice concentrates (including persons using pasteurized or otherwise treated juice ingredients)
  • Fruit or vegetable purees
  • Non-Juice Beverage with a juice ingredient (e.g, lemonade using fresh squeezed lemon juice). NOTE: For beverages containing less than 100% juice, only the fresh juice ingredient is subject to HACCP principles
  • Juice produced and sold within the same state as well as juice sold in interstate commerce
  • Juice importers

The Juice HACCP regulation does NOT apply to: 

  • Juice produced at a retail establishment and sold exclusively and directly to consumers (e.g., stores, roadside stands, farmers markets, juice bars, etc.)
  • Juice beverages (<100% juice) using only treated (i.e., pasteurized) juice ingredients which were produced under juice HACCP principles (e.g., juice beverage produced from a pasteurized concentrate or lemonade produced from pasteurized lemon juice)
  • Fruit or vegetable by-products (e.g., citrus oil)
  • Juice ingredient used in the production of a non-beverage food (e.g., fruit flavored candy)
  • Beverages using whole fruits or vegetables without juice extraction (e.g., smoothies)
  • Warehousing or storage of the juice only (without processing)
  • Harvesting, picking, or transporting raw agricultural ingredients of juice products without otherwise engaging in processing
  • Juice used solely as a starting material for a fermented alcoholic product (Ex. wine or hard cider) in which the juice becomes an alcoholic beverage and is no longer recognizable as juice at the time processing is complete