Sec. 17.16. Generic frozen dessert: identity; label statement

(a) Description.

A generic frozen dessert is a food that in its unfrozen form or state, is recognized by consumers by an established common or usual name or in the absence thereof, by an appropriate descriptive term. The unfrozen food becomes a frozen dessert when it is frozen, with or without agitation, and when the food, in its frozen form is designed and intended to be consumed in a frozen state. Generic frozen desserts shall be made from safe and suitable ingredients. A generic frozen dessert, whose unfrozen counterpart is subject to a definition and standard of identity, shall comply with that definition and standard of identity, and ingredient provisions, except that safe and suitable ingredients may additionally be used that are necessary in the manufacture of the frozen dessert.

(b) Nomenclature.

The name of the frozen dessert shall be: “Frozen __.” The blank shall be filled in with the common or usual name of the unfrozen counterpart of the food, or in the absence thereof, an appropriate descriptive term.