No Longer in its Natural State Law and Legal Definition
Pursuant to 21 CFR 1.276, [Title 21 -- Food and Drugs; Chapter I -- Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services], no longer in its natural state means “that an article of food has been made from one or more ingredients or synthesized, prepared, treated, modified, or manipulated. Examples of activities that render food no longer in its natural state are cutting, peeling, trimming, washing, waxing, eviscerating, rendering, cooking, baking, freezing, cooling, pasteurizing, homogenizing, mixing, formulating, bottling, milling, grinding, extracting juice, distilling, labeling, or packaging. Crops that have been cleaned (e.g., dusted, washed), trimmed, or cooled attendant to harvest or collection or treated against pests, or polished are still in their natural state.”
