# Shelled nuts in rigid or semirigid containers — What a food must legally contain to use its name: FDA standards of identity, in one table

For Shelled nuts in rigid or semirigid containers, cfr section is 21 CFR 164.120; category (cfr part) is Tree Nut and Peanut Products; composition requirements is The standard of fill for shelled nuts in rigid or semirigid containers is a fill such that the average volume of nuts, from the number of containers specified in  § 164.110(d)(1) , is not less than 85 percent of the container volume, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11.

- **CFR section:** 21 CFR 164.120 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Standardized food:** Shelled nuts in rigid or semirigid containers _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category (CFR part):** Tree Nut and Peanut Products _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Composition requirements:** The standard of fill for shelled nuts in rigid or semirigid containers is a fill such that the average volume of nuts, from the number of containers specified in  § 164.110(d)(1) , is not less than 85 percent of the container volume _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> § 164.120 Shelled nuts in rigid or semirigid containers. ( a ) - ( b ) [Reserved] ( c ) Fill of container. ( 1 ) The standard of fill for shelled nuts in rigid or semirigid containers is a fill such that the average volume of nuts, from the number of containers specified in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-164.110#p-164.110(d)(1)> § 164.110(d)(1) , is not less than 85 percent of the container volume

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-164

Last verified: 2026-08-11. Review by: 2027-08-11.
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