The DTI-Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) will subject the proposed Amendment to the Rules and Regulations Concerning its Product Certification Scheme to public consultation/s this 23 August 2016. The Bureau also welcomes position papers regarding this draft.
Tree nut ingredients may be within the list of the ingredients. Or tree nuts could be listed in a âContainsâ statement beneath the list of ingredients. Examples are Contains Walnut or Contains Almond. This is required by the federal Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA).
Most are not. A nut is a specific type of fruit, and these would be your tree nuts like almonds, walnuts, cashews, chestnuts, beechnuts, horsechestnuts, acorns, hickories, and the like. The nuts which are legumes (and if they're a legume, they aren't a true nut) are peanuts. This website gives the scientific definitions of the different types of fruits, both dry like nuts, and fleshy like berries and drupes: http://waynesword.palomar.edu/fruitid1.h... Dean M. Â· 7 years ago. Thumbs up.