[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2, Parts 200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR316.10]

[Page 150-151]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 316--MARKING PRODUCTS AND THEIR CONTAINERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 316.10  Marking of meat food products with official inspection legend and ingredient statement.

    (a) Inspected and passed sausages and other products in casings or 
in link form, of the ordinary ``ring'' variety or larger shall be marked 
with the official inspection legend and list of ingredients in 
accordance with part 317 of this subchapter. The official marks required 
by this section shall be branded near each end of the sausage or similar 
product prepared in casings when the product is of a size larger than 
that customarily sold at retail intact.
    (b) Inspected and passed sausage and other products, in casings or 
in link form, of the smaller varieties, shall bear one or more official 
inspection legends and one or more lists of ingredients in accordance 
with part 317 of this subchapter on each kilogram (2.205 lbs.) of 
product, except where such products leave the official establishment 
completely enclosed in properly labeled immediate containers having a 
capacity of 5 kilograms (11.025 lbs.) or less and containing a single 
kind of product: Provided, That such products in properly labeled closed 
containers exceeding 5 kilograms (11.025 lbs.) capacity, when shipped to 
another official establishment for further processing or to a 
governmental agency, need only have the official inspection legend and 
list of ingredients shown

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twice throughout the contents of the container. When such products are 
shipped to another official establishment for further processing, the 
inspector in charge at the point of origin shall identify the shipment 
to the inspector in charge at destination by means of Form MP 408-1.
    (c) The list of ingredients may be applied by stamping, printing, 
using paper bands, tags, or tissue strips, or other means approved by 
the Administrator in specific cases.
    (d) All cured products shall be marked with the list of ingredients 
in accordance with part 317 of this subchapter.

[35 FR 15577, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 37 FR 16863, Aug. 22, 1972; 38 
FR 4385, Feb. 14, 1973; 39 FR 36000, Oct. 7, 1974; 44 FR 67088, Nov. 23, 
1979]