[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: 9CFR319.305]

[Page 308]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 319--DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS OF IDENTITY OR COMPOSITION--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart M--Canned, Frozen, or Dehydrated Meat Food Products
 
Sec. 319.305  Tamales.

    ``Tamales'' shall be prepared with at least 25 percent meat computed 
on the weight of the uncooked fresh meat in relation to all ingredients 
of the tamales. When tamales are packed in sauce or gravy, the name of 
the product shall include a prominent reference to the sauce or gravy; 
for example, ``Tamales With Sauce'' or ``Tamales With Gravy.'' Product 
labeled ``Tamales With Sauce'' or ``Tamales With Gravy'' shall contain 
not less than 20 percent meat, computed on the weight of the uncooked 
fresh meat in relation to the total ingredients making up the tamales 
and sauce or the tamales and gravy. Mechanically Separated (Species) may 
be used in accordance with Sec. 319.6.

[35 FR 15597, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 43 FR 26425, June 20, 1978; 47 
FR 28257, 28258, June 29, 1982]