[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: 9CFR319.6]

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                  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 A--General
 
Sec. 319.6  Limitations with respect to use of Mechanically Separated (Species).

    (a) Meat food products required to be prepared from one species 
shall not contain Mechanically Separated (Species) of any other species.
    (b) Mechanically Separated (Species) described in Sec. 319.5 that 
has a protein content of not less than 14 percent and a fat content of 
not more than 30 percent may constitute up to 20 percent of the 
livestock and poultry product portion of any meat food product except 
those listed in paragraph (d) of this section.
    (c) Mechanically Separated (Species) for processing described in 
Sec. 319.5 may constitute up to 20 percent of the livestock and poultry 
product portion of any meat food product that is subject to a definition 
and standard of identity or composition in part 319 which establishes a 
maximum limit on the fat content of such meat food product except those 
listed in paragraph (d) of this section.
    (d) Mechanically Separated (Species) and Mechanically Separated 
(Species) for processing described in Sec. 319.5 shall not be used in 
baby, junior, or toddler foods, ground beef, hamburger, fabricated 
steaks (Sec. 319.15 (a), (b), and (d)), barbecued meats (Sec. 319.80), 
roast beef-parboiled and steam roasted (Sec. 319.81), corned (cured) 
beef cuts (Secs. 319.100--319.103), certain cured pork products 
(Secs. 319.104 (a)-(e) and 319.106), tripe with milk (Sec. 319.308), 
lima beans with ham and similar products (Sec. 319.310), beef with gravy 
and gravy with beef (Sec. 319.313), and meat pies (Sec. 319.500).

[47 FR 28257, June 29, 1982]