[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR318.18]

[Page 251]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 318--ENTRY INTO OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS; REINSPECTION AND PREPARATION OF PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 318.18  Handling of certain material for mechanical processing.

    Material to be processed into ``Mechanically Separated (Species)'' 
shall be so processed within 1 hour from the time it is cut or separated 
from carcasses or parts of carcasses, except that such product may be 
held for no more than 72 hours at 40  deg.F. (4  deg.C.) or less, or 
held indefinitely at 0  deg.F. (-18  deg.C.) or less. ``Mechanically 
Separated (Species)'' shall, directly after being processed, be used as 
an ingredient in a meat food product except that it may be held prior to 
such use for no more than 72 hours at 40  deg.F. (4  deg.C.) or less or 
indefinitely at 0  deg.F. (-18  deg.C.) or less.

[43 FR 26423, June 20, 1978, as amended at 47 FR 28256, June 29, 1982]