[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: 9CFR319.141]

[Page 303]
 
                  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 E--Sausage Generally: Fresh Sausage
 
Sec. 319.141  Fresh pork sausage.

    ``Fresh Pork Sausage'' is sausage prepared with fresh pork or frozen 
pork or both, but not including pork byproducts, and may contain 
Mechanically Separated (Species) in accordance with Sec. 319.6, and may 
be seasoned with condimental substances as permitted under part 318 of 
this subchapter. The finished product shall not contain more than 50 
percent fat. To facilitate chopping or mixing, water or ice may be used 
in an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total ingredients used.

[35 FR 15597, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 43 FR 26424, June 20, 1978; 47 
FR 28257, 28258, June 29, 1982]