[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR317.1] [Page 160-162] TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 317_LABELING, MARKING DEVICES, AND CONTAINERS--Table of Contents Subpart A_General Sec. 317.1 Labels required; supervision by Program employee. Subpart A_General Sec. 317.1 Labels required; supervision by Program employee. 317.2 Labels: definition; required features. [[Page 161]] 317.3 Approval of abbreviations of marks of inspection; preparation of marking devices bearing inspection legend without advance approval prohibited; exception. 317.4 Labeling approval. 317.5 Generically approved labeling. 317.6 Approved labels to be used only on products to which they are applicable. 317.7 Products for foreign commerce; printing labels in foreign language permissible; other deviations. 317.8 False or misleading labeling or practices generally; specific prohibitions and requirements for labels and containers. 317.9 Labeling of equine products. 317.10 Reuse of official inspection marks; reuse of containers bearing official marks, labels, etc. 317.11 Labeling, filling of containers, handling of labeled products to be only in compliance with regulations. 317.12 Relabeling products; requirements. 317.13 Storage and distribution of labels and containers bearing official marks. 317.14-317.15 [Reserved] 317.16 Labeling and containers of custom prepared products. 317.17 Interpretation and statement of labeling policy for cured products; special labeling requirements concerning nitrate and nitrite. 317.18 Quantity of contents labeling. 317.19 Definitions and procedures for determining net weight compliance. 317.20 Scale requirements for accurate weights, repairs, adjustments, and replacement after inspection. 317.21 Scales: testing of. 317.22 Handling of failed product. 317.23 [Reserved] 317.24 Packaging materials. Subpart B_Nutrition Labeling 317.300 Nutrition labeling of meat or meat food products. 317.301 [Reserved] 317.302 Location of nutrition information. 317.303-317.307 [Reserved] 317.308 Labeling of meat or meat food products with number of servings. 317.309 Nutrition label content. 317.310-317.311 [Reserved] 317.312 Reference amounts customarily consumed per eating occasion. 317.313 Nutrient content claims; general principles. 317.314-317.342 [Reserved] 317.343 Significant participation for voluntary nutrition labeling. 317.344 Identification of major cuts of meat products. 317.345 Guidelines for voluntary nutrition labeling of single- ingredient, raw products. 317.346-317.353 [Reserved] 317.354 Nutrient content claims for ``good source,'' ``high,'' and ``more''. 317.355 [Reserved] 317.356 Nutrient content claims for ``light'' or ``lite''. 317.357-317.359 [Reserved] 317.360 Nutrient content claims for calorie content. 317.361 Nutrient content claims for the sodium content. 317.362 Nutrient content claims for fat, fatty acids, and cholesterol content. 317.363 Nutrient content claims for ``healthy''. 317.364-317.368 [Reserved] 317.369 Labeling applications for nutrient content claims. 317.370-317.379 [Reserved] 317.380 Label statements relating to usefulness in reducing or maintaining body weight. 317.381-317.399 [Reserved] 317.400 Exemption from nutrition labeling. Authority: 21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53. Source: 35 FR 15580, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted. (a) When, in an official establishment, any inspected and passed product is placed in any receptacle or covering constituting an immediate container, there shall be affixed to such container a label as described in Sec. 317.2 except that the following do not have to bear such a label. (1) Wrappings of dressed carcasses and primal parts in an unprocessed state, bearing the official inspection legend, if such wrappings are intended solely to protect the product against soiling or excessive drying during transportation or storage, and the wrappings bear no information except company brand names, trade marks, or code numbers which do not include any information required by Sec. 317.2; (2) Uncolored transparent coverings, such as cellophane, which bear no written, printed, or graphic matter and which enclose any unpackaged or packaged product bearing all markings required by part 316 of this subchapter which are clearly legible through such coverings; [[Page 162]] (3) Animal and transparent artificial casings bearing only the markings required by part 316 of this subchapter; (4) Stockinettes used as ``operative devices'', such as those applied to cured meats in preparation for smoking, whether or not such stockinettes are removed following completion of the operations for which they were applied; (5) Containers such as boil-in bags, trays of frozen dinners, and pie pans which bear no information except company brand names, trademarks, code numbers, directions for preparation and serving suggestions, and which are enclosed in a consumer size container that bears a label as described in Sec. 317.2; (6) Containers of products passed for cooking or refrigeration and moved from an official establishment under Sec. 311.1 of this subchapter. (b) Folders and similar coverings made of paper or similar materials, whether or not they completely enclose the product and which bear any written, printed, or graphic matter, shall bear all features required on a label for an immediate container. (c) No covering or other container which bears or is to bear a label shall be filled, in whole or in part, except with product which has been inspected and passed in compliance with the regulations in this subchapter, which is not adulterated and which is strictly in accordance with the statements on the label. No such container shall be filled, in whole or in part, and no label shall be affixed thereto, except under supervision of a Program employee.