[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 9CFR316.11]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 316_MARKING PRODUCTS AND THEIR CONTAINERS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 316.11  Special markings for certain meat food products.



    (a) Meat food products prepared in casing or link form (whether or 

not thereafter subdivided), other than sausage, which possess the 

characteristics of or resemble sausage, shall bear on each link or piece 

the word ``imitation'' prominently displayed: Provided, That the 

following need not be so marked if they bear on each link or piece the 

name of the product in accordance with Sec. 317.2 of this subchapter: 

Such products as coppa, capocollo, lachschinken, bacon, pork loins, pork 

shoulder butts, and similar cuts of meat which are prepared without 

added substance other than curing materials or condiments; meat rolls, 

bockwurst, and similar products which do not contain cereal or 

vegetables; headcheese, souse, sulze, scrapple, blood pudding, and liver 

pudding; and other products such as loaves, chili con carne, and meat 

and cheese products when prepared with sufficient cheese to give 

definite characteristics to the finished products: And provided further, 

That imitation sausage packed in properly labeled containers having a 

capacity of 3 pounds or less and of a kind usually sold at retail 

intact, need not bear the word ``imitation'' on each link or piece if no 

other marking or labeling is applied directly to the product.

    (b) When cereal, vegetable starch, starchy vegetable flour, soy 

flour, soy protein concentrate, isolated soy protein, dried milk, nonfat 

dry milk, or calcium reduced dried skim milk is added to sausage in 

casing or in link form within the limits prescribed in part 319 of this 

subchapter, the products shall be marked with the name of each added 

ingredient, as for example ``cereal added,'' ``potato flour added,'' 

``cereal and potato flour added,'' ``soy flour added,'' ``isolated soy 

protein added,'' ``nonfat dry milk added,'' ``calcium reduced dried skim 

milk added,'' or ``cereal and nonfat dry milk added,'' as the case may 

be.

    (c)(1) When product is placed in a casing to which artificial 

coloring is thereafter applied, as permitted in part 318 of this 

subchapter, the product shall be legibly and conspicuously marked by 

stamping or printing on the casing the words ``artificially colored.''

    (2) If a casing is removed from product at an official establishment 

and there is evidence of artificial coloring on the surface of the 

product, the product from which the casing has been removed shall be 

marked by stamping directly thereon the words ``artificially colored.''

    (3) The casing containing product need not be marked to show that it 

is colored if it is colored prior to its use as a covering for the 

product, and the coloring is of a kind and so applied as not to be 

transferable to the product and not to be misleading or deceptive in any 

respect.

    (d) When an approved artificial smoke flavoring or an approved smoke 

flavoring is added to the formula of any meat food product as permitted 

in part 318 of this subchapter, the product shall be legibly and 

conspicuously marked with the words ``Artificial Smoke Flavoring Added'' 

or ``Smoke Flavoring Added,'' whichever may be applicable.



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    (e) Subject to the provisions in paragraph (a) of this section, in 

the case of sausage of the smaller varieties, the markings prescribed in 

this section may be limited to links bearing the official inspection 

legend, and such markings shall not be required if the sausages are 

packed in properly labeled containers having a capacity of 3 pounds or 

less and of a kind usually sold at retail intact. Further, all markings 

otherwise required by this section (except those required by paragraph 

(a) of this section) may be omitted from the casings of sausage and 

other meat food products when these products are to be processed in 

sealed metal containers properly labeled in accordance with the 

requirements in part 317 of this subchapter.

    (f) When an approved antioxidant is added to any meat food product 

as permitted in parts 318 and 319 of this subchapter, the products shall 

be legibly and conspicuously marked in an approved manner identifying 

the specific antioxidant used by its common name or approved 

abbreviation and the purpose for which it is added, such as, ``BHA, BHT, 

and Propylgallate added to help protect flavor.''

    (g) Sausage of the dry varieties treated with potassium sorbate or 

propylparaben (propyl p-hy drox y ben zoate) as permitted by part 318 of 

this subchapter shall be marked as prescribed in Sec. 317.8(b)(28) of 

this subchapter).