[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2007]

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

[CITE: 9CFR316.10]



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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. 316.10  Marking of meat food products with official inspection legend and ingredient statement.



    (a) Inspected and passed sausages and other products in casings or 

in link form, of the ordinary ``ring'' variety or larger shall be marked 

with the official inspection legend and list of ingredients in 

accordance with part 317 of this subchapter. The official marks required 

by this section shall be branded near each end of the sausage or similar 

product prepared in casings when the product is of a size larger than 

that customarily sold at retail intact.

    (b) Inspected and passed sausage and other products, in casings or 

in link form, of the smaller varieties, shall bear one or more official 

inspection legends and one or more lists of ingredients in accordance 

with part 317 of this subchapter on each kilogram (2.205 lbs.) of 

product, except where such products leave the official establishment 

completely enclosed in properly labeled immediate containers having a



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capacity of 5 kilograms (11.025 lbs.) or less and containing a single 

kind of product: Provided, That such products in properly labeled closed 

containers exceeding 5 kilograms (11.025 lbs.) capacity, when shipped to 

another official establishment for further processing or to a 

governmental agency, need only have the official inspection legend and 

list of ingredients shown twice throughout the contents of the 

container. When such products are shipped to another official 

establishment for further processing, the inspector in charge at the 

point of origin shall identify the shipment to the inspector in charge 

at destination by means of Form MP 408-1.

    (c) The list of ingredients may be applied by stamping, printing, 

using paper bands, tags, or tissue strips, or other means approved by 

the Administrator in specific cases.

    (d) All cured products shall be marked with the list of ingredients 

in accordance with part 317 of this subchapter.



[35 FR 15577, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 37 FR 16863, Aug. 22, 1972; 38 

FR 4385, Feb. 14, 1973; 39 FR 36000, Oct. 7, 1974; 44 FR 67088, Nov. 23, 

1979]