[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: 9CFR319.1]



[Page 305-306]

 

                  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 A_General

 

Sec. 319.1  Labeling and preparation of standardized products.





    (a) Labels for products for which standards of identity or 

composition are prescribed in this part shall show the appropriate 

product name, an ingredient statement, and other label information in 

accordance with the special provisions, if any, in this part, and 

otherwise in accordance with the general labeling provisions in part 317 

of this subchapter, and such products shall be prepared in accordance 

with the special provisions, if any, in this part and otherwise in 

accordance with the general provisions in this subchapter. Any product 

for which there is a common or usual name must consist of ingredients 

and be prepared by the use of procedures common or usual to such 

products insofar as specific ingredients or procedures are not 

prescribed or prohibited by the provisions of this subchapter.



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    (b) Any binder or antimicrobial agent that has been found to be safe 

and suitable by the Food and Drug Administration and the Food Safety and 

Inspection Service may be used in the production of meat products with 

standards of identity in this part, where the product standards and 

applicable Federal regulations already permit the use of these types of 

ingredients.



[35 FR 15597, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 68 FR 22578, Apr. 29, 2003]