[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: 9CFR319.143]



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                  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. 319.143  Breakfast sausage.



    ``Breakfast sausage'' is sausage prepared with fresh and/or frozen 

meat; or fresh and/or frozen meat and meat byproducts, and may contain 

Mechanically Separated (Species) in accordance with Sec. 319.6, and may 

be seasoned with condimental substances as permitted in 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.



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Binders or extenders may be added as provided in Sec. 319.140 of this 

part.



[55 FR 34683, Aug. 24, 1990, as amended at 66 FR 54916, Oct. 31, 2001]