[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: 9CFR319.2]



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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 A_General

 

Sec. 319.2  Products and nitrates and nitrites.



    Any product, such as frankfurters and corned beef, for which there 

is a standard in this part and to which nitrate or nitrite is permitted 

or required to be added, may be prepared without nitrate or nitrite and 

labeled with such standard name when immediately preceded with the term 

``Uncured'' in the same size and style of lettering as the rest of such 

standard name: Provided, That the product is found by the Administrator 

to be similar in size, flavor, consistency, and general appearance to 

such product as commonly prepared with nitrate and nitrite: And provided 

further, That labeling for such product complies with the provisions of 

Sec. 317.17(c) of this subchapter.



[44 FR 48961, Aug. 21, 1979]