[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: 9CFR319.305]



[Page 319]

 

                  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 M_Canned, Frozen, or Dehydrated Meat Food Products

 

Sec. 319.305  Tamales.



    ``Tamales'' shall be prepared with at least 25 percent meat computed 

on the weight of the uncooked fresh meat in relation to all ingredients 

of the tamales. When tamales are packed in sauce or gravy, the name of 

the product shall include a prominent reference to the sauce or gravy; 

for example, ``Tamales With Sauce'' or ``Tamales With Gravy.'' Product 

labeled ``Tamales With Sauce'' or ``Tamales With Gravy'' shall contain 

not less than 20 percent meat, computed on the weight of the uncooked 

fresh meat in relation to the total ingredients making up the tamales 

and sauce or the tamales and gravy. Mechanically Separated (Species) may 

be used in accordance with Sec. 319.6.



[35 FR 15597, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 43 FR 26425, June 20, 1978; 47 

FR 28257, 28258, June 29, 1982]