[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR319.1]

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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. 319.1  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]