[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: 9CFR319.143]

[Page 314-315]
 
                  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]