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9 CFR 381.156: Poultry meat content standards for certain poultry products.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 9—Animals and Animal Products
- CHAPTER III—FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- SUBCHAPTER A—AGENCY ORGANIZATION AND TERMINOLOGY; MANDATORY MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION AND VOLUNTARY INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION
- PART 381—POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION REGULATIONS
- Subpart P—Definitions and Standards of Identity or Composition
Poultry products with labeling terminology as set forth in Table I shall comply with the specifications for percent light meat and percent dark meat set forth in said table.
Table I
Label terminology Percent light meat Percent dark meat
Natural proportions 50-65 50-35.
Light or white meat 100 0.
Dark meat 0 100.
Light and dark meat 51-65 49-35.
Dark and light meat 35-49 65-51.
Mostly white meat 66 or more 34 or less.
Mostly dark meat 34 or less 66 or more.
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