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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 319: DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS OF IDENTITY OR COMPOSITION
Subpart R: Meat Salads and Meat Spreads
319.762 - Ham spread, tongue spread, and similar products.
?Ham Spread,? ?Tongue Spread,? and similar products shall contain not less than 50 percent of the meat ingredient named, computed on the weight of the fresh meat. Other meat and fat may be used to give the desired spreading consistency provided it does not detract from the character of the spreads named. Mechanically Separated (Species) may be used in accordance with ? 319.6.
[35 FR 15597, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 43 FR 26425, June 20, 1978; 47 FR 28257, June 29, 1982]
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