Exemption from definition of “poultry product” of certain human food products containing poultry.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 9

The following articles contain poultry ingredients only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the poultry food industry. Therefore said articles are exempted from the definition of “poultry product” and the requirements of the Act and the regulations applicable to poultry products, if they comply with the conditions specified in this section. (a) Any human food product (in a consumer package) not provided for in paragraph (c) of this section, if: (1) It contains less than 2 percent cooked poultry meat (deboned white or dark poultry meat, or both) and/or “Mechanically Separated (Kind of Poultry)” as defined in § 381.173; (2) It contains less than 10 percent of cooked poultry skins, giblets, or fat, separately, and less than 10 percent of cooked poultry skins, giblets, fat, and meat (as meat is limited in paragraph (a)(1) of this section) or “Mechanically Separated (Kind of Poultry)” as defined in § 381.173, in any combination; (3) The poultry ingredients used in the product were prepared under inspection as defined in § 381.1, or were inspected under a foreign inspection system approved under § 381.196(b) and imported in compliance with the Act and the regulations; (4) The immediate container of the product bears a label which shows the name of the product in accordance with this section; and (5) The product is not represented as a poultry product. The aforesaid percentages of ingredients shall be computed on the

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 9:§ 381.15