7 CFR § 98.4 - Analytical methods.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s98.4"
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title: "7 CFR § 98.4 - Analytical methods."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "98.4"
section_name: "Analytical methods."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "COMMODITY LABORATORY TESTING PROGRAMS"
part_number: "98"
part_name: "MEALS, READY-TO-EAT (MREs), MEATS, AND MEAT PRODUCTS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1622, 1624."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 42445, Aug. 9, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "98"
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# 98.4 Analytical methods.
(a) The majority of analytical methods used by the USDA laboratories to perform analyses of meat, meat food products and MREs are listed as follows:
(1) Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL, Suite 500, 481 North Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20877-2417.
(2) U.S. Army Individual Protection Directorate's Military Specifications, approved analytical test methods noted therein, U.S. Army Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5017.
(b) Additional analytical methods for these foods will be used, from time to time, as approved by the Director.
[58 FR 42445, Aug. 9, 1993, as amended at 61 FR 51353, Oct. 2, 1996]