9 CFR § 317.300 - Nutrition labeling of meat and meat food products.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s317.300"
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title: "9 CFR § 317.300 - Nutrition labeling of meat and meat food products."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "317.300"
section_name: "Nutrition labeling of meat and meat food products."
chapter_name: "FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "AGENCY ORGANIZATION AND TERMINOLOGY; MANDATORY MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION AND VOLUNTARY INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION"
part_number: "317"
part_name: "LABELING, MARKING DEVICES, AND CONTAINERS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 15580, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
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# 317.300 Nutrition labeling of meat and meat food products.

(a) Nutrition labeling must be provided for all meat and meat food products intended for human consumption and offered for sale, except single-ingredient, raw meat products that are not ground or chopped meat products described in § 317.301 and are not major cuts of single-ingredient, raw meat products identified in § 317.344, unless the product is exempted under § 317.400 . Nutrition labeling must be provided for the major cuts of single-ingredient, raw meat products identified in § 317.344, either in accordance with the provisions of § 317.309 for nutrition labels, or in accordance with the provisions of § 317.345 for point-of-purchase materials, except as exempted under § 317.400. For all other products for which nutrition labeling is required, including ground or chopped meat products described in § 317.301, nutrition labeling must be provided in accordance with the provisions of § 317.309, except as exempted under § 317.400.

(b) Nutrition labeling may be provided for single-ingredient, raw meat products that are not ground or chopped meat products described in § 317.301 and that are not major cuts of single-ingredient, raw meat products identified in § 317.344, either in accordance with the provisions of § 317.309 for nutrition labels, or in accordance with the provisions of § 317.345 for point-of-purchase materials.

[75 FR 82164, Dec. 29, 2010]