9 CFR § 319.143 - Breakfast sausage.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s319.143"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 319.143 - Breakfast sausage."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "319.143"
section_name: "Breakfast sausage."
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: "319"
part_name: "DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS OF IDENTITY OR COMPOSITION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1633, 1901-1906; 21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 15597, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "319"
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# 319.143 Breakfast sausage.

“Breakfast sausage” is sausage prepared with fresh and/or frozen meat; or fresh and/or frozen meat and meat byproducts, and may contain Mechanically Separated (Species) in accordance with § 319.6, and may be seasoned with condimental substances as permitted in part 318 of this subchapter. The finished product shall not contain more than 50 percent fat. To facilitate chopping or mixing, water or ice may be used in an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total ingredients used. Binders or extenders may be added as provided in § 319.140 of this part.

[55 FR 34683, Aug. 24, 1990, as amended at 66 FR 54916, Oct. 31, 2001]