9 CFR § 319.304 - Meat stews.

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title: "9 CFR § 319.304 - Meat stews."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "319.304"
section_name: "Meat stews."
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"
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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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# 319.304 Meat stews.

Meat stews such as “Beef Stew” or “Lamb Stew” shall contain not less than 25 percent of meat of the species named on the label, computed on the weight of the fresh meat. 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]