9 CFR § 319.313 - Beef with gravy and gravy with beef.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s319.313"
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title: "9 CFR § 319.313 - Beef with gravy and gravy with beef."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "319.313"
section_name: "Beef with gravy and gravy with beef."
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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 319.313 Beef with gravy and gravy with beef.

“Beef with Gravy” and “Gravy with Beef” shall not be made with beef which, in the aggregate for each lot contains more than 30 percent trimmable fat, that is, fat which can be removed by thorough, practicable trimming and sorting.