9 CFR § 319.703 - Rendered animal fat or mixture thereof.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s319.703"
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title: "9 CFR § 319.703 - Rendered animal fat or mixture thereof."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "319.703"
section_name: "Rendered animal fat or mixture thereof."
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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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 319.703 Rendered animal fat or mixture thereof.

“Rendered Animal Fat,” or any mixture of fats containing edible rendered animal fat, shall contain no added water, except that “Puff Pastry Shortening” may contain not more than 10 percent of water.

[35 FR 15597, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 43 FR 25420, June 13, 1978]