9 CFR § 319.761 - Potted meat food product and deviled meat food product.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s319.761"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 319.761 - Potted meat food product and deviled meat food product."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "319.761"
section_name: "Potted meat food product and deviled meat food product."
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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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# 319.761 Potted meat food product and deviled meat food product.

“Potted Meat Food Product” and “Deviled Meat Food Product” shall not contain cereal, vegetable flour, nonfat dry milk, or similar substances. The amount of water added to potted meat food product and deviled meat food product shall be limited to that necessary to replace moisture lost during processing.