9 CFR § 381.156 - Poultry meat content standards for certain poultry products.

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title: "9 CFR § 381.156 - Poultry meat content standards for certain poultry products."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "381.156"
section_name: "Poultry meat content standards for certain poultry products."
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: "381"
part_name: "POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION REGULATIONS"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 138f, 1633; 21 U.S.C. 451-472; 7 CFR 2.7, 2.18, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "37 FR 9706, May 16, 1972, unless otherwise noted."
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# 381.156 Poultry meat content standards for certain poultry products.

Poultry products with labeling terminology as set forth in Table I shall comply with the specifications for percent light meat and percent dark meat set forth in said table.

Table I

| Label terminology | Percent light meat | Percent dark meat |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Natural proportions | 50-65 | 50-35. |
| Light or white meat | 100 | 0. |
| Dark meat | 0 | 100. |
| Light and dark meat | 51-65 | 49-35. |
| Dark and light meat | 35-49 | 65-51. |
| Mostly white meat | 66 or more | 34 or less. |
| Mostly dark meat | 34 or less | 66 or more. |

[37 FR 9706, May 16, 1972, as amended at 39 FR 4569, Feb. 5, 1974]