9 CFR § 381.158 - Poultry dinners (frozen) and pies.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s381.158"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 381.158 - Poultry dinners (frozen) and pies."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "381.158"
section_name: "Poultry dinners (frozen) and pies."
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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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "381"
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# 381.158 Poultry dinners (frozen) and pies.

Poultry dinners (frozen) and pies shall meet the requirements set forth in Table III of this section and the percentage or weight specified therein shall be calculated on the basis of total ingredients used in the preparation of the poultry product.

Table III

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| (Kind) Pies | 14 | or 1⁄ oz. per 8-oz. pie | 25 | or 2 oz. per 8-oz. pie. |
| (Kind) Dinners | 18 | or 2 oz. |  |  |
| 14 percent or 1⁄ oz., whichever is greater; or 25 percent or 2 oz., whichever is greater. |  |  |  |  |
| Excluding weight of appetizers, desserts, etc. |  |  |  |  |
| 18 percent or 2 oz., whichever is greater. A minimum of 45 percent, or 5 ounces per dinner, whichever is greater, of cooked poultry including bone and breading may be used in lieu of minimum 18 percent or 2 ounces of cooked deboned poultry meat and the cooked poultry including bone and breading shall not contain more than 30 percent breading. |  |  |  |  |