Poultry meat content standards for certain poultry products.

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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.

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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]


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