Rolnictwo i żywność · 6.12.1994

Meat Produced by Advanced Meat/Bone Separation Machinery and Meat Recovery Systems

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending the Federal meat inspection regulations by amending the definition of ``meat'' to include as ``meat,'' product resulting from advanced meat/ bone separation machinery and recovery systems that do not crush, grind, or pulverize bones to remove attached skeletal tissue from the bones of livestock carcasses and parts of carcasses. This final rule also establishes the criteria, including that for calcium content, for meat from advanced meat/bone separation machinery and meat recovery systems to assure consistency with the characteristics and composition of meat, and establishes compliance procedures and recordkeeping requirements for the calcium content criteria. This action is being taken to update the definition of ``meat'' to acknowledge and include as ``meat,'' product derived from the advances made in the modification of traditional mechanical means of separating meat from the bones of livestock and the development of advanced recovery systems that do not involve grinding, crushing, or pulverizing bones to remove the adhering skeletal tissue.