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§ 381.167 - Other poultry dishes and specialty items.

Poultry dishes and specialty items listed in Table IV of this paragraph shall meet the requirements set forth in said table, irrespective of the type of packaging, and the percentages in Table IV shall be calculated on a ready-to-serve basis, except that soup bases in institutional packs which are prepared for sale to institutional users shall have a minimum of 15 percent cooked deboned poultry meat based on the weight of the soup base product.

Table IV

Product name 1Minimum percent cooked deboned poultry meat of kind indicated Minimum percent cooked poultry of kind indicated, indicating bone (Kind) Ravioli2 (Kind) Soup2 Chop Suey with (Kind)2 (Kind) Chop Suey4 (Kind) Chow Mein without noodles4 (Kind) Tamales6 Noodles or Dumplings with (Kind) 26 (Kind) Stew12 (Kind) Fricassee of Wings40 (Kind) Noodles or Dumplings 21530 (Kind) with Vegetables15 Gravy with sliced (Kind)15 (Kind) Tetrazzini15 (Kind) chili with beans17 Creamed (Kind)20 (Kind) Cacciatore2040 (Kind) Fricassee2040 (Kind) A-La-King20 (Kind) croquettes25 Slice (Kind) with Gravy and Dressing25 (Kind) Salad 325 (Kind) chili28 (Kind) Hash30 Sliced (Kind) with Gravy35 Minced (Kind) Barbecue40

1 The product name may contain other appropriate descriptive terms such as “noodle”; e.g., “Chicken Noodle Soup.”

2 This standard also applies to products named (Kind) with rice or similar starches.

3 The 25 percent-standard listed includes poultry meat plus proportions of skin and fat natural to the poultry used.

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