1 CRR-NY 319.105NY-CRR
STATE COMPILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
TITLE 1. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
CHAPTER VI. FOOD CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER H. INSPECTION OF MEAT, MEAT PRODUCTS AND POULTRY (ARTICLE 5-B AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW)
ARTICLE 1. MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS
PART 319. DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS OF IDENTITY OR COMPOSITION
CURED MEATS, UNSMOKED AND SMOKED
1 CRR-NY 319.105
1 CRR-NY 319.105
319.105 Chopped ham.
(a) “Chopped Ham” is the semisolid meat food product, in the form of a compact mass with a limited amount of cooked out juices, which is prepared with ham, curing agents, seasonings, and any of the optional ingredients listed in subdivision (b) of this section, in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of this subdivision.
(1) Fresh ham, cured ham, or smoked ham, or a mixture of two or more of such meat components may be used. The weight of the cured chopped ham prior to processing shall not exceed the weight of the fresh uncured ham and fresh uncured ham shank meat if any is used, exclusive of the bones and fat removed in the boning operations, plus the weight of the curing ingredients and three percent moisture.
(2) The curing agents that may be used, singly or in combination, are salt, sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite, potassium nitrate, and potassium nitrite. When sodium nitrate, or sodium nitrite, or potassium nitrite is used, singly or in combination, the amount thereof shall not exceed that permitted in section 318.7(c)(4) of this Article.
(3) The seasonings that may be used, singly or in combination, are salt, sugar (sucrose or dextrose), spice and flavoring, including essential oils, oleoresins and other spice extractives.
(b) Chopped ham may contain one or more of the following optional ingredients:
(1) Finely chopped ham shank meat (fresh, cured, or smoked, or a combination thereof) to the extent of not more than 25 percent over that normally present in the boneless ham;
(2) Water, for the purpose of dissolving the curing agents, and not in excess of the amount permitted in paragraph (a)(1) of this section;
(3) Monosodium glutamate;
(4) Hydrolyzed plant protein;
(5) Corn syrup solids, corn syrup and glucose syrup, singly or in combination, in an amount not to exceed two percent (calculated on a dry basis) of all the ingredients used in preparing the chopped ham;
(6) Disodium phosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium pyrophosphate, and sodium acid pyrophosphate, singly or in combination, in an amount not to exceed that permitted in paragraph 318.7(c) (4) of this Article;
(7) Ascorbic acid, sodium ascorbate, isoascorbic acid or sodium isoascorbate in an amount not to exceed that permitted in paragraph 318.7(c)(4) of this Article;
(8) Dehydrated onions or onion powder;
(9) Dehydrated garlic or garlic powder.
1 CRR-NY 319.105
Current through August 31, 2021
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