Code of Federal Regulations (alpha)

CFR /  Title 9  /  Part 381  /  Sec. 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------------------------------------------------------------------------

Minimum cooked Minimum raw deboned

deboned poultry poultry meat of

meat of kind kind indicated

indicated --------------------

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Percent Weight Percent Weight------------------------------------------------------------------------(Kind) Pies................... 14 or 1\1/8\ 25 or 2 oz.

oz. per 8- per 8-oz.

oz. pie pie. \1\

\1\(Kind) Dinners................ 18 or 2 oz.

\2 3\------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ 14 percent or 1\1/8\ oz., whichever is greater; or 25 percent or 2

oz., whichever is greater.\2\ Excluding weight of appetizers, desserts, etc.\3\ 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.