Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 49 - PUBLIC HEALTH-FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS
Part I - Regulations
Chapter 9 - Meat and Meat Products Regulations
Section I-915 - Sausage, Artificial Coloring [Formerly 49:3.0401]

1. that if the casing is removed from the meat product coloring on the surface of the meat product, the article from which the casing has been removed shall be marked by stamping directly thereon, or by securely affixing thereto, the printed words " artificially covering, the coloring shall be of a kind and shall be so applied as colored;"

2. that when the casing is colored prior to its use as a covering, the coloring shall be of a kind and shall be applied as not to be transferable to the meat food product enclosed therein, and the casing shall be marked with the words, prominently displayed "casing colored;"

3. that sausage of smaller varieties, such as frankfurters, when sold in labeled bulk containers, shall bear the words "artificially colored" at least once on each 1 1/2 pounds of product;

4. that when such meat product is distributed in an immediate or true container of a type and size customarily sold intact at retail the declaration of coloring on the label of the container shall be sufficient.