Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL
Chapter 333 - OFFICIAL GRADES FOR SARDINES PACKED IN LOUISIANA HOT SAUCE IN 1/14 SIZE CANS (128.5 ML. WATER CAPACITY). PART I (CONDENSED GRADING) - PART II (DETAILED GRADING)
Part I - CONDENSED GRADING
Section 001-333-I-1 - Product Definition

"Canned Maine Sardines in Louisiana Hot Sauce" is the commercially canned product prepared from immature Atlantic Herring (Clupea harengus); packed with a suitable quantity and quality of Louisiana Hot Sauce in hermetically sealed containers and so processed by heat as to prevent spoilage. The Louisiana Hot Sauce ingredients shall conform to Federal Specifications of purity and be free from adulteration. Immature herring means herring of which less than fifty percent (50%) have well developed gonads and may or may not have spawned.