Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL
Chapter 339 - OFFICIAL GRADES FOR SARDINES IN TOMATO SAUCE PACKED IN 15 OZ. OVAL CANS
Part I - CONDENSED GRADING
Section 001-339-I-1 - Product Definition

"Canned Maine sardines in Tomato Sauce" is the commercially canned product prepared From immature Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus); packed with a suitable quantity and quality of tomato sauce in hermetically sealed containers and so processed by heat as to prevent spoilage. The tomato sauce ingredients shall conform to Federal Specification 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.