Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 105 - Agriculture Department
Chapter 1545 - MEAT, FISH, AND POULTRY INDUSTRY
MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS
Part 1545.0200 - USE OF TENDERIZING SOLUTIONS

Universal Citation: MN Rules 1545.0200
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024

Meat tenderizing solutions consisting of water, salt, monosodium glutamate, papain, or other ingredients approved by the commissioner of agriculture may be applied or injected into primal cuts or consumer cuts of beef provided all treated beef cuts shall be branded, stamped, or labeled with a term specifying the specific tenderizing solution applied such as "dipped in a solution of papain" or "treated with a solution of papain and bromelin" in addition to all other required labeling during all stages of processing, storage, transportation, and sale. Treatment of the product shall not result in a gain in weight of more than three percent above the weight of the untreated product.

Statutory Authority: MS s 31.10; 31.101; 31.11

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