New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 45A - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OF THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Subchapter 3 - SALE OF MEAT AT RETAIL
Section 13:45A-3.10 - Labeling of certain meat food products

(a) Any meat food product in the form of chopped and shaped steaks, patties, loaves, loaf mixes, and so forth which is uncooked and contains fat, extenders and/or added water, flavorings, batter, breading, and so forth shall display a label clearly and conspicuously exhibiting the product name, qualifying statement, if appropriate, and ingredient statement.

(b) The ingredients in such meat food product shall be listed by their common usual names in the descending order of the amount of each ingredient used in formulating the product together with the percentage of each such ingredient contained therein, for example:

"BEEF PATTY, Beef fat and cereal added"

Ingredients: Beef 77%, Beef Fat added 8%,

Cereal 7%, Added water 6%, Flavoring 1%,

Monosodium Glutamate 1%, total fat not in excess of 30%

or

"BREADED VEAL STEAK, Beef fat added,

chopped and shaped"

Veal 61%, Breading and Batter not in

excess of 30% (Flour, Water, Salt,

Nonfat Dry Milk, Baking Powder, Dry

Eggs, Monosodium Glutamate, Dextrose,

Flavorings,) Beef fat added 8%,

Monosodium Glutamate 1%. Total fat not

in excess of 30%.

(c) Any meat food product to which this Section is applicable shall not contain more than 30 per cent fat and the label for such product shall so indicate.

(d) The amount of batter and breading used as a coating for breaded product shall not exceed 30 per cent of the weight of the finished breaded product and the label for such product shall so indicate.