Poultry dishes and specialty items listed in Table IV of this paragraph shall meet the requirements set forth in said table, irrespective of the type of packaging, and the percentages in Table IV shall be calculated on a ready-to-serve basis, except that soup bases in institutional packs which are prepared for sale to institutional users shall have a minimum of 15 percent cooked deboned poultry meat based on the weight of the soup base product.

Table IV

Open Table
Product name1 Minimum percent cooked deboned poultry meat of kind indicated Minimum percent cooked poultry of kind indicated, indicating bone
(Kind) Ravioli 2
(Kind) Soup 2
Chop Suey with (Kind) 2
(Kind) Chop Suey 4
(Kind) Chow Mein without noodles 4
(Kind) Tamales 6
Noodles or Dumplings with (Kind)2 6
(Kind) Stew 12
(Kind) Fricassee of Wings 40
(Kind) Noodles or Dumplings2 15 30
(Kind) with Vegetables 15
Gravy with sliced (Kind) 15
(Kind) Tetrazzini 15
(Kind) chili with beans 17
Creamed (Kind) 20
(Kind) Cacciatore 20 40
(Kind) Fricassee 20 40
(Kind) A-La-King 20
(Kind) croquettes 25
Slice (Kind) with Gravy and Dressing 25
(Kind) Salad3 25
(Kind) chili 28
(Kind) Hash 30
Sliced (Kind) with Gravy 35
Minced (Kind) Barbecue 40

1The product name may contain other appropriate descriptive terms such as “noodle”; e.g., “Chicken Noodle Soup.”

2This standard also applies to products named (Kind) with rice or similar starches.

3The 25 percent-standard listed includes poultry meat plus proportions of skin and fat natural to the poultry used.

[37 FR 9706, May 16, 1972, as amended at 39 FR 4569, Feb. 5, 1974]


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