A. When meat food products are placed in casings to which artificial coloring is applied under §972, the articles shall be legibly and conspicuously marked by stamping or printing on the casings, or securely affixing to the articles, the printed words "artificially colored;" provided:
- 1. that if the casing is removed from the meat product coloring on the surface of the meat product, the article from which the casing has been removed shall be marked by stamping directly thereon, or by securely affixing thereto, the printed words "artificially covering, the coloring shall be of a kind and shall be so applied as colored;"
- 2. that when the casing is colored prior to its use as a covering, the coloring shall be of a kind and shall be applied as not to be transferable to the meat food product enclosed therein, and the casing shall be marked with the words, prominently displayed "casing colored;"
- 3. that sausage of smaller varieties, such as frankfurters, when sold in labeled bulk containers, shall bear the words "artificially colored" at least once on each 1 1/2 pounds of product;
- 4. that when such meat product is distributed in an immediate or true container of a type and size customarily sold intact at retail the declaration of coloring on the label of the container shall be sufficient.
Authority Note
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, Title 40, as amended.
Historical Note
HISTORICAL NOTE: Adopted by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Preventive and Public Health Services, September 1968.