LAC 49:I.974 – Sausage Ingredients, Non-Meat Components [Formerly 49:3.1904]

A. Under appropriate label declaration, sausage may contain not more than 3.5 percent individually or collectively, of cereal, vegetable starch, starchy vegetable flour, dried milk, dried skim milk, soya flour, or any other fillers, extenders or binders approved by the department. For the purpose of facilitating grinding, chopping and mixing, not more than 10 percent of water or ice may be added to the sausage, unless otherwise prohibited by these regulations.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, Title 40, as amended.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Adopted by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Preventive and Public Health Services, September 1968.