9 CFR 381.158 - Poultry dinners (frozen) and pies.

Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2025

Title 9 - Animals and Animal Products last revised: Apr 21, 2025

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§ 381.158 - Poultry dinners (frozen) and pies.

Poultry dinners (frozen) and pies shall meet the requirements set forth in Table III of this section and the percentage or weight specified therein shall be calculated on the basis of total ingredients used in the preparation of the poultry product.

Table III

	Minimum cooked deboned poultry meat of kind indicated		Minimum raw deboned poultry meat of kind indicated
	Percent	Weight	Percent	Weight
(Kind) Pies	14	or 1 1/8 oz. per 8-oz. pie ¹	25	or 2 oz. per 8-oz. pie. ¹
(Kind) Dinners	18	or 2 oz. ^{2 3}

¹ 14 percent or 1 1/8 oz., whichever is greater; or 25 percent or 2 oz., whichever is greater.

² Excluding weight of appetizers, desserts, etc.

³ 18 percent or 2 oz., whichever is greater. A minimum of 45 percent, or 5 ounces per dinner, whichever is greater, of cooked poultry including bone and breading may be used in lieu of minimum 18 percent or 2 ounces of cooked deboned poultry meat and the cooked poultry including bone and breading shall not contain more than 30 percent breading.

authority: 7 U.S.C. 138f,1633; 21 U.S.C. 451-472; 7 CFR 2.7, 2.18, 2.53

source: 37 FR 9706, May 16, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 9 CFR 381.158