# Use of Binders in ``Ham With Natural Juices'' Products
> **Food Safety and Inspection Service** · Final rule. · Published 1998-01-05 · Effective 1998-03-06 · 63 FR 147
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-064
- **Category:** meat-poultry
- **Sub-agency:** Food Safety and Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 147
- **CFR reference:** 9 CFR 319
- **Publication date:** 1998-01-05
- **Effective date:** 1998-03-06
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. 96-040F
## Abstract

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending the Federal meat inspection regulations to permit the use of binders in ``Ham with Natural Juices'' products. FSIS currently permits the use of certain binders in cured pork products labeled ``Ham Water Added'' and ``Ham and Water Product-X% of Weight is Added Ingredients.'' FSIS is taking this action in response to a petition submitted by Hormel Foods Corporation, requesting the Agency to allow modified food starch (or ``food starch, modified'') to be used as a binder in ``Ham with Natural Juices'' products, in an amount not exceeding 2 percent of product formulation, to prevent purging of the brine solution, thereby retaining product moisture and enhancing texture.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/01/05/98-064/use-of-binders-in-ham-with-natural-juices-products)
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