Use of Two Kinds of Poultry Without Label Change

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending the poultry products inspection regulations by adding a provision to permit manufacturers of poultry products to interchange the amounts and kinds of poultry, within specified limits, in a product without requiring that each such formulation change have a separate label. The provision applies in situations where two kinds of poultry make up at least 70 percent of the poultry and poultry ingredients used in the product formulation and neither of the two kinds of poultry used constitute less than 30 percent of the poultry and poultry ingredients used. In these situations, one label with the word ``and'' instead of a comma between the names of each of the kinds of poultry in the ingredients statement, and in the product name, indicates to consumers that the order of predominance of the two kinds of poultry may be interchanged. This action is designed to provide consistent provisions for meat and poultry products.