2ft—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. October 24,1970
Meat Additive Control Considered
The US Dopm(merit of Agri
(Dilute hits announced that it
4* considering changes in its
meat and poultiy inspection
temulations to contiol the addi
tion of water and oil base solu
tions into meal and poultiy pro
ducts
Officials of USDA’s Consum
er and Maikctmg Scivicc said
this was not a foimal icgulatory
ptoposal but uithei an invita
tion to interested poisons to
comment on the scope of any
foimal pioposal winch may be
issued
A tjpical meal pioduct ticat
ed with a solution. C&MS said,
is beef that is paitially cook
ed in a piocessing plant and
cooked fuither to complete its
picpaiation in a "fast food”
outlet such as a sandwich shop
The solutions aie added to help
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Purina Pig Startena is fed from the time pigs
have been started on Purina Baby Pig Chow
at one week until pigs weigh about 50 pounds.
If scours is a problem feed extra highly-fortified
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John J. Hess, 11, Inc. James High & Sons
Ph 442 46?2 Ph 354-0301
Paradise Goidonville
Ira. B. Landis
Ph 394-7912
1912 Cieek Hill Rd , Lane
West Willow
Formers Assn., Inc.
Ph 464-3431
West Willow
retain normal color, to distri
bute seasonings throughout the
meat, and improve tenderness
The solutions usually consist of
water mixed with approved ma
tennis and phosphates and
sometimes contain animal and
vegetable fats, alone or in com
bination.
In poultiy products, C&MS
said, the solutions arc added to
inhibit the development of
muscle diyness duiing cooking
and to facilitate wider disper
sion of flavoring agents Typical
poultry products are "self bast
ing” law turkejs injected with
solutions of vaiying composi
tions.
Federal meat and poultiy in
spection laws piohibit the pre
paration of “adulterated” pio
ducts, and state that a product
will be considered adulterated
John B. Kurtz
Ph 354-9251
E. D 3, Ephrata
Wenger's Feed Mill
Inc.
Ph 367 1195
Rheems
"If any substance has been add
ed thereto or mixed or packed
therewith so os to incioase its
bulk or weight or reduce its
quality or strength, or make it
appear belter or of greater
value than it is ”
Meat and poultry products
can become adulterated by the
addition of water. C&MS must
therefore have information on
the amount of water, if any,
necessary in these solutions in
order to achieve the desired re
sults in these products. Any
comments on this subject
should include substantive data
and infoimation to show that
water is necessaiy to prepare
the pioducts and the amount
requiied for the given purpose,
officials said.
C&MS said any proposed reg
ulation would specify
ATTENTION!
FALL FEEDER SCHEDULE
Lancaster Union Stock Yards
Sales Pavilion
All Soles Friday at 1:00 P.M.
November 6 and 20
Valuable Door Prizes to be given away at each sole
Sponsored by:
THE LANCASTER LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE
AND UNION STOCK YARD CO.
250 HEAD
SHOW
&
SALE
New Holland Sales Stables, Inc
DAIRY
COW
A small sample of those offered for sale from these popular sires:
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Thorndale Texal Supreme, Tarhill Ford Citation, Rockdale President, Arthur
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1 The products into which
liquids can be injected, mixed,
or otherwise added
2. Liquids that may be added.
3 The maximum percentage
of liquid that may be added.
4 General plant operating
procedures that must be met
with the requirement that the
specific processing methods be
submitted for approval along
with the application for label
approval.
5. Handling practices to be
used during distribution in
commerce to insure proper
identification of the products
when delivered to the con
sumer.
Register on October 8. AU com-
Meanwhile, C&MS is giving ments will be available for
temporary approval to pioductsP u^llc review in the Hearing
meeting the following require Clerk’s office.
ANNUAL
New Holland, Pa.
Wednesday, October 28th,
Show 10:00 A. M. Sale 12:00 Noon
Show Cows at 1:00 P. M.
Dr. John L. McKitrick, Judge
merits, labels must bear a
prominent, legible and descrip
tive name; the product name
must include a bold statement
declaring the amount of solu
tion added and the common or
usual name of each of its ingre
dients in the order of predomi
nance. Solutions approved thus
far range from 2 to 10 per cent
of the weight of the meat pro
duct and 3 to 6 per cent of the
weight of the poultry product.
Two copies of any comment
should be sent to the Hearing
Clerk, U. S. Department of Ag
riculture, Washington, D. C.
20250 before November 9, 30
days after publication of this
announcement in the Federal
250 HEAD
1970
Abe Diffenbach, Manager
Phone 717-354-2194