CFR > Title 9 - Animals and Animal Products > CHAPTER III—FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE > SUBCHAPTER A—AGENCY ORGANIZATION AND TERMINOLOGY; MANDATORY MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION AND VOLUNTARY INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION (parts 300 to 381) > PART 381—POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION REGULATIONS > SUBPART P—Definitions and Standards of Identity or Composition (§381.155 to §381.174) > 381.156—Poultry meat content standards for certain poultry products.

381.156—Poultry meat content standards for certain poultry products.

Poultry products with labeling terminology as set forth in Table I shall comply with the specifications for percent light meat and percent dark meat set forth in said table.

Table I

Label terminology	Percent light meat	Percent dark meat
Natural proportions	50-65	50-35.
Light or white meat	100	0.
Dark meat	0	100.
Light and dark meat	51-65	49-35.
Dark and light meat	35-49	65-51.
Mostly white meat	66 or more	34 or less.
Mostly dark meat	34 or less	66 or more.

Code of Federal Regulations

[37 FR 9706, May 16, 1972, as amended at 39 FR 4569, Feb. 5, 1974]