== Edit request from Duckware, 18 September 2010 == 

  

  
 In the US, the USDA in their 'Food Standards and Labeling Policy Book' (http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/larc/Policies/Labeling_Policy_Book_082005.pdf) defines a "nugget" to be "irregularly shaped, usually bite-sized meat and/or poultry products which are usually breaded and deep fat fried and intended to be used as finger foods".  According to the USDA, "nuggets" MAY be formed from chopped or formed meat, but that requires the 'nugget' term to be qualified, as in "Chicken Nugget, Chopped and Formed" or "Breaded Nugget-Shaped Chicken Patties".  So any company selling "nuggets" in the US must conform to this labeling standard.