603-029-1208 Requirements for Substitute Standardized Meat Products Named by use of an Expressed Nutrient Content Claim and a Standardized Term (1) Description. The meat products prescribed by this general definition and standard of identity are those products that substitute, in accordance with OAR 603-029-1038(4), for a standardized product defined in OAR 603-029-1200 to 603-029-1299 and use the name of that standardized product in their statements of identity, but that do not comply with the established standard because of a compositional deviation that results from reduction of a constituent that is described by an expressed nutrient content claim that has been defined by rule in OAR 603-029-1026 to 603-029-1060. The expressed nutrient content claim shall comply with the requirements of OAR 603-029-1038 and with the requirements of OAR 603-029-1026 to 603-029-1060 which define the particular nutrient content claim that is used. The meat product shall comply with the relevant standard in OAR 603-029-1200 to 603-029-1299 in all other respects, except as provided in sections (2) and (3) of this rule. (2) Performance characteristics. The performance characteristics, such as physical properties, functional properties, and shelf-life, of the meat product shall be similar to those of the standardized meat product produced under OAR 603-029-1200 to 603-029-1299. If there is a significant difference in a performance characteristic that materially limits the use of the product compared to the use of the standardized product defined in OAR 603-029-1200 to 603-029-1299, the label shall include a statement in accordance with OAR 603-029-1038(4)(a) and (b) that informs the consumer of such differences (e.g., if appropriate, “not recommended for frozen storage” or “not suitable for roller grilling”). Deviations from the ingredient provisions of the standard must be the minimum necessary to qualify for the nutrient content claim, while maintaining similar performance characteristics. (3) Ingredients used in substitute products. (a) Ingredients used in the product shall be those ingredients provided for in the standard as defined in OAR 603-029-1200 to 603-029-1299, except that safe and suitable ingredients permitted for use in meat products as provided in a rule permitting that use in this Division 29, or in 21 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter A or Subchapter B, may be used at the minimum level necessary to improve texture and prevent syneresis, so that the substitute product is not inferior in performance characteristics from the standardized product defined in OAR 603-029-1200 to 603-029-1299 for which it is a substitute. (b) An ingredient that is specifically required by the standard prescribed in OAR 603-029-1200 to 603-029-1299 shall not be replaced or exchanged with a similar ingredient from another source, for example, turnip chunks shall not replace potatoes in corned beef hash. (c) An ingredient that is specifically prohibited from use in any meat product by OAR 603-029-1200 to 603-029-1299 shall not be added to the substitute meat product under this rule. (d) Unless otherwise specified in OAR 603-029-1200 to 603-029-1299, a substitute meat product must meet all other requirements of the applicable standards of identity or composition. (e) Water and fat-replacers (e.g., binders), in combination, may be added to replace fat in accordance with section (3) of this rule. (f) Textured vegetable protein may be used by itself or in combination with other binders and water as a fat replacer in accordance with section (3) of this rule. (4) Nomenclature. The name of a substitute meat product that complies with all sections of this rule is the appropriate expressed nutrient content claim and the applicable standardized term. (5) Label declaration. (a) Each of the ingredients used in the substitute meat product shall be declared on the label as required by this rule and OAR 603-029-1026 to 603-029-1060. (b) Ingredients not provided for, and ingredients used in excess of those levels provided for, by the standard as defined in OAR 603-029-1200 to 603-029-1299, shall be identified as such with an asterisk in the ingredients statement. The statement “*Ingredients not in regular ____” (the blank shall be filled in with the name of the traditional standardized product) or “**Ingredients in excess of amounts permitted in regular ____” (the blank shall be filled in with the name of the traditional standardized product), or both, as appropriate, shall immediately follow the ingredients statement in the same type and size. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 603.085, ORS 619.042 & ORS 619.046 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 619.042, ORS 619.046, ORS 619.026 & ORS 619.036 History: DOA 19-2022, adopt filed 07/27/2022, effective 07/28/2022