Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 29 - STATE MEAT INSPECTION PROGRAM › Section 603-029-1204 - Mechanically Separated (Species)

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Mechanically Separated (Species) is any finely comminuted product resulting
			 from the mechanical separation and removal of most of the bone from attached
			 skeletal muscle of meat animal carcasses and parts of carcasses and meeting the
			 other provisions of this section. Examples of such product are "Mechanically
			 Separated Beef", "Mechanically Separated Veal", "Mechanically Separated Pork",
			 and "Mechanically Separated Lamb". At least 98 percent of the bone particles
			 present in such product shall have a maximum size no greater than 0.5
			 millimeter in their greatest dimension and there shall be no bone particles
			 larger than 0.85 millimeter in their greatest dimension. The product resulting
			 from the separating process shall not have a calcium content exceeding 0.75
			 percent, as a measure of a bone solids content of not more than 3 percent, and
			 shall have a minimum PER of 2.5 (except as modified in section (5)(a) of this
			 rule). Such product also shall have a protein content of not less than 14
			 percent and a fat content of not more than 30 percent, or it shall be deemed to
			 be product for processing. Such product failing to meet the bone particle size,
			 calcium, or PER requirements of this section shall only be used in producing
			 animal fats. Where such product meets the bone particle size, calcium, and PER
			 requirements of this section, it may also be used in the formulation of meat
			 products in accordance with OAR 603-029-1206.
(2) Mechanically Separated (Beef) is inedible
			 and prohibited for use as human food.
(3)
(a) An
			 essential amino acid content of at least 33 percent of the total amino acids
			 presents in "Mechanically Separated (Species)" shall be accepted as evidence of
			 compliance with the protein quality requirement set forth in section (1) of
			 this rule. For purposes of this section, essential amino acid content includes
			 isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, and valine
			 content, and the total amino acids present include isoleucine, leucine, lysine,
			 methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, valine, tyrosine, arginine, histidine,
			 alanine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, proline, serine, and
			 hydroxyproline content.
(b)
			 Analytical methods used by establishments in verifying the fat, protein, and
			 calcium content of product consisting of or containing Mechanically Separated
			 (Species) shall be among those listed in "Official Methods of Analysis of the
			 Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC)," 16th edition, 1995,
			 §§960.39, 976.21, 928.08 (Chapter 39), and 940.33 (Chapter 45), which
			 is incorporated by reference, or, if no AOAC method is available, in the
			 "Chemistry Laboratory Guidebook," U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington,
			 D.C., March 1986 edition, sections 6.011-6.013, Revised June 1987 (pages 6-35
			 through 6-65), or by appropriate methods validated by scientific bodies in
			 collaborative trials. The "Official Methods of Analysis of the Association of
			 Official Analytical Chemists," Chapter 39 and Chapter 45, subsection 45.2.06
			 (AOAC Official Method 940.33), 16th edition, 1995, are incorporated by
			 reference with the approval of the Department.