---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 319.143"
title: "9"
number: "319.143"
heading: "Breakfast sausage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/319.143"
---

# §319.143. Breakfast sausage.


“Breakfast sausage” is sausage prepared with fresh and/or frozen meat; or fresh and/or frozen meat and meat byproducts, and may contain Mechanically Separated (Species) in accordance with [§ 319.6](/cfr/9/319.6.md), and may be seasoned with condimental substances as permitted in [part 318](/cfr/9/part318.md) of this subchapter. The finished product shall not contain more than 50 percent fat. To facilitate chopping or mixing, water or ice may be used in an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total ingredients used. Binders or extenders may be added as provided in [§ 319.140](/cfr/9/319.140.md) of this part.


## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 34683, Aug. 24, 1990, as amended at 66 FR 54916, Oct. 31, 2001]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 1901-1906; 21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 15597, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 34683, Aug. 24, 1990, as amended at 66 FR 54916, Oct. 31, 2001]