Hog Scald Agents / Miscellaneous
Disodium phosphate
Parameters
- Chart entries
- 2
- Purposes
- To remove hair; To decrease the amount of cooked out juices
- Curing agent
- no
9 CFR 424.21, chart at paragraph (c). eCFR as in force on 2026-01-01, retrieved 2026-09-04.
Permitted uses and amounts
| Class | Purpose | Products | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Scald Agents | To remove hair | Hog carcasses | Sufficient for purpose. |
| Miscellaneous | To decrease the amount of cooked out juices | Meat food products except where otherwise prohibited by the meat inspection regulations and poultry food products except where otherwise prohibited by the poultry products inspection regulations. | For meat food products, 5 percent of phosphate in pickle at 10 percent pump level; 0.5 percent of phosphate in meat food product (only clear solution may be injected into meat food product). For poultry food products, 0.5 percent of total product. |
Source: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR), Title 9, 9 CFR 424.21. Parsed from eCFR XML as in force on 2026-01-01, retrieved 2026-09-04. Read the section