9 CFR part 319
Standards of identity
57 sections that define what a name means in the United States. A standard of identity is a compositional guarantee: if the label says corned beef, the product has to meet the section. Where no standard exists, the name guarantees nothing.
- Labeling and preparation of standardized products.
- Products and nitrates and nitrites.
- Mechanically Separated (Species).
- Limitations with respect to use of Mechanically Separated (Species).
- Requirements for substitute standardized meat food products named by use of an expressed nutrient content claim and a standardized term.
- Miscellaneous beef products.
- Miscellaneous pork products.
- Barbecued meats.
- Roast beef parboiled and steam roasted.
- Corned beef.
- Corned beef brisket.
- Corned beef round and other corned beef cuts.
- Cured beef tongue.
- Cured pork products.
- “Ham patties,” “Chopped ham,” “Pressed ham,” “Spiced ham,” and similar products.
- “Country Ham,” “Country Style Ham,” “Dry Cured Ham,” “Country Pork Shoulder,” “Country Style Pork Shoulder,” and “Dry Cured Pork Shoulder.”
- Bacon.
- Sausage.
- Fresh pork sausage.
- Fresh beef sausage.
- Breakfast sausage.
- Whole hog sausage.
- Italian sausage products.
- Smoked pork sausage.
- Frankfurter, frank, furter, hotdog, weiner, vienna, bologna, garlic bologna, knockwurst, and similar products.
- Cheesefurters and similar products.
- Braunschweiger and liver sausage or liverwurst.
- Luncheon meat.
- Meat loaf.
- Scrapple.
- Bockwurst.
- Chili con carne.
- Chili con carne with beans.
- Hash.
- Corned beef hash.
- Meat stews.
- Tamales.
- Spaghetti with meatballs and sauce, spaghetti with meat and sauce, and similar products.
- Spaghetti sauce with meat.
- Tripe with milk.
- Beans with frankfurters in sauce, sauerkraut with wieners and juice, and similar products.
- Lima beans with ham in sauce, beans with ham in sauce, beans with bacon in sauce, and similar products.
- Chow mein vegetables with meat, and chop suey vegetables with meat.
- Pork with barbecue sauce and beef with barbecue sauce.
- Beef with gravy and gravy with beef.
- Meat pies.
- Margarine or oleomargarine. 1
- Mixed fat shortening.
- Lard, leaf lard.
- Rendered animal fat or mixture thereof.
- Meat extract.
- Fluid extract of meat.
- Deviled ham, deviled tongue, and similar products.
- Potted meat food product and deviled meat food product.
- Ham spread, tongue spread, and similar products.
- Breaded products.
- Liver meat food products.
Source: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR), Title 9, 9 CFR Part 319, as in force on 2026-01-01. Retrieved 2026-09-04.