410 IAC 7-26-70 "Meat" defined

Sec. 70. (a) "Meat" means the part of the muscle of any livestock that is skeletal or found in the tongue, diaphragm, heart, or esophagus, with or without the accompanying and overlying fat, and the portions of bone, skin, sinew, nerve, and blood vessels that: (1) normally accompany the muscle tissue; and (2) are not separated from it in the process of dressing. (b) The term includes flesh of animals used as food, including the dressed flesh of: (1) cattle; (2) swine; (3) sheep; (4) goats; (5) farm raised cervidae; (6) bison; (7) ratites; or (8) other edible animals, except fish, poultry, and game animals, as defined in section 161 of this rule. (c) The term does not include products that: (1) contain meat or other parts of a carcass only in a relatively small proportion; or (2) historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the meat food industry, and are exempted from the definition as a meat food product by the state veterinarian under conditions the state veterinarian prescribes to ensure the meat or other parts of the carcass contained in the product are not: (A) adulterated; or (B) represented as meat food products.