410 IAC 7-26-71
410 IAC 7-26-71 "Mechanically tenderized meat" defined
Cite as Ind. Admin. Code tit. 410, r. 7-26-71
Sec. 71. (a) "Mechanically tenderized meat" means manipulating meat by piercing with a set of:
(1) needles;
(2) pins;
(3) blades; or
(4) any mechanical device;
which breaks up muscle fiber and tough connective tissue, to increase tenderness.
(b) The term includes:
(1) injection;
(2) scoring; and
(3) processes that may be referred to as:
(A) blade tenderizing;
(B) jaccarding;
(C) pinning; or
(D) needling.