Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Compliance Guide on the Determination of Processing Aids
Guideline ID
FSIS-GD-2008-0003
Issue Date
April 2008
This guidance document conveys to official establishments FSISs approach to determining whether an ingredient may be considered a processing aid. The Federal meat and poultry inspection regulations do not define processing aid. FSIS evaluates whether a substance is a processing aid, using the Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) definition of this term, which is in 21 CFR 101.100(a)(3).
Disclaimer: The contents of this guidance document do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way. This document is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.