Food and Drug Regulations

B.14.078 No person shall sell a food that consists of a mixture of meat product and meat product extender and that resembles regular ground beef, medium ground beef or lean ground beef, unless that food

• (a) has a total protein content of not less than 16 per cent;

• (b) has a fat content of

  • (i) not more than that set out in column 3 for that item of the Table of Chemical, Physical and Nutritional Characteristics of Food, as determined by the corresponding method set out in column 4, if the product is represented as being regular,

  • (ii) not more than that set out in column 3 for that item of the Table of Chemical, Physical and Nutritional Characteristics of Food, as determined by the corresponding method set out in column 4, if the product is represented as being medium, or

  • (iii) not more than that set out in column 3 for that item of the Table of Chemical, Physical and Nutritional Characteristics of Food, as determined by the corresponding method set out in column 4, if the product is represented as being lean; and

• (c) in respect of the meat product extender, meets the requirements of paragraphs B.14.073(a) to (c).