§ 98.4 Analytical methods.
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(a) The majority of analytical methods used by the USDA laboratories to perform analyses of meat, meat food products and MREs are listed as follows:
(1) Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL, Suite 500, 481 North Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20877-2417.
(2) U.S. Army Individual Protection Directorate's Military Specifications, approved analytical test methods noted therein, U.S. Army Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5017.
(b) Additional analytical methods for these foods will be used, from time to time, as approved by the Director.
[58 FR 42445, Aug. 9, 1993, as amended at 61 FR 51353, Oct. 2, 1996]