Sec. 7117.

Hamburger or ground beef consists of fresh beef meat that has been comminuted and shall be identified as either hamburger or ground beef. Hamburger shall not contain more than 30% of fat. Ground beef shall meet the same requirements as hamburger except that it shall not contain more than 20% of fat. Monosodium glutamate may be added if declared. Hamburger may contain added beef fat, but ground beef shall not contain added fat. Ground beef and hamburger shall not contain added water or ice. Only ground beef may be qualified by the name of a particular cut of meat, such as “ground beef round” or “ground beef chuck”. If so qualified, it shall consist entirely of meat from the particular meat cut and be certified as that specific cut by a method of certification as the director may establish by rule. Hamburger or ground beef shall not contain by-products or variety meats, binders, extenders, artificial color, vegetable coloring, chemical preservative, boric acid or borates, sulphites, sulfur dioxide, or sulphurous acid. No other parts of the animal or any other substance except as otherwise provided in this subsection is permitted in hamburger or ground beef.

History: 2000, Act 92, Eff. Nov. 8, 2000 Compiler's Notes: Sec. 1117 of Act 92 of 2000 provides:“Sec. 1117. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this act takes effect 6 months after the date of enactment.“(2) Until 6 months after the effective date of this act, compliance with the standards of the design, construction, and equipment of a food service establishment approved under former sections 12901, 12902, 12903, 12904, 12905a, 12906, 12907, 12908, 12910, 12911, 12912, 12913, 12916, and 12921 of the public health code, MCL 333.12901, 333.12902, 333.12903, 333.12904, 333.12905a, 333.12906, 333.12907, 333.12908, 333.12910, 333.12911, 333.12912, 333.12913, 333.12916, and 333.12921, is considered compliance with this act.“(3) Beginning 6 months after the effective date of this act, a food service establishment shall comply with the standards of design, construction, and equipment established under this act.”