Solutions Added to Raw Meat

Learn about curing, tenderizing, marinating, basting and flavoring solutions added to raw meat and poultry and how to keep your labeling FSIS compliant.

Water and oil-based solutions are frequently added to raw meat to improve tenderness, enhance flavor and preserve the product. This resource, by FSIS, will help you identify, explain and properly label raw meat and poultry packaged with added solutions. Calculating percent pickup of a solutions and yield are important for meeting FSIS regulatory requirements and proper labeling. It also explains how to make sure your labeling meets all FSIS regulatory requirements.