Regulation 65

Hamburgers or beefburgers shall be minced meat comprising a minimum of 90% meat, with or without the addition of cereal, flavouring substances, salt, spices, herbs, sugar, vinegar, sodium caseinate or other foodstuffs. Hamburgers or beefburgers shall contain not less than 15% protein (total nitrogen x 6.25) combination and not more than 30% fat.

Any prepacked minced meat other than beef which resembles hamburgers or beefburgers shall be labelled as follows:“(here state name of meat) burger”.It shall comply with the standards laid down for hamburgers or beefburgers.

In these Regulations, “hamburgers”, “beefburgers” and other type of “meat burgers” do not include any separable bakery product or other separable food that may enclose or be enclosed with the minced meat product.