§ 286

The label of a prepackaged edible meat product must bear on the principal display panel a statement that indicates that the meat product must be kept refrigerated or kept frozen, as the case may be, unless the meat product

(a) is in a hermetically sealed package and is commercially sterile;

(b) is dried to attain a water activity of 0.85 or less;

(c) has a pH of 4.6 or less;

(d) is packaged in salt or a saturated salt solution; or

(e) is fermented and has a pH of 5.3 or less, and a water activity of 0.90 or less, at the end of the fermentation.