The term "lard" is applicable only to the fat rendered from fresh, clean, sound, fatty tissues from hogs in good health at the time of slaughter, with or without lard stearin or hydrogenated lard. The tissues do not include bones, detached skin, head skin, ears, tails, organs, windpipes, large blood vessels, scrap fat, skimmings, settlings, pressings, and the like, and are reasonably free from muscle tissue and blood.
Minn. R. agency 105, ch. 1540, FALSE OR DECEPTIVE LABELING AND PRACTICES, pt. 1540.3050
Statutory Authority: MS s 31A.08