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5.3 Ingredients not permitted in BMPA Quality Assured Ham & Cooked Pork

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Ham & Cooked Pork / Curing and injection brines and ingredients

Ingredients that shall not be permitted in any product category of BMPA Quality Assured Ham or Cooked Pork:

  • Meat proteins, in any form, other than those naturally present in the raw pork material used to prepare the product. This includes such materials as meat bouillon*, dried meat, rind*, pork gelatine*, blood, blood derivatives and connective tissue in any form
  • Mechanically separated meat (MSM)
  • Starches and other polysaccharides. These ingredients may only be used for decorative/garnish purposes
  • Non-meat proteins, hydrolysed vegetable proteins and yeast extracts
  • Monosodium glutamate (MSG) and other flavour enhancers such as sodium inosinate and sodium guanylate
  • Smoked flavours, flavourings and extract
  • Colourings. These ingredients may only be used for decorative/garnish purposes