Pork Belly

The belly is prepared from the side after removal of the leg, shoulder, loin, fat back, and spareribs. All bones and cartilages, and practically all leaf fat shall be excluded. The fat back shall also be excluded by a straight cut not more than 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) from the outermost dorsal curvature of scribe…

Pork Shoulder, Boston Butt, Boneless

This item is prepared from Item No. 406. All bones, cartilages and skin shall be removed. The loin side of the butt shall expose the longissimus equal to or larger than the combined areas of the splenius and semispinalis capitis. The picnic side shall expose a cross-section of the supraspinatus with no more than a…

Pork Shoulder, Picnic, Boneless

This item is prepared from Item No. 405. All bones, cartilage and skin shall be excluded. The belly side of the picnic shall expose a cross-section of the cushion (triceps brachii group). The butt side shall expose a full cross-section of the supraspinatus with no more than a slight enlargement of tendons. The jowl shall…

Pork Shoulder, Picnic

This item is prepared from Item No. 403. The butt shall be excluded by a straight cut, dorsal to the shoulder joint, at an approximate right angle with the belly side. The jowl shall be excluded by a straight cut approximately parallel with the belly side which is not more than 1.0 inch (2.5 cm)…

Pork Shoulder, Skinned

The shoulder is as described in Item No. 403, except the skin and fat on the outside of the shoulder shall be trimmed. The skin, dorsal to a straight line parallel to the dorsal side which starts at a point that does not exceed 25 percent of the distance from the elbow joint to the…