Are incidental additives declared in the ingredient statement?
No, incidental additives are not required to be listed in the ingredients statement of meat and poultry product labels. Anticaking substances, as defined by FDA, such as silicon dioxide (used at less than 2 percent of a spice and seasoning blend), are examples of incidental additives frequently used in spices and seasoning blends. When meat and poultry processors use such spices in their products, they are not required to list the anticaking agent in the ingredients statement because it is present in insignificant amounts and because it no longer serves an anticaking function.
