[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-7627]


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[Federal Register: March 31, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
21 CFR Parts 130 and 155

 

Food Standards; Technical Amendments

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendments.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its 
regulations for canned vegetable products by correcting certain 
inadvertent errors; and its regulations for temporary marketing permits 
by correcting a mailing address used for filing such applications. This 
action is being taken to improve the accuracy of the regulations. These 
actions are editorial in nature and do not change the substance of any 
of the regulations in question.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 31, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nannie H. Rainey, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-158), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-205-5099.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FDA has discovered that certain inadvertent 
errors have been incorporated into the agency's codified regulations 
pertaining to temporary marketing permits and to canned tomatoes and 
certain other canned vegetables. Because these errors are 
nonsubstantive, FDA finds that there is good cause to correct them 
without engaging in rulemaking. Given the nature of the errors, notice 
and public procedure are unnecessary under the Administrative Procedure 
Act (5 U.S.C. 553). This final rule addresses the following errors in 
the regulations:
    1. In Sec. 130.17(c) (21 CFR 130.17(c)), the agency is correcting 
the office name and address for the place where temporary marketing 
permit applications should be filed. As a result of the 1992 
reorganization of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, the 
correct name and address is the Food Standards Branch, Office of Food 
Labeling, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-158), 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204. Accordingly, FDA is correcting 
Sec. 130.17(c).
     2. In Sec. 155.190(a)(3)(iv) (21 CFR 155.190(a)(3)(iv)), the 
reference to ``Secs. 155.191 and 155.192,'' should be changed to 
``Sec. 155.191.'' Section 155.192 was removed in the Federal Register 
of January 28, 1983 (48 FR 3946 at 3956) and the effective date 
confirmed in the Federal Register of March 31, 1993 (58 FR 16771).
     3. In 21 CFR 155.200(g), the reference to ``Sec. 101.122'' is 
incorrect. The correct reference is ``Sec. 101.22''.

List of Subjects

21 CFR Part 130

    Food additives, Food grades and standards.

21 CFR Part 155

    Food grades and standards, Vegetables.
    Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under 
the authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 21 CFR 
parts 130 and 155 are amended as follows:

PART 130--FOOD STANDARDS: GENERAL

    1. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 130 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: Secs. 201, 306, 401, 403, 701 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321, 336, 341, 343, 371).

    2. Section 130.17 Temporary permits for interstate shipment of 
experimental packs of food varying from the requirements of definitions 
and standards of identity is amended in the introductory text of 
paragraph (c) by removing the words ``Deputy Director, Division of Food 
Chemistry and Technology, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 
(HFF-410), Food and Drug Administration'' and adding in its place 
``Chief, Food Standards Branch, Office of Food Labeling, Center for 
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-158)''.

PART 155--CANNED VEGETABLES

    3. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 155 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: Secs. 201, 401, 403, 409, 701, 721 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 343, 348, 371, 
379e).

Sec. 155.190  [Amended]

    4. Section 155.190 Canned tomatoes is amended in paragraph 
(a)(3)(iv) by removing the phrase ``Secs. 151.191 and 155.192'' and 
adding in its place ``Sec. 155.191''.


Sec. 155.200  [Amended]

    5. Section 155.200 Certain other canned vegetables is amended in 
the first sentence of paragraph (g), by removing ``Sec. 101.122'' and 
adding in its place ``Sec. 101.22''.

    Dated: March 25, 1994.
Michael R. Taylor,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 94-7627 Filed 3-30-94; 8:45 am]
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