[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 140 (Friday, July 19, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 37675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18400]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

9 CFR Parts 318 and 381

[Docket No. 95-001N]
RIN 0583-AB97


Use of Sodium Citrate Buffered With Citric Acid in Certain Cured 
and Uncured Processed Meat and Poultry Products

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Affirmation of effective date for direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: On April 24, 1996, the Food Safety and Inspection Service 
(FSIS) published a direct final rule ``Use of Sodium Citrate Buffered 
with Citric Acid in Certain Cured and Uncured Processed Meat and 
Poultry Products'' (61 FR 18047). This direct final rule notified the 
public of FSIS's intention to amend the Federal meat and poultry 
products inspection regulations to permit the use of a solution of 
sodium citrate buffered with citric acid in cured and uncured processed 
whole-muscle meat and poultry products. This use of sodium citrate 
buffered with citric acid will inhibit the growth of microorganisms, 
Clostridium botulinum in particular, and retain product flavor during 
storage. FSIS received no adverse comments within the scope of this 
rulemaking in response to the direct final rule.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 24, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles R. Edwards, Director, Product 
Assessment Division, Regulatory Programs, Food Safety and Inspection 
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250-3700, 
(202) 254-2565.

    Done at Washington, DC, on: July 15, 1996.
Michael R. Taylor,
Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety.
[FR Doc. 96-18400 Filed 7-18-96; 8:45 am]
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