[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 55997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28428]



  Federal Register / Vol. 62. No. 208 / Tuesday, October 28, 1997 / 
Proposed Rules  

[[Page 55997]]



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

9 CFR Parts 303, 308, 381, and 416

[Docket No. 96-037R]


Sanitation Requirements for Official Meat and Poultry 
Establishments; Comment Period Reopening

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is reopening the 
comment period for its proposal to revise the regulatory requirements 
concerning sanitation in official meat and poultry establishments (FSIS 
Docket No. 96-037P; ``Sanitation Requirements for Official Meat and 
Poultry Establishments''). The comment period closing date for that 
proposal will now be Monday, November 10, 1997.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Submit one original and two copies of written comments to 
FSIS Docket Clerk, Docket #96-037P, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Food Safety and Inspection Service, Room 102, Cotton Annex, 300 12th 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20250-3700. All comments submitted in response 
to this proposal will be available for public inspection in the Docket 
Clerk's Office between 8:30 a.m. and 4;30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia F. Stolfa, Assistant Deputy Administrator, Regulations and 
Inspection Methods, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department 
of Agriculture, (202) 205-0699.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is reopening the 
comment period for its proposal ``Sanitation Requirements for Official 
Meat and Poultry Establishments'' (FSIS Docket No. 96-037P; 62 FR 
45045, August 25, 1997). Shortly after the comment period for that 
proposal opened, FSIS released information that mischaracterized the 
provisions concerning the use of nonfood compounds. In order to 
alleviate any confusion regarding the sanitation proposal and to 
clarify FSIS policy in regard to nonfood compounds, FSIS is publishing, 
elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, a retraction of the 
erroneous information (FSIS Docket No. 97-062N, ``Retraction of an 
Announcement Concerning Nonfood Compounds and Proprietary 
Substances''). In order to ensure that the public has ample opportunity 
to submit meaningful comments on the proposal to revise the sanitation 
regulations, FSIS is reopening the comment period for that proposal.

    Done in Washington, DC: October 22, 1997.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator, Food Safety Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 97-28428 Filed 10-22-97; 4:50 pm]
BILLING CODE 3410-DM-M