[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36655-36656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17838]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 98-034N]


Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is making 
available for purchase the revised, 1998, 3rd edition of the 
Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Richard P. Mageau, U.S. Department 
of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Office of Public 
Health and Science, Microbiology Division, Room 3714--Franklin Court, 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Microbiology Division of the Office of 
Public Health and Science, FSIS, announces the availability for 
purchase of the revised, 1998, 3rd edition of the Microbiology 
Laboratory Guidebook. The Guidebook contains current protocols for 
analytical tests required by FSIS in its regulation of meat, poultry 
and egg products. Specifically, microbiological methods are presented 
for sample preparation, isolation and identification of the major food 
borne pathogenic microorganisms and their toxins, meat tissue species 
identification, and the detection of extraneous materials and 
antimicrobial residues. Media and reagent formulations, and Most 
Probable Number Tables are contained in an appendix.
    This document may be purchased as the Microbiology Laboratory 
Guidebook, 3rd edition, 1998, stock #001-000-04656-0, at a price of 
$57.00 Domestic and $71.25 Foreign from:
    Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 
371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954, (Fax) 202-512-2233.


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    Done in Washington, DC on: June 26, 1998.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-17838 Filed 7-6-98; 8:45 am]
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