[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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