[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 2284-2285] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 00-928] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food Safety and Inspection Service 9 CFR Parts 381 and 424 [Docket No. 97-076C] Irradiation of Meat Food Products; Technical Correction AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service. ACTION: Final rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a technical correction to its final rule permitting the use of ionizing radiation for treating refrigerated or frozen, uncooked meat food and poultry products. EFFECTIVE DATE: February 22, 2000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel L. Engeljohn, Ph.D., Director, Regulation Development and Analysis Division, Office of Policy, Program Development, and Evaluation, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (202) 720-5627. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On December 23, 1999, FSIS published in the Federal Register a final rule permitting the use of ionizing radiation for treating refrigerated or frozen, uncooked meat, meat byproducts, and certain other meat food products to reduce levels of foodborne pathogens and to extend shelf-life (64 FR 72150). Also in that rule, FSIS revised the regulations governing the irradiation of poultry products so that they will be as consistent as possible with the regulations for the irradiation of meat food products. In this document, FSIS is making a correction to the amendatory instructions that appeared in the final rule. The final rule included amendatory instructions for consolidating the revised regulations governing the irradiation of poultry products and the new regulations governing the irradiation of meat food products into a new, single Sec. 424.22(c). FSIS also intended to issue amendatory instructions to remove all of the existing regulations governing the irradiation of poultry products, which are contained in Sec. 381.19, 381.135, and 381.149. FSIS inadvertently omitted the instruction to remove Sec. 381.149 from the regulations. FSIS is issuing that instruction in this technical correction document. [[Page 2285]] List of Subjects 9 CFR Part 381 Food labeling, Poultry and poultry products, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Signs and symbols. 9 CFR Part 424 Food additives, Food packaging, Meat inspection, Poultry and poultry products. Accordingly, title 9, chapter III, of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows: PART 381--POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION REGULATIONS 1. The authority citation for part 381 would continue to read as follows: Authority: 7 U.S.C. 138f, 450; 21 U.S.C. 451-470; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53. Sec. 381.149 [Removed] 2. Section 381.149 is removed. Done in Washington, DC on: January 11, 2000. Thomas J. Billy, Administrator. [FR Doc. 00-928 Filed 1-13-00; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-DM-P