[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2283-2284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-929]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

9 CFR Parts 304, 312, 327, 350, and 381

[Docket No. 96-037C]


Sanitation Requirements for Official Meat and Poultry 
Establishments; Technical Corrections

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document contains five technical corrections to the final 
regulations governing sanitation in official meat and poultry 
establishments, published on October 20, 1999, in the Federal Register 
(64 FR 56400). The corrections prevent

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typographical errors that otherwise would be created by the amendatory 
language instructions contained in the final rule.

EFFECTIVE DATES: January 25, 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 October 20, 1999, FSIS published in the Federal Register (64 FR 
56400; ``Sanitation Requirements for Official Meat and Poultry 
Establishments'') a final rule establishing sanitation performance 
standards applicable to all official meat and poultry establishments. 
Five of the instructions for amending the meat and poultry regulations 
would create typographical errors in the resulting regulatory language. 
The amendments in this document correct those errors. None of the 
amendments effect substantive change to the regulations made final in 
the October 20, 1999, rule.

List of Subjects

9 CFR Part 304

    Meat inspection, Reporting and record keeping requirements.

9 CFR Parts 312, 327, and 350

    Meat inspection.

9 CFR Part 381

    Poultry and poultry products inspection, Reporting and record 
keeping requirements.

PART 304--APPLICATION FOR INSPECTION; GRANT OR REFUSAL OF 
INSPECTION

    1. The authority citation for Part 304 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53.

Sec. 304.2  [Amended]

    2. Amend the first sentence of Sec. 304.2(b) by removing the phrase 
``of this subchapter'' that was inadvertently not removed after the 
phrase ``parts 305, 307, and 416, Secs. 416.1 through 416.6, of this 
chapter'' that was added on October 20, 1999.

PART 312--OFFICIAL MARKS, DEVICES AND CERTIFICATES

    3. The authority citation for Part 312 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.55.

    4. Revise paragraph (a)(3) of Sec. 312.6 to read as follows:


Sec. 312.6  Official marks and devices in connection with post-mortem 
inspection and identification of adulterated products and insanitary 
equipment and facilities.

    (a) * * *
* * * * *
    (3) The ``U.S. Rejected'' mark which is used to identify insanitary 
buildings, rooms, or equipment as prescribed in Part 416, section 6, of 
this chapter and is applied by means of a paper tag (Form MP-35) 
bearing the legend ``U.S. Rejected.''
* * * * *

PART 327--IMPORTED PRODUCTS

    5. The authority citation for Part 327 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53.

Sec. 327.6  [Amended]

    6. In Sec. 327.6, paragraph (e) is amended by removing the phrase 
``of this subchapter'' that was inadvertently not removed after the 
phrase ``416.1 through 416.6 of this chapter'' that was added on 
October 20, 1999.

PART 350--SPECIAL SERVICES RELATING TO MEAT AND OTHER PRODUCTS

    7. The authority citation for Part 350 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 1622, 1624; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.55.

Sec. 350.3  [Amended]

    8. Section 350.3, paragraph (a)(2) is amended by removing the 
phrase ``of this chapter'' that follows the phrase ``part 416, 
Secs. 416.1 through 416.6 of this chapter'' that was added on October 
20, 1999.

PART 381--POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION REGULATIONS

    9. The authority citation for part 381 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 138f; 7 U.S.C. 450, 21 U.S.C. 451-470; 7 
U.S.C. 2.18, 2.53.


Sec. 381.1  [Amended]

    10. In Sec. 381.1, the definition for ``Potable water'' is removed.

    Done in Washington, DC, on January 11, 2000.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator.
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