[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 68120]
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[FR Doc No: 00-29024]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Docket No. DA-98-03]


United States Standards for Dry Whey

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document gives notice of the availability of revisions to 
the United States Standards for Dry Whey. The changes will: lower the 
bacterial estimate of not more than 50,000 per gram to not more than 
30,000 per gram; incorporate maximum scorched particle content as a 
requirement for U.S. grade; expand the ``Test Methods'' section to 
allow product evaluation using the latest methods included in the 
Standard Methods for Examination of Dairy Products, in the Official 
Methods of Analysis of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, 
and in standards developed by the International Dairy Federation; 
reference the Food and Drug Administration's requirements for dry whey; 
and make editorial changes that would provide consistency with other 
U.S. grade standards for dairy products.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This notice is effective December 14, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The revised Standards are available from Duane R. Spomer, 
Chief, Dairy Standardization Branch, Dairy Programs, Agricultural 
Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 2746, South 
Building, Stop 0230, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456 or at 
www.ams.usda.gov/dairy/stand.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane R. Spomer, (202) 720-7473.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 203(c) of the Agricultural Marketing 
Act of 1946, as amended, directs and authorizes the Secretary of 
Agriculture ``to develop and improve standards of quality, condition, 
quantity, grade, and packaging and recommend and demonstrate such 
standards in order to encourage uniformity and consistency in 
commercial practices * * *.'' AMS is committed to carrying out this 
authority in a manner that facilitates the marketing of agricultural 
commodities and will make copies of official standards available upon 
request. The United States Standards for Dry Whey no longer appear in 
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR); however, they are maintained by 
USDA.
    AMS is revising the United States Standards for Dry Whey using the 
procedures it published in the August 13, 1997, Federal Register and 
that appear in Parts 36 of Title 7 of the CFR.
    The notice, which included a request for comments on the proposed 
changes, was published in the Federal Register on June 20, 2000 (65 FR 
38235-38239), and a correction to the notice was published in the 
Federal Register on July 17, 2000 (65 FR 44024-44025).
    The current United States Standards for Dry Whey have been in 
effect since October 1, 1990. AMS initiated a review of this standard 
and discussed possible changes with the dairy industry. The American 
Dairy Products Institute, a trade association representing the dry whey 
industry, provided specific suggestions, including a suggestion to 
lower the maximum bacterial content requirement. AMS proposed other 
changes to reflect improvements in the quality of dry whey that have 
occurred since the standards were last revised and to promote greater 
uniformity and consistency in the application of this standard.
    AMS published the notice in the Federal Register with an outline of 
the specific proposed changes and provided a comment period of 60 days, 
which ended on August 21, 2000.
    The American Dairy Products Institute filed a comment supporting 
the proposed changes. No other comments were received.
    AMS discovered a typographical error in the ZIP code for the 
Association of Official Analytical Chemists. The ZIP code that appears 
in the ``Test Methods'' section of the revised standard should read 
20877-2417. Accordingly, the notice revising the United States 
Standards for Dry Whey published in the Federal Register at 65 FR 
38235-38239 on June 20, 2000, the notice of correction published in the 
Federal Register at 65 FR 44024-44025 on July 17, 2000, and the 
correction to the ZIP code as made above are incorporated in the 
revised United States Standards for Dry Whey.
    The revised United States Standards for Dry Whey are available 
either through the above address or by accessing AMS Home Page on the 
Internet at www.ams.usda.gov/dairy/stand.htm.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.

    Dated: November 7, 2000.
Kenneth C. Clayton,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
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