[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 115 (Friday, June 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 40908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15065]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[DA-00-10A]


Milk for Manufacturing Purposes and Its Production and 
Processing; Requirements Recommended for Adoption by State Regulatory 
Agencies

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document amends the recommended manufacturing milk 
requirements (Recommended Requirements) by updating the existing drug 
residue monitoring program. The amendment provides State regulatory 
agencies and the dairy industry with updated guidance in carrying out 
sampling, testing, and monitoring activities relating to drug residues 
in manufacturing grade milk. The amendment to update the drug residue 
monitoring program was initiated at the request of the Dairy Division 
of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) 
and developed in cooperation with NASDA, the Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA), dairy trade associations, and producer groups. 
This document also makes final certain other changes to the Recommended 
Requirements for clarity and consistency.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 17, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane R. Spomer, Associate Deputy 
Administrator for Standards and Grading, AMS/USDA/Dairy Programs, Room 
2746 South Building, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456, 
telephone (202) 720-3171, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), the United 
States Department of Agriculture (USDA) maintains a set of model 
regulations relating to quality and sanitation requirements for the 
production and processing of manufacturing grade milk. These 
Recommended Requirements are developed by AMS and recommended for 
adoption and enforcement by the various States that regulate 
manufacturing grade milk. The purpose of the model requirements is to 
promote uniformity in State dairy laws and regulations relating to 
manufacturing grade milk.
    In consultation with representatives from NASDA, State regulatory 
agencies, FDA, and dairy industry trade associations, the Department 
prepared the Recommended Requirements to promote uniformity in State 
dairy laws and regulations for manufacturing grade milk. To accommodate 
changes that have occurred in the dairy industry, NASDA and various 
State officials have at times requested USDA to update the Recommended 
Requirements.
    On May 6, 1993, AMS updated the existing Recommended Requirements 
and incorporated an expanded drug residue monitoring program based on 
drug residue provisions for Grade A milk produced under the National 
Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) cooperative program (58 
FR 26950). Within the NCIMS program, FDA, State regulatory agencies, 
consumers, and the dairy industry cooperatively develop and modify 
model regulations that are used to regulate Grade A milk. Since 1993 
several drug residue monitoring changes have occurred in the Grade A 
milk model program.
    During its July 1999 annual meeting, the Dairy Division of NASDA 
passed a resolution requesting USDA to review the drug residue 
provisions of the Recommended Requirements and update this document to 
provide greater consistency with the drug residue requirements 
currently in place for Grade A milk. AMS reviewed these provisions and 
developed a draft that identified the changes associated with this 
request. This draft was provided to State regulatory officials and 
dairy trade association representatives for informal discussion prior 
to publication in the Federal Register. Subsequently, a Notice of 
Proposal to Change the document, ``Milk for Manufacturing Purposes and 
Its Production and Processing; Requirements Recommended for Adoption by 
State Regulatory Agencies,'' was published in the Federal Register on 
April 20, 2001 (66 FR 20226). The Notice of Proposal to Change the 
document provided for a 60-day comment period that ended on June 19, 
2001. No comments were received.
    Accordingly, the changes proposed in the Milk for Manufacturing 
Purposes and Its Production and Processing: Requirements Recommended 
for Adoption by State Regulatory Agencies are incorporated in the 
revised Recommended Requirements.
    The Recommended Requirements (incorporating the changes herein 
adopted) are available either from the above address or by accessing 
the information on the Internet at the following address: http://www.ams.usda.gov/dairy/manufmlk.pdf.

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

    Dated: June 10, 2002.
A.J. Yates,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 02-15065 Filed 6-13-02; 8:45 am]
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