[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 135 (Wednesday, July 15, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 41436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17249]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 161

[Docket No. FDA-2015-N-0011]


Canned Pacific Salmon; Technical Amendment

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending a 
regulation pertaining to canned Pacific salmon. The amendment removes a 
paragraph that contains an obsolete cross-reference.

DATES: This rule is effective July 15, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Loretta Carey, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-820), Food and Drug Administration, 5100 
Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 240-402-2371.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Our regulations at 21 CFR part 161 (``Fish 
and Shellfish'') establish requirements for specific standardized fish 
and shellfish. One provision, at Sec.  161.170, pertains to canned 
Pacific salmon, and Sec.  161.170(a)(5)(ii)(b) states that when the 
form of the pack and the words describing the pack are declared on the 
label, the label must ``bear the statements required by Sec.  105.69 of 
this chapter.'' (The regulation, at Sec.  161.170(a)(3), describes 
various ``forms of pack;'' one form of pack, for example, is named 
``regular'' and is described as where the sections or steaks are cut 
transversely from the fish and filled vertically into the can.)
    Section 105.69 was entitled ``Foods used to regulate sodium 
intake.'' In the Federal Register of June 3, 1996 (61 FR 27771), we 
revoked Sec.  105.69 as part of a ``Reinventing Government'' 
initiative, and the revocation became effective on July 3, 1996 (see 61 
FR 43963; August 27, 1996) (confirming the effective date for the 
revocation of various food regulations)). However, the revocation 
inadvertently omitted a corresponding change to Sec.  
161.170(a)(5)(ii)(b).
    Consequently, through this document, we are amending Sec.  161.170 
by removing paragraph (a)(5)(ii)(b) entirely and redesignating 
paragraph (a)(5)(ii)(a) as paragraph (a)(5)(ii).
    Publication of this document constitutes final action of these 
changes under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553). These 
amendments eliminate an obsolete reference to a rule that we revoked in 
1996. FDA, therefore, for good cause, finds under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B) 
and (d)(3) that notice and public comment are unnecessary.
    FDA has determined, under 21 CFR 25.30(i), that this final rule is 
of a type that does not individually or cumulatively have a significant 
effect on the human environment. Therefore, neither an environmental 
assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.
    In addition, FDA has determined that this final rule contains no 
new collections of information. Therefore, clearance by the Office of 
Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 is not 
required.

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 161

    Food grades and standards, Frozen foods, Seafood.

    Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under 
authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 21 CFR part 
161 is amended as follows:

PART 161--FISH AND SHELLFISH

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1. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 161 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 343, 348, 371, 379e.


Sec.  161.170  [Amended]

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2. Amend Sec.  161.170 by removing paragraph (a)(5)(ii)(b) and 
redesignating paragraph (a)(5)(ii)(a) as paragraph (a)(5)(ii).

    Dated: July 9, 2015.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-17249 Filed 7-14-15; 8:45 am]
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