[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 23194-23198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09185]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 381

[Docket No. FSIS-2015-0042]
RIN 0583-ZA11


Eligibility of the Republic of Poland To Export Poultry Products 
to the United States

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to 
add the Republic of Poland (Poland) to the list of countries in the 
regulations eligible to export poultry products to the United States. 
FSIS has reviewed Poland's poultry laws, regulations, and inspection 
system as implemented and has tentatively determined that they are 
equivalent to the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA), the 
regulations implementing this statute, and the U.S. food safety system 
for poultry.
    Should this rule become final, slaughtered poultry, or parts or 
other products thereof, processed in certified Polish establishments, 
would be eligible for export to the United States. Although Poland may 
be listed in FSIS's regulations as eligible to export poultry products 
to the United States, the products must also comply with all other 
applicable requirements of the United States, including those of USDA's 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), before any products 
can enter the United States. All such products would be subject to re-
inspection at U.S. ports-of-entry by FSIS inspectors.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 20, 2016.

ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested persons to submit comments on this 
proposed rule. Comments may be submitted by one of the following 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: This Web site provides the 
ability to type short comments directly into the comment field on this 
Web page or attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions at that site for 
submitting comments.
     Mail, including CD-ROMs, etc.: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Patriots 
Plaza 3, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Mailstop 3782, Room 8-163A, 
Washington, DC 20250-3700.
     Hand- or courier-delivered submittals: Deliver to Patriots 
Plaza 3, 355 E Street SW., Room 8-163B, Washington, DC 20250-3700.
    Instructions: All items submitted by mail or electronic mail must 
include the Agency name and docket number FSIS-2015-0042. Comments 
received in response to this docket will be made available for public 
inspection and posted without change, including any personal 
information, to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Docket: For access to background documents or comments received, go 
to the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza 3, 355 E Street SW., Room 8-
164, Washington, DC 20250-3700 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Daniel Engeljohn, Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Policy and Program Development; Telephone: 
(202) 205-0495.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    FSIS is proposing to amend its poultry products inspection 
regulations to add Poland to the list of countries

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eligible to export poultry products to the United States (9 CFR 
381.196(b)). Poland is not currently listed as eligible to export such 
products to the United States.

Statutory Basis for Proposed Action

    Section 17 of the PPIA (21 U.S.C. 466) prohibits importation into 
the United States of slaughtered poultry, or parts or products thereof, 
of any kind unless they are healthful, wholesome, fit for human food, 
not adulterated, and contain no dye, chemical, preservative, or 
ingredient that renders them unhealthful, unwholesome, adulterated, or 
unfit for human food. Under the PPIA and the regulations that implement 
it, poultry products imported into the United States must be produced 
under standards for safety, wholesomeness, and labeling accuracy that 
are equivalent to those of the United States. Section 381.196 of Title 
9 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) sets out the procedures by 
which foreign countries may become eligible to export poultry and 
poultry products to the United States.
    Section 381.196(a) requires a foreign country's poultry inspection 
system to include standards equivalent to those of the United States 
and to provide legal authority for the inspection system and its 
implementing regulations that is equivalent to that of the United 
States. Specifically, a country's legal authority and regulations must 
impose requirements equivalent to those of the United States with 
respect to: (1) Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection by, or under the 
direct supervision of, a veterinarian; (2) official controls by the 
national government over establishment construction, facilities, and 
equipment; (3) direct and continuous official supervision of 
slaughtering of poultry and processing of poultry products by 
inspectors to ensure that product is not adulterated or misbranded; (4) 
complete separation of establishments certified to export from those 
not certified; (5) maintenance of a single standard of inspection and 
sanitation throughout certified establishments; (6) requirements for 
sanitation and for sanitary handling of product at establishments 
certified to export; (7) official controls over condemned product; (8) 
a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system; and (9) 
any other requirements found in the PPIA and its implementing 
regulations (9 CFR 381.196(a)(2)(ii)).
    The country's inspection system must also impose requirements 
equivalent to those of the United States with respect to: (1) 
Organizational structure and staffing to ensure uniform enforcement of 
the requisite laws and regulations in all certified establishments; (2) 
national government control and supervision over the official 
activities of employees or licensees; (3) assignment of qualified 
inspectors; (4) enforcement and certification authority; (5) 
administrative and technical support; (6) inspection, sanitation, 
quality, species verification, and residue standards; and (7) any other 
inspection requirements (9 CFR 381.196(a)(2)(i)).
    The foreign country's inspection system must ensure that 
establishments preparing poultry or poultry products for export to the 
United States, and their products, comply with requirements equivalent 
to those of the PPIA and the regulations promulgated by FSIS under the 
authority of that statute. The foreign country certifies the 
appropriate establishments as having met the required standards and 
advises FSIS of those establishments that are certified or removed from 
certification. Before FSIS will grant approval to the country to export 
poultry or poultry products to the United States, FSIS must first 
determine that reliance can be placed on the certification of 
establishments by the foreign country.
    As indicated above, a foreign country's inspection system must be 
evaluated by FSIS before eligibility to export poultry products to the 
United States can be granted. This evaluation consists of two 
processes: A document review and an on-site review. The document review 
is an evaluation of the laws, regulations, and other written materials 
used by the country to effect its inspection program. To help the 
country in organizing its materials, FSIS provides the country with a 
series of questions asking for detailed information about the country's 
inspection practices and procedures in six areas or equivalence 
components: (1) Government Oversight, (2) Statutory Authority and Food 
Safety Regulations, (3) Sanitation, (4) HACCP Systems, (5) Chemical 
Residue Testing Programs, and (6) Microbiological Testing Programs. 
FSIS evaluates the information submitted to verify that the critical 
points in the six equivalence components are addressed satisfactorily 
with respect to standards, activities, resources, and enforcement. If 
the document review is satisfactory, an onsite review is scheduled 
using a multidisciplinary team to evaluate all aspects of the country's 
inspection program. This comprehensive process is described more fully 
on the FSIS Web site at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/international-affairs/importing-products/equivalence/equivalence-process-overview.
    The PPIA and implementing regulations require that foreign 
countries determined by the Administrator to have acceptable inspection 
systems be listed in the regulations as eligible to export poultry 
products to the United States. FSIS must engage in rulemaking to list a 
country as eligible. Countries found eligible to export poultry or 
poultry products to the United States are listed in the poultry 
inspection regulations at 9 CFR 381.196(b). Once listed, the government 
of an eligible country must certify to FSIS that establishments that 
wish to export poultry products to the United States are operating 
under requirements equivalent to those of the United States (9 CFR 
381.196(a)(3)). Countries must renew certifications of establishments 
annually (9 CFR 381.196(a)(3)). To verify that products imported into 
the United States are not adulterated or misbranded, FSIS re-inspects 
and randomly samples those products at ports-of-entry before they enter 
U.S. commerce.

Evaluation of the Polish Poultry Inspection System

    In 2004, the government of Poland requested approval to export raw, 
ready-to-eat (RTE), and canned poultry to the United States. Poland 
stated that, if approved, its immediate intent was to export chicken, 
turkey, and goose meat to the United States. FSIS conducted a document 
review of Poland's poultry (slaughter and processing) inspection system 
to determine whether that system was equivalent to the United States 
poultry inspection system. FSIS concluded, on the basis of that review, 
that Poland's laws, regulations, control programs, and procedures were 
sufficient to achieve the level of public health protection required by 
FSIS.
    Accordingly, FSIS proceeded with an on-site audit of Poland's 
poultry inspection system from May 10 to June 1, 2011, to verify 
whether Poland's General Veterinary Inspectorate (GVI), which is 
Poland's central competent authority (CCA) in charge of food 
inspection, has effectively implemented a poultry inspection system 
equivalent to that of the United States. FSIS reviewed two processing 
and one cold storage establishment intending to export to the United 
States. From the on-site audit, FSIS concluded that Poland's poultry 
inspection system did not meet the Government Oversight, Sanitation, 
HACCP Systems, and Microbiological Testing Programs equivalence 
components. For example, FSIS found that there was inconsistency in the 
enforcement of corrective action requirements in response to non-

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compliances. In addition, FSIS found that the CCA was lacking current 
policy or regulations that specifically require establishments to 
develop and implement written Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures 
and HACCP plans as conditions for gaining certification for export of 
poultry products to the United States. FSIS also found that the GVI did 
not possess evidence of staff participation in training, did not 
maintain tracked records of training at all levels of the CCA, and that 
the GVI did not have a mechanism to assess the effectiveness of the 
training programs.
    In addition, FSIS was not able to audit the poultry slaughter 
inspection in operation because the GVI withdrew the poultry slaughter 
establishment scheduled for the FSIS audit. FSIS's report discussing 
the findings of the 2011 on-site audit and the initial corrective 
actions proffered by GVI is available at the following web address: 
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/18fc607d-9511-4cc8-8e4c-bc9f6b90cb0c/Poland_Poultry_2011_FAR.pdf?MOD=AJPERES.
    Following the 2011 on-site audit, Poland addressed the FSIS audit 
findings through corrective action plans presented to FSIS on September 
5, 2012, October 11, 2012, and March 20, 2013. FSIS evaluated the 
corrective action plans and, based on the information Poland submitted, 
determined that Poland had addressed FSIS's findings.
    In July 2014, FSIS conducted a follow-up initial equivalence on-
site audit. During the follow-up audit, the FSIS auditor reviewed the 
inspection operations at two chicken slaughter and three chicken 
processing establishments intending to export raw, ready-to-eat (RTE), 
and thermally processed commercially sterile (canned) products to the 
United States. Based on the results of the follow-up audit, FSIS 
concluded that Poland had satisfactorily addressed all initial audit 
findings and was able to meet FSIS requirements and equivalence 
criteria related to all six components. The final audit report on 
Poland's poultry inspection system (slaughter and processing) can be 
found on the FSIS Web site at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/33c2d71a-6d5c-4224-b64d-fd7725b8282f/Poland-FAR-2011-2014.pdf?MOD=AJPERES.
    In summary, FSIS has completed the document review, on-site audits, 
and verification of corrective actions as part of the equivalence 
process, and all outstanding issues have been resolved. FSIS has 
tentatively determined that, as implemented, Poland's poultry 
inspection system (slaughter and processing) is equivalent to the 
United States poultry inspection system pending issuance of a final 
rule.
    Following the FSIS audit of Poland's poultry inspection system, on 
August 21, 2014, FSIS published a final rule to modernize poultry 
slaughter inspection (79 FR 49566). The rule implemented new U.S. 
regulatory requirements including (1) the New Poultry Inspection System 
(NPIS), an optional post-mortem inspection system, and (2) regulatory 
changes that apply to all poultry slaughter establishments. FSIS 
expects Poland to submit sufficient evidence to demonstrate how the 
Polish poultry inspection system achieves an equivalent outcome to the 
revised U.S. regulations. Before issuing a final rule to add Poland to 
the list of equivalent countries, and before any product is shipped to 
the United States, FSIS must verify whether the Polish poultry 
inspection system is equivalent with the new U.S. regulatory 
requirements in the August 21, 2014 final rule.
    Should this rule become final, Poland will be eligible to export 
raw, RTE, and thermally processed commercially sterile (canned) poultry 
products to the United States. The government of Poland must certify to 
FSIS those establishments that wish to export poultry products to the 
United States are operating in accordance with requirements equivalent 
to those of the United States. FSIS will verify that the establishments 
certified by Poland's government meet the U.S. requirements through 
periodic and regularly scheduled audits of Poland's poultry inspection 
system.
    Although a foreign country may be listed in FSIS regulations as 
eligible to export poultry to the United States, the exporting 
country's products must also comply with all other applicable 
requirements of the United States. These requirements include 
restrictions under 9 CFR part 94 of the United States Department of 
Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 
regulations, which also regulate the importation of poultry products 
from foreign countries into the United States. APHIS has recognized 
Poland as part of the EU Poultry Trade Region and considers them not 
affected with either HPAI or Newcastle disease. There are specific 
certification statements required for poultry product imports to 
address the animal health issues, and these are defined under 9 CFR 
94.28. Any poultry product imports from Poland would be required to 
meet these requirements.
    If this proposed rule is adopted, all slaughtered poultry, or parts 
and products thereof, exported to the United States from Poland will be 
subject to re-inspection at the U.S. ports-of-entry for, but not 
limited to, transportation damage, product and container defects, 
labeling, proper certification, general condition, and accurate count. 
In addition, FSIS will conduct other types of re-inspection activities, 
such as incubation of canned products to ensure product safety and 
taking product samples for laboratory analysis for the detection of 
drug and chemical residues, pathogens, species, and product 
composition. Products that pass re-inspection will be stamped with the 
official U.S. mark of inspection and allowed to enter U.S. commerce. If 
they do not meet U.S. requirements, they will be refused entry and 
within 45 days must be exported to the country of origin, destroyed, or 
converted to animal food (subject to approval of the U.S. Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA)), depending on the violation. The import re-
inspection activities can be found on the FSIS Web site at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/international-affairs/importing-products/port-of-ventry-procedures/fsis-import-reinspection.
    FSIS has found Poland eligible to export all poultry and poultry 
products to the United States. Currently, Poland has elected to only 
certify chicken establishments for export to the United States. In 
order to export turkey or goose product, Poland will need to notify 
FSIS and certify any new establishments. FSIS will review information 
provided by Poland and may decide to audit based on additional product. 
Poland would not be allowed to export additional products to the United 
States until FSIS determines that the country's requirements and 
inspection program for the products are equivalent to FSIS's system.

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563, and the Regulatory Flexibility Act

    Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess all 
costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if 
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize 
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public 
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive 
Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and 
benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting 
flexibility. This proposed rule has been designated a ``non-
significant'' regulatory action under section 3(f) of Executive Order 
(E.O.) 12866. Accordingly, the rule has not been reviewed by the Office 
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Management and Budget (OMB) under E.O. 12866.

Expected Cost of the Proposed Rule

    Poland intends to certify seven establishments that would export 
chicken to the United States. Within the European Union (EU), Poland is 
a major poultry producer. According to a 2014 report, the EU listed 
Poland as the top poultry producer.\1\ Over the past 10 years, Poland 
has doubled its poultry production (2.2 million metric tons in 2014). 
Poland's poultry production consists of 81% chicken broilers, 14% 
turkey broilers, and 5% other poultry broilers such as duck and geese. 
Poland's poultry production uses mostly locally produced grain.\2\ 
Lower feed costs and continuing export demand has helped Poland double 
its poultry exports within the last five years (741 thousand metric 
tons in 2014.).\3\ Currently, Poland's primary export markets are 
Germany, the United Kingdom, and France.
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    \1\ http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/poultry/index_en.htm 
Accessed: September 18, 2015.
    \2\ Correspondence with the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), 
USDA, May 2015.
    \3\ Ibid.
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    Poland exports chicken, turkey, duck and geese products to other 
countries. Table 1 provides unit values for Poland's poultry product 
exports and shows Poland's price competitiveness in the poultry export 
market. Poland is price competitive for most poultry products that the 
United States imports from other countries, primarily Canada and Chile.

                          Table 1--Poland Export Poultry Products Price Competitiveness
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                                                     Poland export unit price       U.S. Import price  U.S.$/MT
                                                             U.S.$/MT            -------------------------------
              Commodity description              --------------------------------
                                                                      3-Year           2014           3-Year
                                                       2014           average                         average
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Meat & Edible Offal Of Poultry, Fresh, Chill Or           $2,713          $2,701          $3,207          $3,188
 Frozen.........................................
Chicken Cuts And Edible Offal (Including                   1,892           1,885           3,021           3,022
 Livers), Frozen................................
Turkey Cuts And Edible Offal (Including Liver)             2,744           2,616           3,015           2,475
 Frozen.........................................
Chicken Cuts & Edible Offal (Including Liver)              3,184           3,144           4,331           4,158
 Fresh/Chilled..................................
Meat & Offal Of Chickens, Not Cut Fresh Or                 1,979           1,992           3,588           3,511
 Chilled........................................
Cuts And Offal Of Ducks, Frozen.................           2,924           2,677           3,834           4,320
Turkey Cuts & Edible Offal (Including Liver)               4,500           4,326           2,897           4,729
 Fresh/Chilled..................................
Meat Of Ducks, Frozen, Not Cut In Pieces........           2,870           3,041           4,277           4,185
Meat & Offal Of Chickens, Not Cut In Pieces,               1,818           1,870           4,133           4,483
 Frozen.........................................
Cuts And Offal Of Ducks, Excluding Livers, Fresh/          5,057           5,480          13,628          12,764
 Chilled........................................
Turkeys, Not Cut In Pieces, Fresh Or Chilled....           3,217           3,154           3,820           4,015
Fatty Livers Of Ducks, Fresh Or Chilled.........          20,324           8,493          54,021          54,157
Turkeys, Not Cut In Pieces, Frozen..............           3,187           3,159           2,123           4,052
Meat, Offal Of Guinea Fowls, Fresh, Chilled                2,154           2,039           2,270           2,495
 Frozen.........................................
Meat Of Ducks, Fresh Or Chilled, Not Cut In                3,278           2,908           9,715           7,411
 Pieces.........................................
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Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, and Global Trade Atlas at http://www.gtis.com/gta/secure/gateway.cfm.

    Both the low cost of poultry production and low export unit price 
are why the United States is a top poultry exporter.
    In total, poultry imports account for only 0.3% of the U.S. poultry 
supply.\4\ In 2014, the United States produced 17.3 million Metric Tons 
(MT) of poultry, exported 3.3 million MT of poultry, consumed 14 
million MT of poultry, and imported only 0.053 million MT of 
poultry.\5\ U.S. poultry imports have remained relatively unchanged in 
recent years,\6\ and there is no reason to believe the amount will 
change substantially in the future. For Poland to export poultry to the 
United States, it must be export-eligible, export-capable, and price-
competitive. After comparing Poland's price competitiveness with the 
United States, Chile, and Canada, FSIS estimates that the maximum 
potential Polish poultry products exports to the United States is 
expected to be between 29,500 MT and 44,300 MT. This means that the 
total U.S. poultry supply will increase only between 0.15% and 0.22% 
due to Poland's projected export volume to the United States, leaving 
the total U.S. poultry supply almost unchanged. Thus, Poland's 
projected poultry export volume to the United States would only 
minimally change U.S. poultry prices, not enough to alter the U.S. 
poultry market. Currently, however, Poland only intends to certify as 
eligible seven establishments to export raw, RTE, and thermally 
processed commercially sterile (canned) chicken products to the United 
States. The total processing capacity of these seven establishments is 
less than Poland's total poultry export capacity. With minimal price 
change expected in the U.S. poultry markets, adopting this proposed 
rule would not have a negative effect on U.S. consumers.
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    \4\ USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service, https://apps.fas.usda.gov/psdonline/psdQuery.aspx.
    \5\ Ibid.
    \6\ Ibid
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    Companies that export products from Poland to the United States 
will incur the standard costs associated with exporting products to the 
United States, such as export fees and freight or insurance costs. They 
will be willing to bear these costs, however, because of the 
anticipated financial benefits associated with marketing their products 
in the United States.

Expected Benefits of the Proposed Rule

    Adoption of this proposed rule will increase trade between the 
United States and Poland. The volume of trade stimulated by the 
proposed rule is likely to be small and is expected to have little or 
no effect on U.S. poultry supplies or poultry prices. U.S. consumers, 
however, are expected to enjoy more choices when purchasing poultry 
products. The proposed rule would, therefore, expand choices for U.S. 
consumers and promote economic competition.

Effect on Small Entities

    The FSIS Administrator has made a preliminary determination that 
this proposed rule will not have a significant impact on a substantial 
number of small entities, as defined by the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
(5 U.S.C. 601). The expected trade volume will be small,

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with little or no effect on U.S. establishments, regardless of size.

Executive Order 12988

    This proposed rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988, 
Civil Justice Reform. Under this rule: (1) All State and local laws and 
regulations that are inconsistent with this rule will be preempted; (2) 
no retroactive effect will be given to this rule; and (3) no 
administrative proceedings will be required before parties may file 
suit in court challenging this rule.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    No new paperwork requirements are associated with this proposed 
rule. Foreign countries wanting to export poultry and poultry products 
to the United States are required to provide information to FSIS 
certifying that their inspection systems provide standards equivalent 
to those of the United States, and that the legal authority for the 
system and their implementing regulations are equivalent to those of 
the United States. FSIS provided Poland with questionnaires asking for 
detailed information about the country's inspection practices and 
procedures to assist that country in organizing its materials. This 
information collection was approved under OMB control number 0583-0094. 
The proposed rule contains no other paperwork requirements.

E-Government Act

    FSIS and USDA are committed to achieving the purposes of the E-
Government Act (44 U.S.C. 3601, et seq.) by, among other things, 
promoting the use of the Internet and other information technologies 
and providing increased opportunities for citizen access to Government 
information and services, and for other purposes.

Additional Public Notification

    FSIS will officially notify the World Trade Organization's 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (WTO/SPS Committee) in 
Geneva, Switzerland, of this proposal and will announce it on-line 
through the FSIS Web page located at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/vregulations/federal-register/proposed-rules. FSIS 
also will make copies of this Federal Register publication available 
through the FSIS Constituent Update, which is used to provide 
information regarding FSIS policies, procedures, regulations, Federal 
Register notices, FSIS public meetings, and other types of information 
that could affect or would be of interest to our constituents and 
stakeholders. The Update is available on the FSIS Web page. Through the 
Web page, FSIS is able to provide information to a much broader, more 
diverse audience. In addition, FSIS offers an email subscription 
service which provides automatic and customized access to selected food 
safety news and information. This service is available at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. Options range from recalls to export 
information, regulations, directives, and notices. Customers can add or 
delete subscriptions themselves, and have the option to password 
protect their accounts.

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of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual 
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income derived from a public assistance program, or political beliefs, 
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List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 381

    Imported products.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, FSIS is proposing to amend 
9 CFR part 381 as follows:

PART 381--POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION REGULATIONS

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

    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 138f, 450; 21 U.S.C. 451-470; 7 CFR 2.7, 
2.18, 2.53.


Sec.  381.196  [Amended]

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2. Amend Sec.  381.196(b) by adding ``Poland'' in alphabetical order to 
the list of countries.

    Done at Washington, DC, on: April 15, 2016.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Acting Administrator.
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