[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 32 (Friday, February 17, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 10966-10967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03255]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 65

[Doc. No. AMS-LPS-16-0014]


Addition of Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling Requirements for 
Venison

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the comment period for the 
proposed rule published in the Federal Register on January 13, 2017 (82 
FR 4198), is extended until April 13, 2017. The proposed rule invited 
comments on proposed amendments to the Country of Origin Labeling 
(COOL) regulation to add muscle cuts of venison and ground venison to 
mandatory COOL requirements.

DATES: Comments received by April 13, 2017, will be considered prior to 
issuance of a final rule.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments via the 
Internet at: http://www.regulations.gov. Comments may also be submitted 
to: Doug McKalip, Acting Director, COOL Division; Livestock, Poultry, 
and Seed Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA; Room 2619-S, 
STOP 0216; 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-0216; or 
email [email protected]. All comments should reference the document 
number and the dates and page numbers of the January 13, 2017, issue 
and this issue of the Federal Register. All comments received will be 
posted online without change, including any personal information 
provided, and will be made available for public inspection at the above 
physical address during regular business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug McKalip, Acting Director, COOL 
Division; Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program, Agricultural Marketing 
Service, USDA; Room 2619-S, STOP 0216; 1400 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20250-0216; telephone (202) 720-4486; or email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A proposed rule published in the Federal 
Register on January 13, 2017 (82 FR 4198), requested comments on 
revisions to the COOL regulations that would add venison to the list of 
regulated products. Under the proposed rule, suppliers and retailers of 
venison products would be required to keep records and provide their 
customers notification of the country of origin of muscle cuts and 
ground venison that they sell.
    The 60-day comment period provided in the proposed rule would have 
closed March 14, 2017. The comment period for the proposed rule is 
extended until April 13, 2017.
    The Agricultural Marketing Service is extending the public comment 
period

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for an additional 30 days to ensure that interested persons have 
sufficient time to review and comment on the proposed rule.

    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.

    Dated: February 14, 2017.
Bruce Summers,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-03255 Filed 2-16-17; 8:45 am]
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