[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 2422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00627]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Docket No. AMS-LPS-17-0046]


United States Standards for Grades of Pork Carcasses

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA .

ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural 
Marketing Service (AMS) is reopening the comment period on the notice 
requesting comments on revisions to the United States Standards for 
Grades of Pork Carcasses (pork standards) published in the Federal 
Register (82 FR 48971) on October 23, 2017. The comment period for this 
notice closed on December 22, 2017. The revisions are intended to 
modernize the standards and meet stakeholder demands by segregating the 
population of commodity pork products into uniform groups (of similar 
quality, value, etc.) that can facilitate the production and marketing 
of pork and deliver certain eating expectations for the consumer.

DATES: Comments on the notice published in the Federal Register (82 FR 
48971) on October 23, 2017, must be received by March 19, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments 
electronically at https://www.regulations.gov. Written comments should 
be sent to: Pork Carcass Revisions, Standardization Branch, Quality 
Assessment Division; Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program, AMS, USDA; 
1400 Independence Ave. SW, Room 3932-S, STOP 0258, Washington, DC 
20250-0258. Comments may also be emailed to 
[email protected]. All comments should reference docket 
number AMS-LPS-17-0046, the date of submission, the page numbers of 
this issue, and the October 23, 2017, issue of the Federal Register. 
All comments received will be posted without change, including any 
personal information provided, and they will be made available for 
public inspection at the above physical address during regular business 
hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bucky Gwartney, International 
Marketing Specialist, Standardization Branch, Quality Assessment 
Division, Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program, AMS, USDA; 1400 
Independence Avenue SW, Room 3932-S, STOP 0258, Washington, DC 20250-
0258; phone (202) 720-1424; or via email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice was published in the Federal 
Register (82 FR 48971) on October 23, 2017, requesting comments on 
revisions to the pork standards. The 60-day comment period provided in 
the notice closed on December 22, 2017. Trade organizations submitted 
comments requesting a 60-day extension to enable industry stakeholders 
more time to evaluate the proposed changes and to submit comments. 
Therefore, AMS is reopening the comment period for the notice until 
March 19, 2018. AMS is reopening the public comment period to ensure 
that interested persons have sufficient time to review and comment on 
the notice.

    Dated: January 10, 2018.
Bruce Summers,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-00627 Filed 1-16-18; 8:45 am]
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