[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2551-2552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1235]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
9 CFR Parts 304, 308, 310, 320, 327, 381, 416, and 417
[Docket No. 93-016-11N]
Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (Sanitation SOP's) and
E. coli Testing Requirements--Conference
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule; notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is holding a
conference, ``Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (Sanitation
SOP's) and E. coli Testing Requirements,'' on January 23, 1997. The
purpose of the conference is to review and discuss initial operational
procedures for the Sanitation SOP and E. coli testing requirements that
are effective on January 27, 1997.
DATES: The conference will be held from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. on
January 23, 1997.
ADDRESSES: The conference will be held at the Arlington Hilton, 950 N.
Stafford Street, Arlington VA 22203, (703) 528-6000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register for the conference,
contact Lisa
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Parks at (202) 501-7138, FAX (202) 501-7642, or E-mail usdafsis/
s=confer@mhs.attmail.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 25, 1996, FSIS published a final
rule, ``Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
(HACCP) Systems'' (61 FR 38805). This rule introduced sweeping changes
to the meat and poultry inspection system. The first stage in the
implementation of the rule begins on January 27, 1997, when slaughter
and processing establishments must have written sanitation standard
operating procedures to prevent direct product contamination and ensure
food safety, and slaughter establishments must begin testing for E.
coli as a means of verifying process control for preventing fecal
contamination.
To provide interested parties an opportunity to further discuss
issues relating to the implementation of Sanitation SOP's and E. coli
testing requirements, FSIS will meet with the public from 1 p.m. to 5
p.m. on January 23, 1997.
Done at Washington, DC, on: January 13, 1997.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-1235 Filed 1-14-97; 1:56 pm]
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