97-4969. Peanuts Marketed in the United States; Changes in Handling and Disposition Requirements

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9071]
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[FR Doc No: 97-4969]



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Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 40 / Friday, February 28, 1997 / 
Rules and Regulations

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 999

[Docket No. FV96-999-3C]


Peanuts Marketed in the United States; Changes in Handling and 
Disposition Requirements

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Correction to final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the final regulations 
published Thursday, January 9, 1997, (FR Doc. 97-283) (62 FR 1249). The 
rule eliminated several requirements covering the disposition of 
inedible peanuts and relaxed for 1996 and subsequent crop peanuts 
several sections regulating the handling and disposition of domestic 
and foreign-produced peanuts marketed in the United States.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 14, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Tichenor, Marketing Specialist, 
Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Division, 
AMS, USDA, P.O. Box 96456, Room 2525-S, Washington, DC 20090-6456; 
telephone: [phone], fax [phone]. Small businesses may 
request information on compliance with this regulation by contacting: 
Jay Guerber, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable 
Division, AMS, USDA, P.O. Box 96456, Room 2525-S, Washington, DC 20090-
6456; telephone [phone]; fax [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The final rule that is subject to this correction changed several 
requirements covering disposition of inedible peanuts. In the import 
regulation (7 CFR Part 999.600), the definition of Negative aflatoxin 
content on page 1270, incorrectly includes a reference to 25 or less 
parts per billion (ppb) aflatoxin content for inedible quality peanuts. 
The final rule removed the 25 ppb level from various other provisions 
of the domestic and import regulations but inadvertently left that 
designation in the import regulation's definition of the term negative 
to aflatoxin. That term only is applied to those peanut lots determined 
to contain 15 or less ppb aflatoxin content. This correction brings the 
definition of the term Negative to aflatoxin in the import regulation 
into conformity with the same term used in the two domestic peanut 
regulations, as required by law.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, final regulations published January 9, 1997, FR Doc. 
97-283, Sec. 999.600, paragraph (a)(10), on page 1270, first column is 
corrected to read as follows:


Sec. 999.600  [Corrected]

    (a) * * *
    (10) Negative aflatoxin content means 15 parts per billion (ppb) or 
less for peanuts which have been certified as meeting edible quality 
grade requirements.
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    Dated: February 21, 1997.
Sharon Bomer Lauritsen,
Acting Director, Fruit and Vegetable Division.
[FR Doc. 97-4969 Filed 2-27-97; 8:45 am]
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