96-7442. Tentative Voluntary Poultry Grade Standards

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 13480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7442]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Docket No. PY-95-001]


Tentative Voluntary Poultry Grade Standards

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; extension of test-market period.

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SUMMARY: On March 30, 1995, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) 
published a notice in the Federal Register (60 FR 16428) announcing a 
one-year test-market period for USDA grade-identified, boneless-
skinless poultry legs and drumsticks, based on tentative grade 
standards. AMS is extending the test-market period beyond its scheduled 
end, April 1, 1996, until it makes a final determination about the 
tentative standards.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry W. Robinson, Chief, Grading 
Branch, Poultry Division, 202-720-3271.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 30, 1995, the Agricultural 
Marketing Service (AMS) published a notice in the Federal Register (60 
FR 16428) announcing a one-year test-market period for USDA grade-
identified, boneless-skinless poultry legs and drumsticks, based on 
tentative grade standards. The test-market period is scheduled to end 
April 1, 1996, after which the Agency will evaluate the test results. 
If AMS decides to amend the current poultry grade standards, a proposal 
with comment period will be published in the Federal Register. To allow 
processors to continue marketing these products while the Agency 
evaluates test results, AMS has determined that it is appropriate to 
extend the test-market period until a final determination is made about 
the tentative grade standards.

    Dated: March 21, 1996.
Kenneth C. Clayton,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-7442 Filed 3-26-96; 8:45 am]
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