E9-15815. Recordkeeping Regulations; Correcting Amendment

AGENCY:

Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION:

Correcting amendment.

SUMMARY:

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending the Federal meat inspection regulations to correct an inadvertent error in the recordkeeping provisions.

DATES:

This amendment is effective July 6, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rachel Edelstein, Director, Policy Issuances Division, Office of Policy and Program Development, FSIS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3700, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On November 30, 1990, FSIS published a final rule on net weight labeling of meat and poultry products (55 FR 49826). The rule redesignated § 317.20 as § 317.24 (55 FR 49833). However, in § 320.1(b)(5), the rule did not change the reference to § 317.24. This notice corrects the error and amends § 320.1(b)(5) to refer to § 317.24.

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List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 320

• Meat inspection
• Reporting and recordkeeping requirements

For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 9 CFR part 320 is amended as follows:

PART 320—RECORDS, REGISTRATION, AND REPORTS

1. The authority citation continues to read as follows:

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.7, 2.18, 2.53.

2. In § 320.1, revise paragraph (b)(5) to read as follows:

§ 320.1

Records required to be kept.

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(b) * * *

(5) Guaranties provided by suppliers of packaging materials under § 317.24.

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Done at Washington, DC, on June 29, 2009.

Alfred V. Almanza,

Administrator.