98-575. Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) SystemsSample CollectionTechnical Amendments and Corrections: Direct Final Rule  

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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    
    Food Safety and Inspection Service
    
    9 CFR Part 310
    
    [Docket No. 97-080W]
    RIN 0583-AC40
    
    
    Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point 
    (HACCP) Systems--Sample Collection--Technical Amendments and 
    Corrections: Direct Final Rule
    
    AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
    
    ACTION: Partial withdrawal of direct final rule.
    
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    SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is withdrawing 
    the part of a direct final rule that added a Salmonella performance 
    standard for fresh pork sausage to the Federal meat inspection 
    regulations. FSIS is withdrawing this regulatory amendment because it 
    received an adverse written comment within the scope of the rulemaking 
    in response to the direct final rule. Elsewhere in this issue of the 
    Federal Register, FSIS has published a proposed rule for the 
    performance standard.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: January 12, 1998.
    
    ADDRESSES: Submit an original and two copies of written comments to: 
    FSIS Docket Clerk, Docket #97-080W, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
    Food Safety and Inspection Service, Room 102, Cotton Annex, 300 12th 
    Street, SW., Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of 
    Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250-3700. Reference materials cited in 
    this docket will be available for public inspection in the FSIS Docket 
    Room from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Patricia Stolfa, Assistant Deputy 
    Administrator, Office of Policy, Program Development and Evaluation, 
    (202) 205-0699.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a direct final rule published in the 
    Federal Register on November 14, 1997 (62 FR 61007) FSIS, among other 
    things, notified the public of its intent to establish a Salmonella 
    performance standard for fresh pork sausages (9 CFR 310.25(b)(1)). FSIS 
    solicited comments concerning the direct final rule for a 30-day period 
    ending December 15, 1997. FSIS stated that the effective date of the 
    proposed amendment would be 60 days after publication of the direct 
    final rule in the Federal Register, unless the Agency received adverse 
    written comments or a notice of intent to submit adverse comments 
    within the scope of the rulemaking by the close of the comment period. 
    FSIS also stated that if it received such comments, it would publish a 
    notice in the Federal Register withdrawing the direct final rule before 
    the scheduled effective date and would publish a proposed rule for 
    public comment.
        FSIS received adverse comments within the scope of the rulemaking 
    from the law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery representing Jimmy Dean 
    Foods, Inc. and Odom's Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc. Therefore, FSIS is 
    withdrawing the 9 CFR 310.25(b)(1) Salmonella performance standard 
    regulatory amendment and is issuing a proposed rule elsewhere in this 
    issue of the Federal Register. There were no adverse comments received 
    regarding the other provisions of the direct final rule. Therefore, the 
    following provisions will become effective on January 13, 1997: (1) The 
    amendment to 9 CFR Sec. 381.94 allowing poultry samples to be taken 
    from the end of the slaughter line if collecting samples from the end 
    of the chilling process is impracticable; (2) the amendment to 9 CFR 
    Sec. 381.94 allowing turkeys to be sampled by sponging the carcass on 
    the back and thigh; and (3) the technical correction to 9 CFR 
    Sec. 417.2 to reference the Poultry Products Inspection Act.
    
        For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the amendment revising 
    table 2 in Sec. 310.25(b)(1), published at 62 FR 61008 (November 14, 
    1997), is withdrawn.
    
        Done at Washington, DC, on January 5, 1998.
    Thomas J. Billy,
    Administrator.
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Document Information

Effective Date:
1/12/1998
Published:
01/12/1998
Department:
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Partial withdrawal of direct final rule.
Document Number:
98-575
Dates:
January 12, 1998.
Pages:
1735-1735 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. 97-080W
RINs:
0583-AC40: Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems Sampling Collection--Technical Amendment and Corrections
RIN Links:
https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/0583-AC40/pathogen-reduction-hazard-analysis-and-critical-control-point-haccp-systems-sampling-collection-tech
PDF File:
98-575.pdf
CFR: (2)
9 CFR 381.94
9 CFR 417.2