Agency: Food Safety and Inspection Service
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[FR Doc 01-31947] 1. Codex Alimentarius: 10th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Import and
The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), are sponsoring two public meetings, on January 8 and February 7, 2002, to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items that will be
Published: 2001-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-30393] 2. Codex Alimentarius: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Meat and Poultry
The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is sponsoring a public meeting on December 12, 2001, to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items that will be discussed at the Eighth Session of the Codex Committee on Meat and Poultry Hygiene, which will be held in Wellington, New
Published: 2001-12-10 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-28064] 3. Residue Policy
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is reopening the
comment period for the Federal Register publication ``Residue Policy'' [[Page 56534]]
notice for an additional 30 days. This action responds to a request to
allow additional time for comments.
Published: 2001-11-08 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-27541] 4. Availability of and Request for Comment on FSIS Draft Risk Assessment for
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing the availability of, and requesting public comment on, its draft risk assessment for Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7 in ground beef. Meanwhile, the Agency is seeking scientific peer review of the draft risk assessment from the National Academies of Science. The document will be revised
Published: 2001-11-05 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-27542] 5. Definitions and Standards of Identity or Composition: Elimination of the
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to amend the Federal meat inspection regulations to remove the standards of identity for ``pizza with meat'' and ``pizza with sausage.'' The Agency has determined that these standards may be inhibiting manufacturers of federally inspected frozen pizzas from producing and marketing the new
Published: 2001-11-02 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-27538] 6. National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection
The National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI) will hold a public meeting on November 1415, 2001, to review and discuss two issues: (1) Retail Store ExemptionFSIS Current Thinking, and (2) Modernizing Standards of Identity for Meat and Poultry Products. Two subcommittees of the full Committee will also meet on November 14,
Published: 2001-11-02 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-27264] 7. Use of Transglutaminase Enzyme and Pork Collagen as Binders in Certain Meat
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending its meat inspection regulations to permit the use of pork collagen and transglutaminase enzyme (TG enzyme), in limited amounts, as binders in certain standardized meat food products. FSIS also is amending its poultry products inspection regulations to permit the use of TG enzyme, in limited
Published: 2001-10-31 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-26168] 8. Announcement of and Request for Comment on Industry Petition to Postpone the
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is requesting comment on a petition that asks FSIS to postpone until August 1, 2004, the effective date of new regulations that limit water retained by raw meat and poultry products from postevisceration processing to the amount that is unavoidable in meeting applicable food safety requirements, such
Published: 2001-10-17 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-25922] 9. Elimination of Requirements for Partial Quality Control Programs;
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending its regulations governing the certification for accuracy of scales used in federally inspected meat and poultry establishments. Under the final rule, official establishments may rely on State or local certification or data from documented procedures that demonstrate compliance with the
Published: 2001-10-16 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-25923] 10. Increases in Fees for Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to increase the fees that it charges meat and poultry establishments, egg products plants, importers, and exporters for providing voluntary inspection services, overtime and holiday inspection services, identification services, certification services, and laboratory services. These
Published: 2001-10-16 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-21982] 11. National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) will meet September 1720, 2001. The meeting is open to the public. The committee will discuss Salmonella performance standards in meat and poultry products; Escherichia coli O157:H7 in bladetenderized, nonintact beef; review Codex Alimentarius Commission Draft
Published: 2001-08-31 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-21043] 12. Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Cocoa
The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), are sponsoring a public meeting, on Wednesday, September 12, 2001. The purpose of this public meeting is to provide information and receive public comments on
Published: 2001-08-21 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-21042] 13. Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Nutrition
The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), are sponsoring a public meeting, on Friday, October 12, 2001. The purpose of this public meeting is to provide information and receive public comments on agenda
Published: 2001-08-21 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-20098] 14. Addition of Slovakia to the List of Countries Eligible To Export Meat
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to add Slovakia to the list of countries eligible to export meat and meat products to the United States. Reviews by FSIS of Slovakia's laws, regulations, and other written materials show that its meat processing system meets requirements that are equivalent to the relevant provisions of
Published: 2001-08-13 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-20099] 15. Exemption for Retail Store Operations
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing automatic increases in the dollar limitations on sales of meat and meat food products and poultry products to hotels, restaurants, and similar institutions that do not disqualify a store for exemption from Federal inspection requirements. By action of FSIS' regulations, for calendar year
Published: 2001-08-13 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-19749] 16. Product Labeling: Defining United States Cattle and United States Fresh Beef
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is requesting comments on the need for regulations to clarify the definition of ``United States cattle'' and ``United States fresh beef products'' for labeling purposes. FSIS also is requesting comments on whether such beef products should bear labeling claims that are different from the claims that
Published: 2001-08-07 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-19598] 17. Labeling of Natural or Regenerated Collagen Sausage Casings
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is requiring that the source of natural sausage casings be disclosed on the product label if the casings are derived from a different type of meat or poultry than the meat or poultry encased in the sausage. Establishments producing, manufacturing, or using natural sausage casings are also required to
Published: 2001-08-06 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-19595] 18. Codex Alimentarius Commission: Thirty-Fourth Session of the Codex Committee
The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Health and Human Services, are sponsoring two public meetings, on August 30 and September 25, 2001. The purpose of the meetings is to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items
Published: 2001-08-06 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-19597] 19. Residue Policy
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its intention to harmonize its procedures with those of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with respect to the target tissue/marker residue policy in testing animal tissues for residues of new animal drugs. FSIS has reviewed its approach regarding the disposition of carcasses
Published: 2001-08-06 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-19596] 20. Residue Testing Procedures
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is changing the action it will take when livestock or poultry are presented for slaughter at official establishments that come from producers and others who have previously marketed such animals with violative levels of drug, pesticide, or other chemical residues (``chemical residues''). FSIS will no
Published: 2001-08-06 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-16618] 21.430
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is reopening and extending until September 10, 2001, the comment period for the proposed regulations concerning readytoeat and partially heattreated meat and poultry products that closed on June 28, 2001. As of June 28, 2001. As of June 28, 2001, FSIS is reopening and extending the comment period in
Published: 2001-07-03 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-14473] 22. Codex Alimentarius Commission: 24th Session of the Codex Alimentarius
The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is sponsoring a public meeting on June 6th, 2001.\1\ The purpose of this meeting is to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items that will be discussed at the Twentyfourth Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, which will be held
Published: 2001-06-07 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-14474] 23. FSIS--A Public Health Approach to Processing Inspection
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will hold a public meeting, which is intended to be the first in a series, on an FSIS initiative to improve its inspection of processed meat and poultry products. At the first meeting, the Agency will provide an overview of the Agency's use of risk analysis in protecting public health. The Agency will
Published: 2001-06-07 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-12938] 24. International Standard-Setting Activities
This notice informs the public of the sanitary and phytosanitary standardsetting activities of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), in accordance with section 491 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as amended, and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, Public Law 103465, 108 Stat. 4809. It also provides a list of other standardsetting
Published: 2001-05-31 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
[FR Doc 01-13387] 25. Science Based Reinspection of Imported Meat and Poultry Products
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing a public meeting on June 8, 2001, to describe the Agency's plans for the modernization of portofentry reinspection of meat and poultry food products, including changes being made to the Automated Import Information System (AIIS).
Published: 2001-05-29 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Food Safety and Inspection Service
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