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Vol. 63, No. 149

Tuesday, August 4, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

Notice of National Genetic Resources

Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Research

Service, USDA, announces a meeting of

the National Genetic Resources

Advisory Council.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Genetic Resources Advisory

Council consists of 16 members to

provide advice to the Secretary and

Director regarding the advancement of

the USDA’s National Genetic Resources

Program. The meeting will discuss

matters concerning the germplasm

banks and the food genome initiative

among other matters.

TIMES AND DATES: September 29, 1998,

8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; September 30,

1998, 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

PLACE: Room 3109, USDA South

Building, 14th and Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250.

TYPE OF MEETING: Open to the public.

Persons may participate in the meeting

as time and space permit.

COMMENTS: The public may file written

comments before or after the meeting

with the contact person listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Henry L. Shands, Director, National

Genetic Resources Program, Room 323–

A Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building,

USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,

Washington, DC 20250–0300.

Telephone 202–205–7835, Fax 202–

690–1434.

Done at Washington, DC on this 17th Day

of July 1998.

Henry L. Shands,

Assistant Administrator for Genetic

Resources, USDA–ARS.

[FR Doc. 98–20663 Filed 8–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 98–044N]

Exemption for Retail Stores;

Adjustment for Dollar Limitations

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and

Inspection Service (FSIS) has increased

the limitation on annual sales of meat

and poultry products by retail stores

whose operations are exempt from

Federal inspection. The dollar

limitation for poultry products has been

increased from $37,900 to $39,000 for

calendar year 1998. The dollar

limitation for meat products has been

increased from $40,300 to $41,000 for

calendar year 1998. These increases

conform with price changes for meat

and poultry products indicated by the

Consumer Price Index.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 4, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Patricia F. Stolfa, Assistant Deputy

Administrator, Office of Policy, Program

Development, and Evaluation, FSIS, at

(202) 205–0699.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Under the regulations in 9 CFR

303.1(d) and 381.10(d), FSIS exempts

certain operations of types traditionally

and usually conducted at retail stores

from routine Federal inspection of meat

and poultry products. Whether a retail

store operation qualifies for an

exemption depends, in part, on the

percentage and volume of trade in meat

and poultry products that a retail store

conducts with non-household

consumers (hotels, restaurants, or

similar institutions). The regulations

state in dollars the annual maximum

amount of meat and poultry products

that a retail store may sell to nonhousehold consumers if that store’s

operations are to remain exempt from

inspection.

FSIS adjusts the dollar limitation

during the first quarter of each calendar

year if the Consumer Price Index,

published by the Bureau of Labor

Statistics, indicates at least a $500

increase or decrease in the price of the

same volume of product during the

previous year. FSIS publishes a notice

of the adjusted dollar limitation in the

Federal Register.

The Consumer Price Index for 1997

indicates an average annual price

increase in meat products of 1.7 percent

and an average annual price increase in

poultry products of 2.8 percent. When

rounded off to the nearest $100, the

price increase for meat products

amounts to $700 and the price increase

for poultry products amounts to $1,100.

Prices of meat and poultry, therefore,

have changed in excess of $500. In

accordance with §§ 303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b)

and 381.10(d)(2)(iii)(b) of the

regulations, FSIS has increased the

dollar limitation of permitted sales of

meat products from $40,300 to $41,000

and raised the dollar limitation of

permitted sales for poultry products

from $37,900 to $39,000.

Done in Washington, DC, on: July 28, 1998.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–20694 Filed 8–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 98–042N]

Meeting on Surviving in a HACCP

World

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and

Inspection Service (FSIS) is cosponsoring, with the Cooperative State

Research, Education, and Extension

Service (CSREES) and the Livestock

Conservation Institute’s Education Fund

for Animal Agriculture (LCI), three oneday workshops on ‘‘Surviving in a

HACCP World.’’ This notice provides

information of the dates and locations of

these workshops.