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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 60, No. 105

Thursday, June 1, 1995

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 95–017N]

FLD Policy Memoranda; Semi-Annual

Listing

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document lists and

makes available to the public

memoranda which were issued by the

Food Labeling Division (FLD),

Regulatory Programs, Food Safety and

Inspection Service (FSIS). These

memoranda contain significant new

applications or interpretations of the

Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry

Products Inspection Act, the regulations

promulgated thereunder, or

departmental policy concerning

labeling.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cheryl Wade, Director, Food Labeling

Division, Regulatory Programs, Food

Safety and Inspection Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Washington,

DC 20250, (202) 254–2590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 7 of the Federal Meat

Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 607 et seq.)

and section 8 of the Poultry Products

Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 457 et seq.),

and the regulations promulgated

thereunder (9 CFR 301.1 et seq. and 9

CFR 381.1 et seq.), meat and poultry

products which do not bear approved

labels or other labeling may not be

distributed in commerce for use as

human food. Accordingly, FSIS

conducts a prior approval program for

labels or other labeling (specified in 9

CFR 317.4, 317.5, 381.132 and 381.134)

to be used on or in conjunction with

federally inspected meat and poultry

products.

FSIS’s prior labeling approval

program is conducted by labeling

review experts within FLD. A variety of

factors, such as continuing

technological innovations in food

processing and expanded public

concern regarding the presence of

various substances in foods, has

generated a series of increasingly

complex issues which FLD must resolve

as part of the prior labeling approval

process. In interpreting the Acts and

regulations to resolve these issues, FLD

may modify its policies on labeling or

develop new ones.

Significant or novel interpretations or

determinations made by FLD are issued

as policy memoranda. This notice lists

five FLD policy memoranda which were

issued during the period of October 1,

l994, through April 1, 1995.

Persons interested in obtaining copies

of the FLD policy memoranda or in

being included on a list for automatic

distribution of future FLD policy

memoranda may write to: Printing and

Distribution Section, Paperwork

Management Branch, Administrative

Services Division, Food Safety and

Inspection Service, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250, or

call (202) 720–4661; fax (202) 720–5400.

Memo

No. Title and date Issue Reference

066C .... Uncooked Red Meat Products Containing

Added Substances, November 30, 1994.

What are the policies for labeling

uncooked (both cured and uncured) red

meat products that weigh more than the

weight of the fresh article?

(Supersedes Policy Memo 066B); 9 CFR

318.7(c)(4); Policy Memo 087A; 9 CFR

319.101 and 102; 9 CFR 319.104 and

105; FSIS Directive 7110.2 (Rev. 1);

Policy Memo 084A; 9 CFR 317.2 (b);

Policy Memo 081A.

084A .... Cooked Red Meat Products Containing

Added Substances, November 30, 1994.

What are the policies for labeling cooked

corned (cured) beef products, and

cooked cured pork products not addressed by the cured pork products regulation (9 CFR 319.104), and cooked

uncured products that weigh more than

the weight of the fresh uncured article?.

(Supersedes Policy Memo 084); 9 CFR

319.104(b); Policy Memo 087A and Policy Memo 109; Policy Memo 066C; 9

CFR 317.2(b).

121B .... Labeling of Modified, Substitute Versions

of Fresh (Species) Sausage, Hamburger, or Ground Beef Products With

Added Ingredients Used to Replace Fat

That Qualify for Use of Certain Nutrient

Content Claims Associated With a Reduction in Fat Content, January 20,

1995.

How should modified, substitute versions

of fresh (species) sausage (e.g., fresh

pork sausage, fresh beef sausage)

ground beef, or hamburger products

containing added ingredients used to replace fat be identified, and what other

requirements are necessary to obtain

label approval and use of final labels?

(Supersedes Policy Memo 121A); 9 CFR

317.2(j)(1); 9 CFR 319.141, 319.142,

and 319.15; 9 CFR 318.7(c)(4); 9 CFR

317.362; 21 CFR 130.10; Policy Memo

123 and 9 CFR 317.2(b).
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Memo

No. Title and date Issue Reference

123 ...... Modified Breakfast Sausage, Cooked Sausage, and Fermented Sausage Products

Identified by a Nutrient Content Claim

and a Standardized or Traditional Name,

January 20, 1995.

How should modified, substitute versions

of breakfast sausage, cooked sausages

(e.g., frankfurters), and fermented sausages (e.g., pepperoni) that are defined

by regulatory standards in 9 CFR Parts

319 and/or in the Standards and Labeling Policy Book be identified when containing added ingredients used to replace fat; and, what requirements must

be met to obtain approval and use of

final labels?

9 CFR 317; 9 CFR 381; 9 CFR 318.7(c)(4)

and 381.147(f)(4); 21 CFR 130.10; Policy Memo 121B and Policy Memo 069.

124 ...... Declaration of Net Quantity of Contents on

Combination Packages Containing Liquid and Solid Products, January 17,

1995.

What are the Net Contents Labeling Requirements for Combination Packages

Which Contain Both Liquid and Solid

Products?

9 CFR 317.2(h) and 381.121; National Institute of Standards and Technology

Handbook 130.

The FLD policies specified in these

memoranda will be uniformly applied

to all relevant labeling applications

unless modified by future memoranda

or more formal Agency actions.

Applicants retain all rights of appeal

regarding decisions based upon these

memoranda.

Done at Washington, DC, on May 24, 1995.

Cheryl Wade,

Director, Food Labeling Division, Regulatory

Programs Food Safety and Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 95–13290 Filed 5–31–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P

[Docket No. 95–027N]

National Advisory Committee on

Microbiological Criteria for Foods;

Subcommittee Meeting

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The National Advisory

Committee on Microbiological Criteria

for Foods’ Subcommittee on Codex will

be holding a meeting on Wednesday,

June 14, 1995, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.,

and on Thursday, June 15, 1995, from

8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Room 614,

300 12th Street, SW., 12th and C Street

SW., Washington, DC 20250–3700.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Marvin A. Norcross, U.S.

Coordinator for Codex Alimentarius,

USDA, Food Safety and Inspection

Service, Room 311, West End Court,

Washington, DC 20250–3700, telephone

(202) 254–2517; fax (202) 254–2530.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Codex

Alimentarius Food Standards

Programme has asked the International

Commission on Microbiological

Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) to

develop a document on general

principles for the establishment and

application of microbiological criteria

for foods. The ICMSF has drafted a

document titled ‘‘Principles for

Establishment and Application of

Microbiological Specifications for

Foods.’’ In April 1995, the U.S. Delegate

to the Codex Committee on Food

Hygiene asked the National Advisory

Committee on Microbiological Criteria

for Foods (NACMCF) to critique the

ICMSF draft document.

The Subcommittee’s work is under

the auspices of the full Committee,

which provides advice and

recommendations to the Secretaries of

Agriculture, and Health and Human

Services concerning the development of

microbiological criteria by which the

safety and wholesomeness of food can

be assessed, including criteria

pertaining to microorganisms that

indicate whether food has been

processed using food manufacturing

processes.

The Subcommittee meeting is open to

the public on a space available basis.

Interested persons may file comments

prior to and following the meeting.

Comments should be addressed to: Mr.

Craig Fedchock, Advisory Committee

Specialist, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection

Service, Room 311, West End Court

Building, Washington, DC 20250–3700.

To receive copies of the background

materials, including the ICMSF draft

document, contact Mr. Fedchock on

(202) 254–2517. Background materials

may also be inspected in the Docket

Clerk’s Office, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection

Service, Room 4352, South Agriculture

Building, 14th Street & Independence

Ave., SW., Washington DC 20250–3700.

Done at Washington, DC, on May 26, 1995.

Michael R. Taylor,

Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection

Service.

[FR Doc. 95–13388 Filed 5–31–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–M

Forest Service

Newspapers To Be Used for

Publication of Legal Notice of

Appealable Decisions and Publication

of Notice on Proposed Actions for

Southern Region; Alabama, Kentucky,

Georgia, Tennessee, Florida,

Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia, West

Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, North

Carolina, South Carolina, Texas,

Puerto Rico

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Deciding Officers in the

Southern Region will publish notice of

decisions subject to administrative

appeal under 36 CFR parts 215 and 217

in the legal notice section of the

newspapers listed in the Supplementary

Information section of this notice. As

provided in 36 CFR 215.5(a) and

217.5(d), the public shall be advised,

through Federal Register notice, of the

principal newspaper to be utilized for

publishing legal notices of decisions.

Newspaper publication of notices of

decisions is in addition to direct notice

of decisions to those who have

requested notice in writing and to those

known to be interested in or affected by

a specific decision.

In addition, Responsible Officials in

the Southern Region will also publish

notice of proposed actions under 36

CFR part 215 in the newspapers that are

listed in the Supplementary Information

section of this notice. As provided in 36

CFR 215.5(a), the public shall be

advised, through Federal Register

notice, of the principal newspapers to