Office of Policy, Program and
Employee  Development

April 20

Regulations and Directives Development  - Publications

Docket No. 01-034E - Need To Complete New Registration Form | PDF
 

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing that all parties required to register with the Agency, including those that are currently registered, have until May 24, 2004, to file the new registration form that the Agency has developed.
DATE: All parties required to register with FSIS, including those currently registered, must complete the new registration form and submit it to FSIS by May 24, 2004.
ADDRESSES: The new registration form (FSIS Form 5020-1) is available over the Internet at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/fsisforms. To obtain a copy of the registration form, parties may also write to USDA, FSIS, Program Evaluation, Enforcement and Review (PEER), Evaluation and Enforcement Division (EED), 300 West End Court Building, 1255 22nd Street, NW., Room 300, Washington, DC 20250-3700.

April 16

Regulations and Directives Development  - Publications

The following Compliance Guidelines for FSIS Directive 10,010.1 Rev 1 is currently available:

Compliance Guidelines For Establishments On The FSIS Microbiological Testing Program And Other Verification Activities For Escherichia coli O157:H7 (PDF Only, 16 pp)

April 8

Regulations and Directives Development  - Publications

The following FSIS Directives are currently available:

FSIS Directive 5000.2 - Review of Establishment Data by Inspection Personnel

FSIS Directive 6420.2 - Verification of Procedures for Controlling Fecal Material, Ingesta and Milk in Slaughter Operations

FSIS Directive 10,010.1 Rev 1 - Microbiological Testing Program for Escherichia Coli O157:H7 in Raw Ground Beef  Products and Raw Ground Beef Components and Beef Patty Components

New Technologies

Updated - Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) New Technology Information Table

April 7

Regulations and Directives Development  - Publications

Docket No. 03-025N - Prohibition of the Use of Specified Risk Materials for Human Food and Requirements for the Disposition of Non-Ambulatory Disabled Cattle; Meat Produced by Advanced Meat/Bone Separation Machinery and Meat Recovery (AMR) Systems; Prohibition of the Use of Certain Stunning Devices Used To Immobilize Cattle During Slaughter; Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Surveillance Program | PDF (2 pp); Related Documents

The Food Safety and Inspection Services (FSIS) is announcing the availability of, and requesting public comment on, its preliminary regulatory impact analysis (PRIA) of three interim rules and a notice issued by the Agency in the Federal Register on January 12, 2004, in response to the detection of a case of BSE in the United States. The Agency is also extending the comment period for the three interim final rules issued on that date so that the closing date of that comment
period coincides with the closing date of the comment period for the
PRIA.
DATES: Comments on the interim final rules issued on January 12, 2004,
and the PRIA are due May 7, 2004.
ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested persons to submit comments on this
proposed rule. Comments may be submitted by any of the following
methods:

Mail, including floppy disks or CD-ROM's, and hand- or courier-delivered items: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 300 12th Street, SW., Room 102 Cotton Annex, Washington, DC 20250.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov.  Follow the online instructions at that site for submitting comments.  All submissions received must include the Agency name and docket number 01-003P or Regulatory Information Number (RIN) 0583-AC87.
All comments submitted in response to this proposal, as well as research and background information used by FSIS in developing this document, will be available for public inspection in the FSIS Docket Room at the address listed above between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The comments also will be posted on the Agency's Web site at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/FRDockets.htm.

April 5

Regulations and Directives Development  - Publications

FSIS Notice 23-04 - FSIS Verification of Veal Calves with Implants | PDF (7 pp)

March 31

Regulations and Directives Development  - Publications

FSIS Notice 22-04 - Export Certification | PDF (2 pp)

FSIS Notice 21-04 - Identification Services | PDF  (2 pp)

March 25

Regulations and Directives Development  - Publications

Added - Transcript of Public Meeting on New Technology: The State of Food Safety Technologies To Enhance Public Health held January 13, 2004.

March 23

Regulations and Directives Development  - Publications

FSIS Notice 20-04 - Requesting Sample Collection Supplies and Forms | PDF (2 pp)

New Technologies

Food Safety and Inspection Service Seeks Research Proposals | PDF (March 22, 2004)
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is seeking state, academic, and research institutions to work cooperatively in identifying, developing, and validating new technologies that are economically viable for small/very small meat, poultry, or egg product plants to help them meet food safety requirements.

March 15

Regulations and Directives Development  - Publications

Docket No. 04-005N - Codex Alimentarius Commission: 32nd Session of the Codex
Committee on Food Labelling | PDF (2 pp)

The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, United States Department of Agriculture, and the Food And Drug Administration (FDA) of the Department of Health and Human Services, are sponsoring a public meeting on March 30, 2004 to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items that will be discussed at the 32nd Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), which will be held in Montreal, Canada on May 10-14, 2004.
DATE: The public meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 30, 2004, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
ADDRESS: The public meeting will be held in Room 107-A of the Department of Agriculture, Jamie Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC.

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