[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 112 (Friday, June 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 34031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14484]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Document Number AMS-FV-09-0067; FV-09-330]
United States Standards for Grades of Processed Raisins
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), of the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) is withdrawing a notice soliciting
comments on its proposed revision to the United States Standards for
Grades of Processed Raisins. Based on the petitioner's request to
withdraw their petition, the agency has decided not to proceed with
this action.
DATES: Effective Date: June 10, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Myron Betts, Inspection and
Standardization Section, Processed Products Branch (PPB), Fruit and
Vegetable Programs (FV), AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room
0709, South Building; STOP 0247, Washington, DC 20250; Telephone: (202)
720-5021 or fax (202) 690-1527; or e-mail: [email protected].
The United States Standards for Grades of Processed Raisins are
available by accessing the AMS Web site on the Internet at http://www.ams.usda.gov/processedinspection.
Background
On February 2, 2005, AMS received a petition from the Raisin
Administrative Committee (RAC), requesting revision to the United
States Standards for Grades of Processed Raisins. These standards are
issued under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-
1627).
The petitioner requested that AMS revise the United States
Standards for Grades of Processed Raisins, Type I, Seedless Raisins.
The revision would add a third sub-type, ``Vine-dried (without the
application of drying chemicals or materials)'' and change the existing
sub-type for ``Dipped, Vine-dried or similarly processed raisins'' to
``Dipped, Vine-dried, treated with drying chemicals or materials''.
On February 28, 2006, AMS published an advance notice of proposed
rulemaking in the Federal Register (Vol. 71 39), [Docket No. FV-06-331]
soliciting comments on the petition to revise the United States
Standards for Grades of Processed Raisins. Between March 2007 and April
2010, AMS circulated a discussion draft to RAC which included a similar
proposed revision to Type III, Raisins with Seeds. AMS did not receive
any comments.
On July 21, 2010, AMS asked the RAC if they would like to adopt the
proposed changes or withdraw the petition. The RAC could not agree on
the discussion draft language.
In September 2010, AMS notified the RAC of its plan to withdraw the
action to revise the United States Standards for Grades of Processed
Raisins. The RAC agreed to bring up the issue again during their
October 5, 2010, meeting. In October 2010 the RAC informed AMS that
they had interest in keeping the process on the proposed revision open.
In March 2011, the RAC requested that the proposed change to the
United States Standards for Grades of Processed Raisins be withdrawn.
AMS has decided not to proceed further with the proposed revision
to the United States Standards for Grades of Processed Raisins and it
is hereby withdrawn.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.
Dated: June 7, 2011.
Ellen King,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-14484 Filed 6-9-11; 8:45 am]
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