[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 54442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22778]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 175 / Thursday, September 10, 2015 /
Proposed Rules
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 317
[Docket No. FSIS-2008-0017]
RIN 0583-AD45
Descriptive Designation for Needle- or Blade-Tenderized
(Mechanically Tenderized) Beef Products; Correction
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: This document corrects the preamble to a proposed rule
published in the Federal Register on June 10, 2013, regarding new
labeling requirements for raw or partially cooked needle- or blade-
tenderized beef products, including beef products injected with a
marinade or solution. This correction removes a clerical error that
appeared in the Paperwork Reduction Act section of the preamble in the
proposed rule.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel L. Engeljohn, Ph.D., Assistant
Administrator, Office of Policy and Program Development, Food Safety
and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-3700; Telephone (202)
205-0495; Fax (202) 720-2025.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 10, 2013, FSIS issued a proposed rule entitled
``Descriptive Designation for Needle- or Blade-Tenderized (Mechanically
Tenderized) Beef Products.'' FR Doc. No. 2013-13669; 78 FR 34589-34604.
Within the abstract of the Paperwork Reduction Act section of the
preamble to the proposed rule (FR 34603), FSIS inadvertently included
the phrase ``that do not fall under a regulatory standard of identity''
when characterizing which products would be subject to the rule.
When read as a whole, it is clear that this phrase within the
Paperwork Reduction Act section of the preamble was made in error. In
no other section of the preamble or in the proposed text of the rule
did FSIS make such a statement. Additionally, the remainder of that
section of the preamble, as well as the Information Collection Request
that FSIS submitted to the Office of Management and Budget accounted
for raw or partially cooked needle- or blade-tenderized beef products
regardless of whether they fall under a regulatory standard of
identity. Moreover, the final rule that FSIS published on May 18, 2015
(80 FR 28153), did not exempt any raw or partially cooked mechanically
tenderized products that fall under a regulatory standard of identity
from its provisions. FSIS is therefore correcting the clerical error in
the proposed rule's Paperwork Reduction Act section.
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Correction
In the proposed rule, entitled Descriptive Designation for Needle-
or Blade-Tenderized (Mechanically Tenderized) Beef Products (FR Doc.
No. 2013-13669), beginning on page 34589 in the issue of Monday, June
10, 2013, make the following correction in the Paperwork Reduction Act
section.
On page 34603, in the second column, remove ``, that do not fall
under a regulatory standard of identity.'' and add a period after
``solution''.
Done in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2015.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2015-22778 Filed 9-9-15; 8:45 am]
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