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Final Rule: Accredited Laboratory Program
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Final Rule: Determining Net Weight Compliance for Meat and Poultry Products
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The Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
This Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda provides summary descriptions of significant and not significant regulations being developed in USDA Agencies. The 2008 spring edition of the Unified Agenda (PDF Only) is currently available.

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