[Federal Register: August 16, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 157)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
21 CFR Part 1240
Turtles Intrastate and Interstate Requirements
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its
regulation regarding the intrastate and interstate distribution of
turtles to reflect a change in responsibility for administering the
provisions of the regulations from FDA's Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) to FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine
(CVM). FDA is taking this action to enable the agency to more
effectively administer the provisions of this regulation.
DATES: This rule is effective August 16, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Paige, Center for Veterinary
Medicine (HFV-230), Food and Drug Administration, 7519 Standish Pl.,
Rockville, MD 20855, 240-276-9210, e-mail: jpaige@cvm.fda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FDA is amending its regulations regarding
the intrastate and interstate distribution of turtles (Sec. 1240.62
(21 CFR 1240.62)) to reflect the transfer of regulatory responsibility
from CFSAN to CVM. Except as otherwise provided, Sec. 1240.62 requires
that viable turtle eggs and live turtles with a carapace length of less
than 4 inches not be sold, held for sale, or offered for any other type
of commercial or public distribution. FDA is amending this regulation
because current expertise for addressing issues regarding this
regulation is within CVM. Reassigning regulatory responsibility to CVM
more effectively utilizes agency resources in administering the
provisions of the regulation.
Publication of this document constitutes final action on this
change under the Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 553). FDA has
determined that notice and public comment are unnecessary because this
amendment to the regulation is nonsubstantive. It merely reflects an
organizational change.
List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 1240
Communicable diseases, Public health, Travel restrictions, Water
supply.
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Therefore, under the Public Health Service Act and under authority
delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 21 CFR part 1240 is
amended as follows:
PART 1240--CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
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1. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 1240 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 216, 243, 264, 271.
Sec. 1240.62 [Amended]
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2. Section 1240.62 is amended as follows:
a. In paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (c)(1)(ii), (c)(1)(v), and (c)(2) by
removing ``Director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition'' each time it appears, and adding in its place ``Director of
the Center for Veterinary Medicine''.
b. In paragraph (c)(1)(ii) by removing ``5100 Paint Branch Pkwy.,
College Park, MD 20740'', and adding in its place ``7519 Standish Pl.,
Rockville, MD 20855''.
Dated: August 9, 2005.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 05-16142 Filed 8-15-05; 8:45 am]
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