[Federal Register: April 20, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 77)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 20213-20214]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
9 CFR Parts 317 and 381
[Docket No. 98-005E]
Nutrition Labeling of Ground or Chopped Meat and Poultry Products
and Single-Ingredient Products
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is extending the
comment period for the proposed rulemaking, Nutrition Labeling of
Ground or Chopped Meat and Poultry Products and Single-Ingredient
Products. The comment period is scheduled to close on April 18, 2001.
At the request of a group of trade associations, FSIS is granting a 90-
day extension to the comment period to provide the associations
additional time to conduct research, gather information from their
memberships, and analyze the results and responses. The proposed rule
was published on January 18, 2001 (66 FR 4970).
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 17, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Send one original and two copies of written comments to FSIS
Docket No. 98-005P, Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and
Inspection Service, Room 102-Annex, 300 12th Street, SW., Washington,
DC 20250-3700. The request for this extension will be posted as a
related document associated with the Federal Register publication on
the FSIS web page at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/
ProposedRules.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Robert Post, Director, Labeling
and Consumer Protection Staff, Office of Policy, Program Development,
and Evaluation, Food Safety and Inspection
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Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250-3700;
(202) 205-0279.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy
development is important. Consequently, in an effort to better ensure
that minorities, women, and persons with disabilities are aware of this
notice, FSIS will announce it and provide copies of this Federal
Register publication in the FSIS Constituent Update. FSIS provides a
weekly FSIS Constituent Update, which is communicated via fax to over
300 organizations and individuals. In addition, the update is available
on-line through the FSIS web page located at http://www.fsis.usda.gov.
The update is used to provide information regarding FSIS policies,
procedures, regulations, Federal Register notices, FSIS public
meetings, recalls, and any other types of information that could affect
or would be of interest to our constituents/stakeholders. The
constituent fax list consists of industry, trade, and farm groups,
consumer interest groups, allied health professionals, scientific
professionals, and other individuals that have requested to be
included. Through these various channels, FSIS is able to provide
information to a much broader, more diverse audience. For more
information and to be added to the constituent fax list, fax your
request to the Congressional and Public Affairs Office, at (202) 720-
5704.
Done in Washington, DC, on: April 16, 2001.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 01-9812 Filed 4-17-01; 10:42 am]
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