[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29308-29309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12510]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2010-0004]
Availability of Compliance Guide for Mobile Slaughter Units
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability and opportunity for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing
the availability of a compliance guide on mobile slaughter units. FSIS
will post this compliance guide on its Significant Guidance Documents
Web page http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Significant_Guidance/index.asp. FSIS
encourages those who own or manage mobile slaughter units to avail
themselves of this guidance document in meeting the pertinent
regulatory requirements. FSIS is also soliciting comments on this
compliance guide. The Agency will consider carefully all comments
submitted and will revise the guide as warranted.
DATES: Submit written comments by July 26, 2010.
ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested persons to submit comments on this
notice and the compliance guidelines. Comments may be submitted by
either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: This Web site provides the ability to
type short comments directly into the comment field on this Web page or
attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions at that site for submitting comments.
Mail, including floppy disks or CD-ROMs, and hand- or courier-
delivered items: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA), FSIS, Room 2-2127, George Washington Carver Center, 5601
Sunnyside Avenue, Mailstop 5474, Beltsville, MD 20705-5474.
Instructions: All items submitted by mail or electronic mail must
include the
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Agency name and docket number FSIS-2010-0004. Comments received in
response to this docket will be made available for public inspection
and posted without change, including any personal information, to
http://www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to background documents or to comments received,
go to the FSIS Docket Room at the address listed above between 8:30
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [email protected], phone:
(770) 304-8919.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
A mobile slaughter unit (MSU) is a self-contained slaughter
facility that can travel from site to site. The MSU compliance guide is
intended for owners and managers of a new or existing red meat or
poultry mobile slaughter unit who want their business to come under
Federal inspection and to operate in accordance with FSIS regulations.
The document includes the procedures necessary to receive a Federal
grant of inspection, unique concerns that may arise with mobile
slaughter units, and links to regulatory requirements and resources.
The meat and poultry industries have become increasingly
consolidated, while consumer interest in locally grown and specialty
products has continued to expand. MSUs can help producers meet consumer
demand for locally grown and specialty products and can serve multiple
small producers in areas where slaughter services might be unaffordable
or otherwise unavailable. Therefore MSUs can help small producers
expand their businesses and create wealth in rural communities.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy
development is important. Consequently, in an effort to ensure that
minorities, women, and persons with disabilities are aware of this
notice, FSIS will announce it online through the FSIS Web page located
at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&_policies/2010_Notices_Index/index.asp.
FSIS will also make copies of this Federal Register publication
available through the FSIS Constituent Update, which is used to provide
information regarding FSIS policies, procedures, regulations, Federal
Register notices, FSIS public meetings, and other types of information
that could affect or would be of interest to constituents and
stakeholders. The Update is communicated via Listserv, a free
electronic mail subscription service for industry, trade groups,
consumer interest groups, health professionals, and other individuals
who have asked to be included. The Update is also available on the FSIS
Web page. Through the Listserv and Web page, FSIS is able to provide
information to a much broader and more diverse audience. In addition,
FSIS offers an electronic mail subscription service which provides
automatic and customized access to selected food safety news and
information. This service is available at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/news_and_events/email_subscription/. Options range from recalls to
export information to regulations, directives and notices. Customers
can add or delete subscriptions themselves, and have the option to
password protect their accounts.
Done at Washington, DC, on May 17, 2010.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2010-12510 Filed 5-24-10; 8:45 am]
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