[Federal Register: March 31, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 63)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 17128-17129]
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 part 424
[Docket No. 99-028N]
Food Additives for Use in Meat and Poultry Products: Sodium
Diacetate, Sodium Acetate, Sodium Lactate and Potassium Lactate
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Affirmation of effective date for direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: On January 20, 2000, the Food Safety and Inspection Service
(FSIS) published a direct final rule ``Food Additives for Use in Meat
and Poultry Products: Sodium Diacetate, Sodium Acetate, Sodium Lactate
and Potassium Lactate'' in the Federal Register. This direct final rule
notified the public of FSIS' intention to amend the Federal meat and
poultry products inspection regulations to allow the use of these
additives in meat and poultry products.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Post, Director, Labeling and
Additives Policy Division, Office of Policy, Program Development and
Evaluation, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250-3700; (202) 205-0279.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
FSIS published a direct final rule, ``Food Additives for Use in
Meat and Poultry Products: Sodium Diacetate, Sodium Acetate, Sodium
Lactate and Potassium Lactate'' (65 FR 3121, 1/20/00). This direct
final rule amended the Federal meat and poultry products inspection
regulations by increasing the permissible levels of sodium acetate as a
flavor enhancer in meat and poultry products and of sodium diacetate as
a flavor enhancer and as an inhibitor of the growth of pathogens. This
direct
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final rule also permitted the use of sodium lactate and potassium
lactate in meat and poultry products, except for infant formulas and
infant food, for purposes of inhibiting the growth of certain
pathogens. This direct final rule was in response to petitions received
by Armour Swift-Ekrich and Purac America, Inc.
FSIS provided for a 30-day comment period ending on February 22,
2000. FSIS received no comments in response to the direct final rule.
Therefore, the amendments to the regulations will be effective on March
20, 2000.
Done at Washington, DC, on: March 27, 2000.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 00-8007 Filed 3-30-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-DM-P
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