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Vol. 77, No. 34
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Agricultural Research Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Agricultural Research Service, intends
to grant to North Carolina State
University of Raleigh, North Carolina,
an exclusive license to the soybean
variety named ‘‘N7003CN’’.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before March 22, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA,
ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174,
Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June
Blalock of the Office of Technology
Transfer at the Beltsville address given
above; telephone: 301–504–5989.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Government’s rights in this
plant variety are assigned to the United
States of America, as represented by the
Secretary of Agriculture. The
prospective exclusive license will be
royalty-bearing and will comply with
the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C.
209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective
exclusive license may be granted unless,
within thirty (30) days from the date of
this published Notice, the Agricultural
Research Service receives written
evidence and argument which
establishes that the grant of the license
would not be consistent with the
requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37
CFR 404.7.
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Richard J. Brenner,
Assistant Administrator.
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[Docket No. FSIS–2010–0023]
Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli
in Certain Raw Beef Products
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: New schedule for
implementation of routine testing and
verification activities.
AGENCY:
The Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing
a new date for when it will implement
routine verification sampling and
testing for raw beef manufacturing
trimmings for six non-O157 Shiga toxinproducing Escherichia coli (STEC)
serogroups (O26, O45, O103, O111,
O121, and O145). This new date will
provide additional time for
establishments and laboratories to
validate their test methods. FSIS
announced in September 2011 plans to
test certain raw beef products for these
six STEC serogroups in addition to
O157:H7. FSIS has determined that
these organisms are adulterants of raw
ground beef products and product
components under the Federal Meat
Inspection Act (FMIA).
DATES: Beginning June 4, 2012, FSIS
will implement routine verification
activities, including testing, for the six
additional STEC discussed in this
document (O26, O45, O103, O111,
O121, and O145), of raw beef
manufacturing trimmings (domestic or
imported) derived from cattle
slaughtered on or after June 4, 2012. To
facilitate compliance with the policy,
and to allow industry time to implement
any necessary changes in their food
safety systems, FSIS will generally not
regard raw, non-intact beef products or
the components of these products found
to have these pathogens as adulterated
until June 4, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Engeljohn, Ph.D., Assistant
Administrator, Office of Policy and
Program Development, Food Safety and
Inspection Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, (202) 205–0495.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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announcing a final determination that
raw, non-intact beef products or raw,
intact beef products that are intended
for use in raw, non-intact product, that
are contaminated with Shiga toxinproducing Escherichia coli (STEC) O26,
O45, O103, O111, O121, and O145, are
adulterated within the meaning of 21
U.S.C. 601(m)(1) and (m)(3)(76 FR
58157; Sep. 20, 2011).
FSIS announced that it intended to
implement a verification sampling and
testing program for the six non-O157
STEC, as it already does for E. coli
O157:H7. The Agency intended to begin
this verification sampling and testing on
March 5, 2012. The Agency noted that
it would initially sample raw beef
manufacturing trimmings and other
ground beef components for the six nonO157 STEC, but that it would consider
other products, including raw ground
beef, contaminated with these STEC to
be adulterated (76 FR 58160). The
Agency asked for comments on its plans
for implementing the program (76 FR
58157, 58164).
In addition, FSIS asked for comments
on: Agency plans for a baseline survey
of relevant STEC prevalence in raw beef
products, whether to hold technical or
other public meetings, validation
guidance for pathogen detection test
kits, various cost estimates, the type of
outreach and information that would be
most useful to establishments preparing
for implementation of the Agency’s
policy, and information that foreign
governments might need to address
inspection equivalency or
implementation concerns.
In response to comments, FSIS
extended the public comment period
from November 21, 2011, to December
21, 2011, and held a public meeting by
teleconference on December 1, 2011 to
solicit comments (76 FR 72331; Nov. 23,
2011). FSIS intends to publish a Federal
Register notice discussing and
responding to the comments that it
received.
Many of the comments requested a
delay of the implementation date for
testing for the relevant STECs for
various reasons, including the need for
test kits to detect these organisms to
become more widely available.
While FSIS is confident that reliable
test kits will be available for commercial
use before March 5, allowing additional
time for beef establishments to begin
sampling and testing with these new
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delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License
AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to North
Carolina State University of Raleigh, North Carolina, an exclusive
license to the soybean variety named ``N7003CN''.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 22, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4-1174, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-5131.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June Blalock of the Office of
Technology Transfer at the Beltsville address given above; telephone:
301-504-5989.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Government's rights in this
plant variety are assigned to the United States of America, as
represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. The prospective exclusive
license will be royalty-bearing and will comply with the terms and
conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective exclusive
license may be granted unless, within thirty (30) days from the date of
this published Notice, the Agricultural Research Service receives
written evidence and argument which establishes that the grant of the
license would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209
and 37 CFR 404.7.
Richard J. Brenner,
Assistant Administrator.
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