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BILLING CODE 9111–14–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
9 CFR Parts 317 and 381
[Docket No. FSIS–2016–0048]
RIN 0583–AD05
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Uniform Compliance Date for Food
Labeling Regulations
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) is establishing
January 1, 2020, as the uniform
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compliance date for new meat and
poultry product labeling regulations that
are issued between January 1, 2017, and
December 31, 2018. FSIS periodically
announces uniform compliance dates
for new meat and poultry product
labeling regulations to minimize the
economic impact of label changes.
DATES: This rule is effective December
19, 2016. Comments on this final rule
must be received on or before January
18, 2017.
ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested
persons to submit relevant comments on
this final rule. Comments may be
submitted by 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 https://www.regulations.gov/. Follow
the online instructions at that site for
submitting comments.
• Mail, including CD–ROMs: Send to
Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), FSIS, OPPD,
Patriots Plaza 3, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Mailstop 3782, Room 8–
163A, Washington, DC 20250–3700.
• Hand- or courier-delivered items:
Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA), FSIS, OPPD,
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8–163A, Washington, DC 20250–3700.
Instructions: All items submitted by
mail or electronic mail must include the
Agency name and docket number FSIS–
2016–0048. Comments received in
response to this docket will be made
available for public inspection and
posted without change, including any
personal information, to https://
www.regulations.gov/.
Docket: For access to background
documents or comments received, go to
the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza
3, 355 E Street SW., Room 8–164,
Washington, DC 20250–3700 between
8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rosalyn Murphy-Jenkins, Director,
Labeling and Program Delivery Division,
Office of Policy and Program
Development, Food Safety and
Inspection Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Telephone: 301–504–0879.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
FSIS periodically issues regulations
that require changes in the labeling of
meat and poultry food products. Many
meat and poultry establishments also
produce non-meat and non-poultry food
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products that are subject to the
jurisdiction of the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA). FDA also
periodically issues regulations that
require changes in the labeling of
products under its jurisdiction.
On December 14, 2004, FSIS issued a
final rule that established January 1,
2008, as the uniform compliance date
for new meat and poultry labeling
regulations issued between January 1,
2005, and December 31, 2006. The 2004
final rule also provided that the Agency
would set uniform compliance dates for
new labeling regulations in 2-year
increments and periodically issue final
rules announcing those dates.
Consistent with that final rule, the
Agency has published five final rules
establishing the uniform compliance
dates of January 1, 2010, January 1,
2012, January 1, 2014, January 1, 2016,
and January 1, 2018 (72 FR 9651, 73 FR
75564, 75 FR 71344, 77 FR 76824, and
79 FR 71007).
The Final Rule
This final rule establishes January 1,
2020, as the uniform compliance date
for new meat and poultry product
labeling regulations that are issued
between January 1, 2017 and December
31, 2018, and is consistent with the
previous final rules that established
uniform compliance dates. In addition,
FSIS’s approach for establishing
uniform compliance dates for new food
labeling regulations is consistent with
FDA’s approach. FDA is also planning
to publish a final rule establishing a
new compliance date.
Two-year increments enhance the
industry’s ability to make orderly
adjustments to new labeling
requirements without unduly exposing
consumers to outdated labels. With this
approach, the meat and poultry industry
is able to plan for use of label
inventories and to develop new labeling
materials that meet the requirements of
all labeling regulations made within the
two year period, thereby minimizing the
economic impact of labeling changes.
This compliance approach also serves
consumer’s interests because the cost of
multiple short-term label revisions that
would otherwise occur would likely be
passed on to consumers in the form of
higher prices.
FSIS encourages meat and poultry
companies to comply with new labeling
regulations as soon as it is feasible. If
companies initiate voluntary label
changes, they should consider
incorporating any new requirements
that have been published as final
regulations.
The new uniform compliance date
will apply only to final FSIS regulations
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that require changes in the labeling of
meat and poultry products and that are
published after January 1, 2017, and
before December 31, 2018. For each
final rule that requires changes in
labeling, FSIS will specifically identify
January 1, 2020, as the compliance date.
All meat and poultry food products that
are subject to labeling regulations
promulgated between January 1, 2017,
and December 31, 2018, will be required
to comply with these regulations on
products introduced into commerce on
or after January 1, 2020. If any food
labeling regulation involves special
circumstances that justify a compliance
date other than January 1, 2020, the
Agency will determine an appropriate
compliance date and will publish that
compliance date in the rulemaking.
In rulemaking that began with the
May 4, 2004, proposed rule, FSIS
provided notice and solicited comment
on the concept of establishing uniform
compliance dates for labeling
requirements (69 FR 24539). In the
March 5, 2007, final rule, FSIS noted
that the Agency received only four
comments in response to the proposal,
all fully supportive of the policy to set
uniform compliance dates. Therefore, in
the March 5, 2007, final rule, FSIS
determined that further rulemaking for
the establishment of uniform
compliance dates for labeling
requirements is unnecessary (72 FR
9651). The Agency did not receive
comments on the 2007 final rule, and
the comments FSIS received on the
2012 final rule on the uniform
compliance date were outside the scope
of the rule (77 FR 76824). Consistent
with its statement in 2007, FSIS finds at
this time that further rulemaking on this
matter is unnecessary. However, FSIS is
providing an opportunity for comment
on the uniform compliance date
established in this final rule.
Executive Order 12988
This final rule has been reviewed
under the Executive Order 12988, Civil
Justice Reform. Under this final rule: (1)
All state and local laws and regulations
that are inconsistent with this rule will
be preempted; (2) no retroactive effect
will given to this rule; and (3) no
retroactive proceedings will be required
before parties may file suit in court
challenging this rule.
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 and
the Regulatory Flexibility Act
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
direct agencies to assess all costs and
benefits of available regulatory
alternatives and, if regulation is
necessary, to select regulatory
approaches that maximize net benefits
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(including potential economic,
environmental, public health and safety
effects, distributive impacts, and
equity). Executive Order (E.O.) 13563
emphasizes the importance of
quantifying both costs and benefits, of
reducing costs, of harmonizing rules,
and of promoting flexibility. This final
rule has been reviewed under E.O.
12866. The Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) has determined that it is
a not significant regulatory action under
section 3(f) of E.O. 12866 and, therefore,
it has not been reviewed by OMB.
This rule does not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities; consequently,
a regulatory flexibility analysis is not
required (5 U.S.C. 601–612).
Paperwork Requirements
There are no paperwork or
recordkeeping requirements associated
with this policy under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520).
E-Government Act Compliance
FSIS and USDA are committed to
achieving the purposes of the EGovernment Act (44 U.S.C. 3601, et
seq.) by, among other things, promoting
the use of the Internet and other
information technologies and providing
increased opportunities for citizen
access to Government information and
services, and for other purposes.
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
No agency, officer, or employee of the
USDA shall, on the grounds of race,
color, national origin, religion, sex,
gender identity, sexual orientation,
disability, age, marital status, family/
parental status, income derived from a
public assistance program, or political
beliefs, exclude from participation in,
deny the benefits of, or subject to
discrimination any person in the United
States under any program or activity
conducted by the USDA.
How To File a Complaint of
Discrimination
To file a complaint of discrimination,
complete the USDA Program
Discrimination Complaint Form, which
may be accessed online at https://
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docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_
12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you
or your authorized representative.
Send your completed complaint form
or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email:
Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–9410.
Fax: (202) 690–7442
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Email: program.intake@usda.gov.
Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means for communication
(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.),
should contact USDA’s TARGET Center
at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD).
Additional Public Notification
FSIS will announce this rule online
through the FSIS Web page located at
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&_
policies/Interim_&_Final_Rules/
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
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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. 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
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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.
Dated: December 14, 2016.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Acting Administrator.
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BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
12 CFR Part 204
[Docket No. R–1553]
RIN 7100–AE63
Regulation D; Reserve Requirements
of Depository Institutions
Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
ACTION: Final rule.
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AGENCY:
The Board is amending
Regulation D, Reserve Requirements of
Depository Institutions, to reflect the
annual indexing of the reserve
requirement exemption amount and the
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low reserve tranche for 2017. The
Regulation D amendments set the
amount of total reservable liabilities of
each depository institution that is
subject to a zero percent reserve
requirement in 2017 at $15.5 million
(up from $15.2 million in 2016). This
amount is known as the reserve
requirement exemption amount. The
Regulation D amendments also set the
amount of net transaction accounts at
each depository institution (over the
reserve requirement exemption amount)
that is subject to a three percent reserve
requirement in 2017 at $115.1 million
(up from $110.2 million in 2016). This
amount is known as the low reserve
tranche. The adjustments to both of
these amounts are derived using
statutory formulas specified in the
Federal Reserve Act.
The Board is also announcing changes
in two other amounts, the nonexempt
deposit cutoff level and the reduced
reporting limit, that are used to
determine the frequency at which
depository institutions must submit
deposit reports.
DATES: Effective date: January 18, 2017.
Compliance dates: The new low
reserve tranche and reserve requirement
exemption amount will apply to the
fourteen-day reserve maintenance
period that begins January 19, 2017. For
depository institutions that report
deposit data weekly, this maintenance
period corresponds to the fourteen-day
computation period that begins
December 20, 2016. For depository
institutions that report deposit data
quarterly, this maintenance period
corresponds to the seven-day
computation period that begins
December 20, 2016. The new values of
the nonexempt deposit cutoff level, the
reserve requirement exemption amount,
and the reduced reporting limit will be
used to determine the frequency at
which a depository institution submits
deposit reports effective in either June
or September 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Clinton N. Chen, Attorney (202/452–
3952), Legal Division, or Ezra A. Kidane,
Financial Analyst (202/973–6161),
Division of Monetary Affairs; for users
of Telecommunications Device for the
Deaf (TDD) only, contact (202/263–
4869); Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, 20th and C Streets
NW., Washington, DC 20551.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
19(b)(2) of the Federal Reserve Act (12
U.S.C. 461(b)(2)) requires each
depository institution to maintain
reserves against its transaction accounts
and nonpersonal time deposits, as
prescribed by Board regulations, for the
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purpose of implementing monetary
policy. Section 11(a)(2) of the Federal
Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 248(a)(2))
authorizes the Board to require reports
of liabilities and assets from depository
institutions to enable the Board to
conduct monetary policy. The Board’s
actions with respect to each of these
provisions are discussed in turn below.
Reserve Requirements
Pursuant to section 19(b) of the
Federal Reserve Act (Act), transaction
account balances maintained at each
depository institution are subject to
reserve requirement ratios of zero, three,
or ten percent. Section 19(b)(11)(A) of
the Act (12 U.S.C. 461(b)(11)(A))
provides that a zero percent reserve
requirement shall apply at each
depository institution to total reservable
liabilities that do not exceed a certain
amount, known as the reserve
requirement exemption amount. Section
19(b)(11)(B) provides that, before
December 31 of each year, the Board
shall issue a regulation adjusting the
reserve requirement exemption amount
for the next calendar year if total
reservable liabilities held at all
depository institutions increase from
one year to the next. No adjustment is
made to the reserve requirement
exemption amount if total reservable
liabilities held at all depository
institutions should decrease during the
applicable time period. The Act requires
the percentage increase in the reserve
requirement exemption amount to be 80
percent of the increase in total
reservable liabilities of all depository
institutions over the one-year period
that ends on the June 30 prior to the
adjustment.
Total reservable liabilities of all
depository institutions increased by 2.3
percent, from $7,477 billion to $7,648
billion between June 30, 2015, and June
30, 2016. Accordingly, the Board is
amending Regulation D to set the
reserve requirement exemption amount
for 2017 at $15.5 million, an increase of
$0.3 million from its level in 2016.1
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act
(12 U.S.C. 461(b)(2)), transaction
account balances maintained at each
depository institution over the reserve
requirement exemption amount and up
to a certain amount, known as the low
reserve tranche, are subject to a three
percent reserve requirement.
Transaction account balances over the
low reserve tranche are subject to a ten
percent reserve requirement. Section
1 Consistent with Board practice, the low reserve
tranche and reserve requirement exemption
amounts have been rounded to the nearest $0.1
million.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
9 CFR Parts 317 and 381
[Docket No. FSIS-2016-0048]
RIN 0583-AD05
Uniform Compliance Date for Food Labeling Regulations
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is establishing
January 1, 2020, as the uniform compliance date for new meat and
poultry product labeling regulations that are issued between January 1,
2017, and December 31, 2018. FSIS periodically announces uniform
compliance dates for new meat and poultry product labeling regulations
to minimize the economic impact of label changes.
DATES: This rule is effective December 19, 2016. Comments on this final
rule must be received on or before January 18, 2017.
ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested persons to submit relevant comments
on this final rule. Comments may be submitted by 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 https://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online instructions at that site for
submitting comments.
Mail, including CD-ROMs: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), FSIS, OPPD, Patriots Plaza 3, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Mailstop 3782, Room 8-163A, Washington, DC
20250-3700.
Hand- or courier-delivered items: Send to Docket Clerk,
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), FSIS, OPPD, Patriots Plaza 3,
355 E Street SW., Room 8-163A, Washington, DC 20250-3700.
Instructions: All items submitted by mail or electronic mail must
include the Agency name and docket number FSIS-2016-0048. Comments
received in response to this docket will be made available for public
inspection and posted without change, including any personal
information, to https://www.regulations.gov/.
Docket: For access to background documents or comments received, go
to the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza 3, 355 E Street SW., Room 8-
164, Washington, DC 20250-3700 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rosalyn Murphy-Jenkins, Director,
Labeling and Program Delivery Division, Office of Policy and Program
Development, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Telephone: 301-504-0879.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
FSIS periodically issues regulations that require changes in the
labeling of meat and poultry food products. Many meat and poultry
establishments also produce non-meat and non-poultry food
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products that are subject to the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA). FDA also periodically issues regulations that
require changes in the labeling of products under its jurisdiction.
On December 14, 2004, FSIS issued a final rule that established
January 1, 2008, as the uniform compliance date for new meat and
poultry labeling regulations issued between January 1, 2005, and
December 31, 2006. The 2004 final rule also provided that the Agency
would set uniform compliance dates for new labeling regulations in 2-
year increments and periodically issue final rules announcing those
dates. Consistent with that final rule, the Agency has published five
final rules establishing the uniform compliance dates of January 1,
2010, January 1, 2012, January 1, 2014, January 1, 2016, and January 1,
2018 (72 FR 9651, 73 FR 75564, 75 FR 71344, 77 FR 76824, and 79 FR
71007).
The Final Rule
This final rule establishes January 1, 2020, as the uniform
compliance date for new meat and poultry product labeling regulations
that are issued between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2018, and is
consistent with the previous final rules that established uniform
compliance dates. In addition, FSIS's approach for establishing uniform
compliance dates for new food labeling regulations is consistent with
FDA's approach. FDA is also planning to publish a final rule
establishing a new compliance date.
Two-year increments enhance the industry's ability to make orderly
adjustments to new labeling requirements without unduly exposing
consumers to outdated labels. With this approach, the meat and poultry
industry is able to plan for use of label inventories and to develop
new labeling materials that meet the requirements of all labeling
regulations made within the two year period, thereby minimizing the
economic impact of labeling changes.
This compliance approach also serves consumer's interests because
the cost of multiple short-term label revisions that would otherwise
occur would likely be passed on to consumers in the form of higher
prices.
FSIS encourages meat and poultry companies to comply with new
labeling regulations as soon as it is feasible. If companies initiate
voluntary label changes, they should consider incorporating any new
requirements that have been published as final regulations.
The new uniform compliance date will apply only to final FSIS
regulations that require changes in the labeling of meat and poultry
products and that are published after January 1, 2017, and before
December 31, 2018. For each final rule that requires changes in
labeling, FSIS will specifically identify January 1, 2020, as the
compliance date. All meat and poultry food products that are subject to
labeling regulations promulgated between January 1, 2017, and December
31, 2018, will be required to comply with these regulations on products
introduced into commerce on or after January 1, 2020. If any food
labeling regulation involves special circumstances that justify a
compliance date other than January 1, 2020, the Agency will determine
an appropriate compliance date and will publish that compliance date in
the rulemaking.
In rulemaking that began with the May 4, 2004, proposed rule, FSIS
provided notice and solicited comment on the concept of establishing
uniform compliance dates for labeling requirements (69 FR 24539). In
the March 5, 2007, final rule, FSIS noted that the Agency received only
four comments in response to the proposal, all fully supportive of the
policy to set uniform compliance dates. Therefore, in the March 5,
2007, final rule, FSIS determined that further rulemaking for the
establishment of uniform compliance dates for labeling requirements is
unnecessary (72 FR 9651). The Agency did not receive comments on the
2007 final rule, and the comments FSIS received on the 2012 final rule
on the uniform compliance date were outside the scope of the rule (77
FR 76824). Consistent with its statement in 2007, FSIS finds at this
time that further rulemaking on this matter is unnecessary. However,
FSIS is providing an opportunity for comment on the uniform compliance
date established in this final rule.
Executive Order 12988
This final rule has been reviewed under the Executive Order 12988,
Civil Justice Reform. Under this final rule: (1) All state and local
laws and regulations that are inconsistent with this rule will be
preempted; (2) no retroactive effect will given to this rule; and (3)
no retroactive proceedings will be required before parties may file
suit in court challenging this rule.
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 and the Regulatory Flexibility Act
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess all
costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive
Order (E.O.) 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs
and benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting
flexibility. This final rule has been reviewed under E.O. 12866. The
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has determined that it is a not
significant regulatory action under section 3(f) of E.O. 12866 and,
therefore, it has not been reviewed by OMB.
This rule does not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities; consequently, a regulatory
flexibility analysis is not required (5 U.S.C. 601-612).
Paperwork Requirements
There are no paperwork or recordkeeping requirements associated
with this policy under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520).
E-Government Act Compliance
FSIS and USDA are committed to achieving the purposes of the E-
Government Act (44 U.S.C. 3601, et seq.) by, among other things,
promoting the use of the Internet and other information technologies
and providing increased opportunities for citizen access to Government
information and services, and for other purposes.
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
No agency, officer, or employee of the USDA shall, on the grounds
of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual
orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status,
income derived from a public assistance program, or political beliefs,
exclude from participation in, deny the benefits of, or subject to
discrimination any person in the United States under any program or
activity conducted by the USDA.
How To File a Complaint of Discrimination
To file a complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program
Discrimination Complaint Form, which may be accessed online at https://www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you or your
authorized representative.
Send your completed complaint form or letter to USDA by mail, fax,
or email:
Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of
Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-9410.
Fax: (202) 690-7442
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Email: program.intake@usda.gov.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for
communication (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), should contact
USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
Additional Public Notification
FSIS will announce this rule online through the FSIS Web page
located at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&_policies/Interim_&_Final_Rules/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. 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 https://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_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.
Dated: December 14, 2016.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2016-30463 Filed 12-16-16; 8:45 am]
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