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Fax: (202) 690–7442.
Email: program.intake@usda.gov.
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Alfred V. Almanza,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2017–0015]
Retail Exemptions Adjusted Dollar
Limitations
Sales to Hotels, Restaurants, and
Similar Institutions
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing
the dollar limitations on the amount of
meat and meat food products, poultry,
and poultry products that a retail store
can sell to hotels, restaurants, and
similar institutions without
disqualifying itself for exemption from
Federal inspection requirements. In
accordance with FSIS’s regulations, for
calendar year 2017, the dollar limitation
for meat and meat food products is
being decreased from $79,200 to
$75,700 and for poultry and poultry
products from $58,200 to $56,600. FSIS
is changing the dollar limitations from
calendar year 2016 based on price
changes for these products evidenced by
the Consumer Price Index.
FSIS has provided an 18-month
transitional period for mandatory
inspection of Siluriformes fish and fish
products. FSIS is currently considering
the retail dollar limitations for this
product.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Effective Date: July 3, 2017.
Gina
Kouba, Office of Policy and Program
Development, Food Safety and
Inspection Service, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Room 6065,
South Building, Washington, DC 20250;
(202) 720–5627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Background
The Federal Meat Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and the Poultry
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Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451
et seq.) provide a comprehensive
statutory framework to ensure that meat,
meat food products, poultry, and
poultry products prepared for commerce
are wholesome, not adulterated, and
properly labeled and packaged.
Statutory provisions requiring
inspection of the processing of meat,
meat food, poultry, and poultry
products do not apply to operations of
types traditionally and usually
conducted at retail stores and
restaurants in regard to products for sale
to consumers in normal retail quantities
(21 U.S.C. 661(c)(2) and 454(c)(2)).
FSIS’s regulations (9 CFR 303.1(d) and
381.10(d)) elaborate on the conditions
under which requirements for
inspection do not apply to retail
operations involving the preparation of
meat and meat food, and processing of
poultry and poultry products.
Under these regulations, sales to
hotels, restaurants, and similar
institutions (other than household
consumers) disqualify a retail store for
exemption if the product sales exceed
either of two maximum limits: 25
percent of the dollar value of total
product sales or the calendar year dollar
limitation set by the Administrator. The
dollar limitation is adjusted
automatically during the first quarter of
the year if the Consumer Price Index
(CPI), published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, shows an increase or decrease
of more than $500 in the price of the
same volume of product for the previous
year. FSIS publishes a notice of the
adjusted dollar limitations in the
Federal Register. (See 9 CFR
303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b) and
381.10(d)(2)(iii)(b).)
The CPI for 2016 reveals an annual
average price decrease for meat and
meat food products at 4.4 percent and
for poultry products at 2.7 percent.
When rounded to the nearest $100, the
dollar limitation for meat and meat food
products decreased by $3,500 and the
dollar limitation for poultry products
decreased by $1,600. In accordance with
9 CFR 303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b) and
381.10(d)(2)(iii)(b), because the dollar
limitation of meat and meat food
products and poultry products
decreased by more than $500, FSIS is
decreasing the dollar limitation on sales
to hotels, restaurants, and similar
institutions to $75,700 for meat and
meat food products and to $56,600 for
poultry products for calendar year 2017.
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Additional Public Notification
FSIS will announce this rule online
through the FSIS Web page located at
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/federalregister.
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/subscribe.
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.
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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
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www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/
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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.
Email: program.intake@usda.gov.
Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means for communication
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(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.),
should contact USDA’s TARGET Center
at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD).
Done, at Washington, DC on: May 25, 2017.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2017–11337 Filed 5–31–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Negative QC
Review Schedule, Status of Sample
Selection of Completion
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection.
This collection is a revision of a
currently approved collection for FNS–
245, Case and Procedural Case Action
Review Schedule.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before July 31, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions that
were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
SUMMARY:
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Lacy
O’Neal, Food and Nutrition Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 824,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may
also be submitted via fax to the attention
of Stephanie Proska at 703–305–2516 or
via email to SNAPHQ-Web@
fns.usda.gov. Comments will also be
accepted through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://
www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
approval. All comments will be a matter
of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Lacy O’Neal at
703–305–2516.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Case and Procedural Case
Action Review Schedule.
Form Number: FNS 245.
OMB Number: 0584–0034.
Expiration Date: October 31, 2017.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: State agencies must
complete and maintain the FNS–245 for
each negative case in their SNAP
Quality Control (QC) sample. The FNS–
245, Negative Case Action Review
Schedule, is designed to collect QC data
and serve as the data entry form for
negative case action QC reviews in the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP). The legal authority for
SNAP QC can be found in Section 16(c)
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008,
as amended; the regulatory requirement
for the QC reporting requirements is
provided by 7 CFR 275.14(d) and 7 CFR
275.2; and the legislative requirement
for the recordkeeping requirements is
Section 11(a) of the Act. In addition,
SNAP regulations, in Section 272.1(f),
specify that program records are to be
retained for a period of three years from
the date of fiscal or administrative
closure.
The reporting and recordkeeping
burden associated with the completion
of the FNS–245 has decreased from
approximately 118,569 hours to
115,514.87 hours. The 3,054.13 hour
decrease in the total burden is largely a
result of the decrease in total SNAP
negative case selections from 38,911
cases in FY 2010 to 38,970 cases in FY
2015.
Affected Public: State, Local and
Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 53
State Agencies.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 735.28.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
38,970.
Estimated Time per Response:
176.436 minutes (2.9406 hours).
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
114,595.18.
Number of Record Keepers: 53.
Number of Records per Record
Keeper: 735.28 Records.
Estimated Number of Records/
Response to Keep: 38,970 Records.
Recordkeeping time per Response:
1.416 minutes (.0236 hours).
Total Estimated Recordkeeping
Burden Hours: 55,181.4 minutes
(919.692 hours).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents including reporting and
recording: 6,930,892.2 minutes
(115,514.87 hours).
REPORTING AND RECORDKEEPING BURDEN
Respondent
Estimated total
responses
annually per
respondent
Estimated total
annual
responses
(Col. d/b)
Estimated
number
respondents
Estimated
average
number of
hours per
response
(Col. bxc)
Estimated total
hours
(Col. dxe)
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State Agencies (SA) Recordkeeping ...................................
53
53
735.28
735.28
38,970
38,970
2.9406
0.0236
114,595.18
919.69
Grand Total Reporting & Recordkeeping Burden for
the entire collection I/H case files and SA ................
106
........................
77,940
........................
115,514.87
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2017-0015]
Retail Exemptions Adjusted Dollar Limitations
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing
the dollar limitations on the amount of meat and meat food products,
poultry, and poultry products that a retail store can sell to hotels,
restaurants, and similar institutions without disqualifying itself for
exemption from Federal inspection requirements. In accordance with
FSIS's regulations, for calendar year 2017, the dollar limitation for
meat and meat food products is being decreased from $79,200 to $75,700
and for poultry and poultry products from $58,200 to $56,600. FSIS is
changing the dollar limitations from calendar year 2016 based on price
changes for these products evidenced by the Consumer Price Index.
FSIS has provided an 18-month transitional period for mandatory
inspection of Siluriformes fish and fish products. FSIS is currently
considering the retail dollar limitations for this product.
DATES: Effective Date: July 3, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina Kouba, Office of Policy and
Program Development, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Room 6065, South Building, Washington, DC
20250; (202) 720-5627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and the
Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) provide a
comprehensive statutory framework to ensure that meat, meat food
products, poultry, and poultry products prepared for commerce are
wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged.
Statutory provisions requiring inspection of the processing of meat,
meat food, poultry, and poultry products do not apply to operations of
types traditionally and usually conducted at retail stores and
restaurants in regard to products for sale to consumers in normal
retail quantities (21 U.S.C. 661(c)(2) and 454(c)(2)). FSIS's
regulations (9 CFR 303.1(d) and 381.10(d)) elaborate on the conditions
under which requirements for inspection do not apply to retail
operations involving the preparation of meat and meat food, and
processing of poultry and poultry products.
Sales to Hotels, Restaurants, and Similar Institutions
Under these regulations, sales to hotels, restaurants, and similar
institutions (other than household consumers) disqualify a retail store
for exemption if the product sales exceed either of two maximum limits:
25 percent of the dollar value of total product sales or the calendar
year dollar limitation set by the Administrator. The dollar limitation
is adjusted automatically during the first quarter of the year if the
Consumer Price Index (CPI), published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, shows an increase or decrease of more than $500 in the
price of the same volume of product for the previous year. FSIS
publishes a notice of the adjusted dollar limitations in the Federal
Register. (See 9 CFR 303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b) and 381.10(d)(2)(iii)(b).)
The CPI for 2016 reveals an annual average price decrease for meat
and meat food products at 4.4 percent and for poultry products at 2.7
percent. When rounded to the nearest $100, the dollar limitation for
meat and meat food products decreased by $3,500 and the dollar
limitation for poultry products decreased by $1,600. In accordance with
9 CFR 303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b) and 381.10(d)(2)(iii)(b), because the dollar
limitation of meat and meat food products and poultry products
decreased by more than $500, FSIS is decreasing the dollar limitation
on sales to hotels, restaurants, and similar institutions to $75,700
for meat and meat food products and to $56,600 for poultry products for
calendar year 2017.
Additional Public Notification
FSIS will announce this rule online through the FSIS Web page
located at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register.
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/subscribe.
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.
USDA Non-Discrimination 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.
Email: program.intake@usda.gov.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for
communication
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(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), should contact USDA's TARGET
Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
Done, at Washington, DC on: May 25, 2017.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2017-11337 Filed 5-31-17; 8:45 am]
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