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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. AMS–LPS–17–0046]
United States Standards for Grades of
Pork Carcasses
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA .
ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment
period.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS) is reopening
the comment period on the notice
requesting comments on revisions to the
United States Standards for Grades of
Pork Carcasses (pork standards)
published in the Federal Register (82
FR 48971) on October 23, 2017. The
comment period for this notice closed
on December 22, 2017. The revisions are
intended to modernize the standards
and meet stakeholder demands by
segregating the population of
commodity pork products into uniform
groups (of similar quality, value, etc.)
that can facilitate the production and
marketing of pork and deliver certain
eating expectations for the consumer.
DATES: Comments on the notice
published in the Federal Register (82
FR 48971) on October 23, 2017, must be
received by March 19, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments
electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov. Written comments
should be sent to: Pork Carcass
Revisions, Standardization Branch,
Quality Assessment Division; Livestock,
Poultry, and Seed Program, AMS,
USDA; 1400 Independence Ave. SW,
Room 3932–S, STOP 0258, Washington,
DC 20250–0258. Comments may also be
emailed to porkcarcassrevisions@
ams.usda.gov. All comments should
reference docket number AMS–LPS–17–
0046, the date of submission, the page
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23, 2017, issue of the Federal Register.
All comments received will be posted
without change, including any personal
information provided, and they will be
made available for public inspection at
the above physical address during
regular business hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bucky Gwartney, International
Marketing Specialist, Standardization
Branch, Quality Assessment Division,
Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program,
AMS, USDA; 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Room 3932–S, STOP 0258,
Washington, DC 20250–0258; phone
(202) 720–1424; or via email at
Bucky.Gwartney@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice
was published in the Federal Register
(82 FR 48971) on October 23, 2017,
requesting comments on revisions to the
pork standards. The 60-day comment
period provided in the notice closed on
December 22, 2017. Trade organizations
submitted comments requesting a 60day extension to enable industry
stakeholders more time to evaluate the
proposed changes and to submit
comments. Therefore, AMS is reopening
the comment period for the notice until
March 19, 2018. AMS is reopening the
public comment period to ensure that
interested persons have sufficient time
to review and comment on the notice.
Dated: January 10, 2018.
Bruce Summers,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2017–0090]
Addition of the Philippines to the List
of Regions Affected by Highly
Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that we are adding the Philippines to
the list of regions that the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service
considers to be affected by highly
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pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). This
action follows our imposition of HPAIrelated restrictions on avian
commodities originating from or
transiting the Philippines as a result of
the confirmation of HPAI in the
Philippines.
DATES: The Philippines was added to
the list of regions under temporary
restrictions on August 16, 2017. The
Philippines is added to the list of
regions considered to be affected by
HPAI as of January 17, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Ingrid Kotowski, Regionalization
Evaluation Services, National Import
Export Services, VS, APHIS, 920 Main
Campus Drive Suite 200, Raleigh, NC,
27606; (919) 855–7732;
Ingrid.Kotowski@aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
regulations in 9 CFR part 94 (referred to
below as the regulations) govern the
importation of certain animals and
animal products into the United States
to prevent the introduction of various
animal diseases, including Newcastle
disease and highly pathogenic avian
influenza (HPAI). The regulations
prohibit or restrict the importation of
live poultry, poultry meat, and other
poultry products from regions where
these diseases are considered to exist.
Section 94.6 of part 94 of the
regulations contains requirements
governing the importation into the
United States of carcasses, meat, parts or
products of carcasses, and eggs (other
than hatching eggs) of poultry, game
birds, or other birds from regions of the
world where HPAI exists or is
reasonably believed to exist. HPAI is an
extremely infectious and potentially
fatal form of avian influenza in birds
and poultry that, once established, can
spread rapidly from flock to flock. A list
of regions that the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
considers affected with HPAI of any
subtype is maintained on the APHIS
website at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/
aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animaland-animal-product-importinformation/ct-animal-disease-status.
APHIS receives notice of HPAI
outbreaks from veterinary officials of the
exporting country, from the World
Organization for Animal Health (OIE),
or from other sources the Administrator
determines to be reliable. On August 11,
2017, the veterinary authorities of the
Philippines reported to the OIE that
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. AMS-LPS-17-0046]
United States Standards for Grades of Pork Carcasses
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA .
ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS) is reopening the comment period on the notice
requesting comments on revisions to the United States Standards for
Grades of Pork Carcasses (pork standards) published in the Federal
Register (82 FR 48971) on October 23, 2017. The comment period for this
notice closed on December 22, 2017. The revisions are intended to
modernize the standards and meet stakeholder demands by segregating the
population of commodity pork products into uniform groups (of similar
quality, value, etc.) that can facilitate the production and marketing
of pork and deliver certain eating expectations for the consumer.
DATES: Comments on the notice published in the Federal Register (82 FR
48971) on October 23, 2017, must be received by March 19, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments
electronically at https://www.regulations.gov. Written comments should
be sent to: Pork Carcass Revisions, Standardization Branch, Quality
Assessment Division; Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program, AMS, USDA;
1400 Independence Ave. SW, Room 3932-S, STOP 0258, Washington, DC
20250-0258. Comments may also be emailed to
[email protected]. All comments should reference docket
number AMS-LPS-17-0046, the date of submission, the page numbers of
this issue, and the October 23, 2017, issue of the Federal Register.
All comments received will be posted without change, including any
personal information provided, and they will be made available for
public inspection at the above physical address during regular business
hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bucky Gwartney, International
Marketing Specialist, Standardization Branch, Quality Assessment
Division, Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program, AMS, USDA; 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 3932-S, STOP 0258, Washington, DC 20250-
0258; phone (202) 720-1424; or via email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice was published in the Federal
Register (82 FR 48971) on October 23, 2017, requesting comments on
revisions to the pork standards. The 60-day comment period provided in
the notice closed on December 22, 2017. Trade organizations submitted
comments requesting a 60-day extension to enable industry stakeholders
more time to evaluate the proposed changes and to submit comments.
Therefore, AMS is reopening the comment period for the notice until
March 19, 2018. AMS is reopening the public comment period to ensure
that interested persons have sufficient time to review and comment on
the notice.
Dated: January 10, 2018.
Bruce Summers,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-00627 Filed 1-16-18; 8:45 am]
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