2016-06576: Elimination of Trichinae Control Regulations and Consolidation of Thermally Processed, Commercially Sterile Regulations

Summary

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to amend the Federal meat inspection regulations to eliminate the requirements for both ready-to-eat (RTE) and not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) pork and pork products to be treated to destroy trichinae (Trichinella spiralis) because the regulations are inconsistent with the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations, and because these prescriptive regulations are no longer necessary. If this supplemental proposed rule is finalized, FSIS will end its Trichinella Approved Laboratory Program (TALP program) for the evaluation and approval of non-Federal laboratories that use the pooled sample digestion technique to analyze samples for the presence of trichinae. FSIS is also proposing to consolidate the regulations on thermally processed, commercially sterile meat and poultry products (i.e., canned food products containing meat or poultry).

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 11 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 9 CFR 301 Terminology; Adulteration and Misbranding Standards
• 9 CFR 303 Exemptions
• 9 CFR 318 Entry into Official Establishments; Reinspection and Preparation of Products
• 9 CFR 319 Definitions and Standards of Identity or Composition
• 9 CFR 320 Records, Registration, and Reports
• 9 CFR 325 Transportation
• 9 CFR 331 Special Provisions for Designated States and Territories; and for Designation of Establishments Which Endanger Public Health and for Such Designated Establishments
• 9 CFR 381 Poultry Products Inspection Regulations
• 9 CFR 417 Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems
• 9 CFR 424 Preparation and Processing Operations
• 9 CFR 431 Thermally Processed, Commercially Sterile Products