[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 137 (Monday, July 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44024-44025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17957]
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Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 137 / Monday, July 17, 2000 /
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. DA-98-03]
United States Standards for Dry Whey; Correction
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service published in the Federal
Register of June 20, 2000 (65 FR 38235) a document (DA-98-03)
soliciting comments on a proposal to change the United States Standards
for Dry Whey. Text was inadvertently omitted in four paragraphs in the
Notice, in one place a word was misspelled, and in another place an
incorrect title for an industry organization appeared. This document
corrects those errors.
DATES: July 17, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane R. Spomer, Chief, Dairy
Standardization Branch, AMS/USDA/Dairy Programs, Room 2764-South, P.O.
Box 96956, Washington, DC 20090-6456; telephone (202) 720-7473; fax
(202) 720-2643; e-mail [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department of Agriculture (Department) published a Notice (DA-
98-03) in the Federal Register of June 20, 2000 (65 FR 38235). The
Notice (issued on June 13, 2000) solicited comments on a proposal to
change the United States Standards for Dry Whey. AMS is proposing
changes that would lower the bacterial estimate of not more than 50,000
per gram to not more than 30,000 per gram, incorporate maximum scorched
particle content as a requirement for U.S. grade, and expand the Test
Methods section to allow product evaluation using the latest methods
included in Standard Methods for Examination of Dairy Products, in the
Official Methods of Analysis of the Association of Official Analytical
Chemists, and in standards developed by the International Dairy
Federation. These changes are being proposed to strengthen the quality
requirements of this Standard to reflect improvements that have
occurred in dry whey quality since the Standards were last reviewed.
AMS is also proposing editorial changes to provide consistency with
other dry milk standards. This Notice Correction is necessary in order
to provide complete data on which to solicit comments. The due date for
comments on the proposed changes (August 21, 2000) is unchanged.
Correction
This Federal Register Notice makes correction to the Notice
published on June 20, 2000 (65 FR 38235). The Department makes the
following corrections:
(1) In the third column, under ``Proposed by Dairy Programs,
Agricultural Marketing Service'' (FR page 38235), the paragraph which
begins ``Concerning the suggestion by the * * * '', change ``American
Dairy Products Association'' to read ``American Dairy Products
Institute.''
(2) In the first paragraph of the first column ``current
standard,'' second sentence (FR page 38236), correct the spelling of
``Mositure'' to read ``Moisture''.
(3) In paragraph (a)(1) of the first column, ``Requirements for
U.S. grade,'' (FR page 38236), add the following omitted words in the
Current standard section immediately following the last published line
in the paragraph (which reads ``possess the following flavors to a.''):
`` * * * slight degree: Bitter, fermented, storage, and utensil; and
the following to a definite degree: feed and weedy.''
The paragraph should read as follows:
(1) Flavor. (Applies to the reliquefied form). Shall have a normal
whey flavor free from undesirable flavors, but may possess the
following flavors to a slight degree: Bitter, fermented, storage, and
utensil; and the following to a definite degree: feed and weedy.
(4) In paragraph (1) of that same section (Requirements for U.S.
grade) (FR page 38236) add the following omitted words in the second
column, Proposed section immediately following the last published line
in the paragraph (which reads ``and the following to a definite degree:
feed and''):
`` * * * weedy. See Table 1 of this section.''
The paragraph should read as follows:
(1) Flavor. Reconstituted whey shall have a normal whey flavor free
from undesirable flavors, but may possess the following flavors to a
slight degree: Bitter, fermented, storage, and utensil; and the
following to a definite degree: feed and weedy. See Table 1 of this
section.
(5) In the paragraph of that same section (FR page 38236) add the
following omitted words in the third column (Discussion section),
immediately following the words in the last published line in that
paragraph (which reads ``and their''):
``intensities. This would allow the reader to quickly identify flavor
characteristics and intensities included in this standard.''
The paragraph should read as follows:
We propose to change ``reliquefied'' to ``reconstituted'' to more
accurately describe the process of converting dry whey to a liquid
product. We propose to provide a Table 1 that includes the allowed
flavors and their intensities. This would allow the reader to quickly
identify flavor characteristics and intensities included in this
standard.
(6) Proposed paragraph (b) in the second column under ``Test
Methods'' (FR page 38238), add the following omitted words in the
Proposed column immediately following the last published line in the
paragraph (which reads ``Methods for the Examination of Dairy.''):
``Products,'' available from the American Public Health Association,
1015 Fifteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20005, or by methods published
by the International Dairy Federation, available from the International
Dairy Federation, 41 Square Vergate, B-1030 Brussels, Belgium.''
The paragraph should read as follows:
(b) All other tests shall be performed by the methods contained in
the latest edition of the ``Official Methods of Analysis of the
Association of Official Analytical Chemists,'' published by the
Association of Official Analytical Chemists International, 481 North
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Frederick Avenue, Suite 500, Gaithersburg, MD 20877-2504; by the
methods provided in the latest edition of the ``Standard Methods for
the Examination of Dairy Products,'' available from the American Public
Health Association, 1015 Fifteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20005, or
by methods published by the International Dairy Federation, available
from the International Dairy Federation, 41 Square Vergate, B-1030
Brussels, Belgium.
Authority: (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627).
Dated: July 11, 2000.
Kathleen A. Merrigan,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
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