[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 115 (Friday, June 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 40908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15065]
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Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 115 / Friday, June 14, 2002 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[DA-00-10A]
Milk for Manufacturing Purposes and Its Production and
Processing; Requirements Recommended for Adoption by State Regulatory
Agencies
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document amends the recommended manufacturing milk
requirements (Recommended Requirements) by updating the existing drug
residue monitoring program. The amendment provides State regulatory
agencies and the dairy industry with updated guidance in carrying out
sampling, testing, and monitoring activities relating to drug residues
in manufacturing grade milk. The amendment to update the drug residue
monitoring program was initiated at the request of the Dairy Division
of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA)
and developed in cooperation with NASDA, the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), dairy trade associations, and producer groups.
This document also makes final certain other changes to the Recommended
Requirements for clarity and consistency.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 17, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane R. Spomer, Associate Deputy
Administrator for Standards and Grading, AMS/USDA/Dairy Programs, Room
2746 South Building, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456,
telephone (202) 720-3171, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA) maintains a set of model
regulations relating to quality and sanitation requirements for the
production and processing of manufacturing grade milk. These
Recommended Requirements are developed by AMS and recommended for
adoption and enforcement by the various States that regulate
manufacturing grade milk. The purpose of the model requirements is to
promote uniformity in State dairy laws and regulations relating to
manufacturing grade milk.
In consultation with representatives from NASDA, State regulatory
agencies, FDA, and dairy industry trade associations, the Department
prepared the Recommended Requirements to promote uniformity in State
dairy laws and regulations for manufacturing grade milk. To accommodate
changes that have occurred in the dairy industry, NASDA and various
State officials have at times requested USDA to update the Recommended
Requirements.
On May 6, 1993, AMS updated the existing Recommended Requirements
and incorporated an expanded drug residue monitoring program based on
drug residue provisions for Grade A milk produced under the National
Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) cooperative program (58
FR 26950). Within the NCIMS program, FDA, State regulatory agencies,
consumers, and the dairy industry cooperatively develop and modify
model regulations that are used to regulate Grade A milk. Since 1993
several drug residue monitoring changes have occurred in the Grade A
milk model program.
During its July 1999 annual meeting, the Dairy Division of NASDA
passed a resolution requesting USDA to review the drug residue
provisions of the Recommended Requirements and update this document to
provide greater consistency with the drug residue requirements
currently in place for Grade A milk. AMS reviewed these provisions and
developed a draft that identified the changes associated with this
request. This draft was provided to State regulatory officials and
dairy trade association representatives for informal discussion prior
to publication in the Federal Register. Subsequently, a Notice of
Proposal to Change the document, ``Milk for Manufacturing Purposes and
Its Production and Processing; Requirements Recommended for Adoption by
State Regulatory Agencies,'' was published in the Federal Register on
April 20, 2001 (66 FR 20226). The Notice of Proposal to Change the
document provided for a 60-day comment period that ended on June 19,
2001. No comments were received.
Accordingly, the changes proposed in the Milk for Manufacturing
Purposes and Its Production and Processing: Requirements Recommended
for Adoption by State Regulatory Agencies are incorporated in the
revised Recommended Requirements.
The Recommended Requirements (incorporating the changes herein
adopted) are available either from the above address or by accessing
the information on the Internet at the following address: http://www.ams.usda.gov/dairy/manufmlk.pdf.
Authority: (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627)
Dated: June 10, 2002.
A.J. Yates,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 02-15065 Filed 6-13-02; 8:45 am]
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