Director, Animal Product Imports, APHIS Veterinary Services, Strategy and Policy

0579-AE83 202504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0579 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service APHIS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Minimum Maturation Temperature for Beef and Ovine Meat From Regions Affected With Foot-and-Mouth Disease

We are proposing to amend the regulations regarding the minimum maturation temperature for fresh (chilled or frozen) boneless beef and ovine meat from regions or countries affected with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in order to ensure alignment with international standards and current scientific understanding. All other existing mitigations for the importation of beef from regions or countries affected with FMD would remain unchanged.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Undetermined No Not subject to, not significant 9 CFR 94 7 U.S.C. 1633 7 U.S.C. 7701 to 7772 7 U.S.C. 7781 to 7786 7 U.S.C. 8301 to 8317 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a 31 U.S.C. 9701 7 CFR 2.22 7 CFR 2.80 7 CFR 371.4 No NPRM 02/00/2026 NPRM Comment Period End 04/00/2026 Additional information about APHIS and its programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov. Undetermined Undetermined No No Yes Lisa Dixon Dr. Director, Animal Product Imports, APHIS Veterinary Services, Strategy and Policy 0579 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service APHIS 301 851-3373 lisa.m.dixon@usda.gov 4700 River Road Unit 40, Riverdale MD 20737