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        <RIN>0583-AC46</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>201310</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>0583</CODE>
            <NAME>Food Safety and Inspection Service</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>FSIS</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>0500</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Agriculture</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>USDA</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Performance Standards for the Production of Processed Meat and Poultry Products</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[FSIS is proposing to establish pathogen reduction performance standards for all ready-to-eat (RTE) and partially heat-treated meat and poultry products.  The performance standards spell out the objective level of pathogen reduction that establishments must meet during their operations in order to produce safe products, but allow the use of customized, plant-specific processing procedures other than those prescribed in their earlier regulations.  With HACCP, food safety performance standards give establishments the incentive and flexibility to adopt innovative, science-based food safety processing procedures and controls, while providing objective, measurable standards that can be verified by Agency inspectional oversight.  This set of performance standards will include and be consistent with standards already in place for certain ready-to-eat meat and poultry products.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>9 CFR 301</CFR>
            <CFR>9 CFR 303</CFR>
            <CFR>9 CFR 317</CFR>
            <CFR>9 CFR 318</CFR>
            <CFR>9 CFR 319</CFR>
            <CFR>9 CFR 320</CFR>
            <CFR>9 CFR 325</CFR>
            <CFR>9 CFR 331</CFR>
            <CFR>9 CFR 381</CFR>
            <CFR>9 CFR 417</CFR>
            <CFR>9 CFR 430</CFR>
            <CFR>9 CFR 431</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 USC 451 et seq</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 USC 601 et seq</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/27/2001</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>66 FR 12590</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/29/2001</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period Extended</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/03/2001</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>66 FR 35112</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period Extended End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/10/2001</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/06/2003</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>68 FR 34208</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule Effective</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/06/2003</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/31/2005</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period Reopened</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/24/2005</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>70 FR 15017</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period Reopened End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/09/2005</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Affirmation of Interim Final Rule and Supplemental Proposed Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/00/2014</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>Yes</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>Businesses</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>Yes</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Rachel</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Edelstein</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy and Program Development</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0583</CODE>
                    <NAME>Food Safety and Inspection Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FSIS</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 205-0495</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 720-2025</FAX>
                <EMAIL>rachel.edelstein@fsis.usda.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1400 Independence Avenue SW., 350-E JLW Building,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20250-3700</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
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