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        <RIN>0910-AF64</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200604</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>0910</CODE>
            <NAME>Food and Drug Administration</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>FDA</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>0900</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Health and Human Services</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>HHS</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Lowfat and Skim Milk and Lowfat and Nonfat Yogurt Products, Lowfat Cottage Cheese: Rev. of Stand. of Ident.; Food Lab., Nutrient Cont. Claims for Fat, Fatty Acids, and Cholesterol Cont. of Foods</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[Part 131 (21 CFR Part 131) describes regulations for standards of identity for milk and milk products. Part 133 (21 CFR Part 133) describes regulations for standards of identity for cheese and cheese products. The 1996 final rule (61 FR 58991) removed standards of identity for sweetened condensed skim milk, lowfat dry milk, evaporated skim milk, lowfat milk, acidified lowfat milk, skim (nonfat) milk, cultured skim (nonfat) milk, sour half-and-half, acidified sour half-and-half, and lowfat cottage cheese. The final rule amended the standard of identity for dry cream by removing the reference to the lowfat milk standard. The regulation also amended the nutrient content claims regulations for fat, fatty acids, and cholesterol (part 101.62) to provide for skim as a synonym for nonfat when used in labeling milk products. The purpose of this review is to determine whether the regulations in parts 131 and 133 should be continued without change, or whether they should be further amended or rescinded, consistent with the stated objectives of applicable statutes, to minimize adverse impacts on a substantial number of small entities. FDA will consider, and is soliciting comments on, the following: (1) The continued need for the regulations in parts 131 and 133; (2) the nature of complaints or comments received concerning the regulations in parts 131 and 133; (3) the complexity of the regulations in parts 131 and 133; (4) the extent to which the regulations in parts 131 and 133 overlap, duplicate, or conflict with other Federal, State, or governmental rules; and (5) the degree to which technology, economic conditions, or other factors have changed for the products still subject to the food standard regulations in parts 131 and 133. 

The section 610 review will be carried out along with a regulatory review under section 5 of Executive Order 12866, which calls for agencies to periodically review existing regulations to determine whether any should be modified or eliminated so as to make the Agency's regulatory program more effective in achieving its goals, less burdensome, or in greater alignment with the President's priorities and the principles set forth in the Executive order. The combined effect of the two reviews will be to determine if it is possible to redesign milk and cheese food standards of identity in ways that will maintain or increase the effectiveness of food labeling in providing useful information to consumers,  and, at the same time, reduce compliance and other costs associated with the regulations.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Completed Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <RFA_SECTION_610_REVIEW>Section 610 Review</RFA_SECTION_610_REVIEW>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>21 CFR 101</CFR>
            <CFR>21 CFR 131</CFR>
            <CFR>21 CFR 133</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 USC 321</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 USC 341</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 USC 343</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 USC 348</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 USC 371</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 USC 379</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Withdrawn</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/27/2006</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>We determined that the rule in question was an individual food standard, not a general regulation or a major revision.  As such, the rule did not have a significant effect on a substantial number of entities and was therefore not an appropriate subject for a 610(c) review.</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Richard</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Williams</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>A.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Director, Division of Social Sciences, ORP, CFSAN</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0910</CODE>
                    <NAME>Food and Drug Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FDA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>301 436-1989</PHONE>
                <FAX>301 436-2626</FAX>
                <EMAIL>richard.williams@fda.hhs.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>HFS-725, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-725), 5100 Paint Branch Parkway,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>College Park</CITY>
                    <STATE>MD</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20740</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
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