Control of Listeria Monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products

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title: "Control of Listeria Monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products"
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section_number: "04-26516"
section_name: "Control of Listeria Monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products"
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document_type: "rule"
publication_date: "2004-12-02"
agencies:
  - "Agriculture Department"
  - "Food Safety and Inspection Service"
cfr_references:
  - "9 CFR Part 430"
rin: "0583-AC46"
fr_citation: "69 FR 70051"
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docket_ids:
  - "Docket No. 97-013FE"
comments_close_date: "2005-01-31"
fr_action: "Interim final rule; extension of comment period."
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#  Control of 
                    Listeria Monocytogenes
                     in Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products

**AGENCY:**

Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

**ACTION:**

Interim final rule; extension of comment period.

**SUMMARY:**

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is extending the public comment period on the interim final rule “Control of *Listeria monocytogenes* in Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products” (68 FR 34208; June 6, 2003). The comment period on the rule will end on the same date as the comment period on the Agency report “Assessing the Effectiveness of the *Listeria monocytogenes* Interim Final Rule” announced in a document published elsewhere in this issue of the *Federal Register* .

**DATES:**

Comments on the interim final rule must be received on or before January 31, 2005.

**ADDRESSES:**

Comments may be submitted by postal mail/commercial delivery or by e-mail. If you use postal mail/commercial delivery, please send the written comment to FSIS Docket Clerk Docket No. 97-013F, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Room 102, Cotton Annex, 300 12th Street, SW., Washington DC 20250-3700. Please state that your comment refers to Docket No. 97-013F. Comments may also be sent electronically. If you use e-mail, address your comment to *[email protected].* For more information on e-rulemaking, or to view all open regulations, go to Regulations.gov. Your comment must be contained in the body of your message; do not send attached files. Please include your name and address in your message and include the Docket No. 97-013F on the subject line. All comments will be available for public inspection in the Docket Clerk's Office between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The comments may also be viewed on the Agency's Web site at *http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/Federal_Register_Publications_&_Related_Documents/.*

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Lynn E. Dickey, Ph.D., Director, Regulations and Petitions Policy Staff, Office of Policy, Program, and Employee Development, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, (202) 720-5627.

Done in Washington, DC, on November 15, 2004.

Barbara J. Masters,

Acting Administrator.