Egg Products Inspection Regulations; Correction

AGENCY:

Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture (USDA).

ACTION:

Correcting amendment.

SUMMARY:

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is correcting its regulations requiring official plants that process egg products (herein also referred to as “egg products plants” or “plants”) to develop and implement Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems and Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (Sanitation SOPs) and to meet other sanitation requirements consistent with FSIS' meat and poultry regulations.

DATES:

This correction is effective November 3, 2021, except for amendatory instructions 3 and 5, which are effective October 31, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Victoria Levine, Program Analyst, Office of Policy and Program Development by telephone at (202) 690-3184.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

FSIS is making changes to the egg products inspection regulations because plants that have not already implemented HACCP will continue to need to meet the times and temperatures contained in Table 1 of 9 CFR 590.530 and the times and temperatures found in 9 CFR 590.536 until the HACCP regulations become effective on October 31, 2022.

List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 590

• Eggs and egg products
• Exports
• Food grades and standards
• Food labeling
• Imports
• Reporting and recordkeeping requirements

For the reasons set out in the preamble, 9 CFR part 590 is corrected by making the following correcting amendments:

PART 590—INSPECTION OF EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS (EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT)

1. The authority citation for part 590 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 1031-1056; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53.

2. Add § 590.530 to read as follows:

3. Effective October 31, 2022, remove § 590.530.

4. Add § 590.536 to read as follows:

5. Effective October 31, 2022, remove § 590.536.