Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 14/10/1999

Exemption of Retail Store Operations From Inspection Requirements

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is publishing this notice to advise interested persons of a change in the application of the requirements for inspection under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA). The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently decided that retail stores exempt from federal inspection requirements do not become subject to those requirements when they supply their own kiosks with cooked hams and cooked turkeys that the retail stores have sliced, glazed, and packaged. As a result, inspection under the FMIA or the PPIA is not required if an otherwise exempt retail store transports products such as these to additional locations before it sells them to consumers. FSIS is reviewing its regulations on the exemption of retail operations from requirements for inspection under the FMIA and the PPIA. After completing this review, the Agency intends to initiate notice-and-comment rulemaking on the application of these requirements and on the handling conditions necessary to ensure that products delivered to consumers are not adulterated or misbranded.