Notice of Change of Inspection Procedures; Adoption of Selective Carcass Palpation Procedure for Lambs

Samenvatting

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is clarifying the changes that it intends to make in its inspection procedures for lambs. Currently, inspectors extensively palpate the carcasses of lambs for the purpose of detecting and removing carcasses with caseous lymphadenitis. The Agency announced in a October 27, 1997, Federal Register notice that it would be changing its inspection procedure for lambs in response to a petition from the American Sheep Association. In this notice, the Agency is clarifying the changes that it intends to make and the basis for those changes.