TITLE 2. AGRICULTURE
REGISTRAR'S NOTICE: The Commissioner and Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services are claiming an exemption from the Administrative Process Act in accordance with § 2.2-4002 A 13 of the Code of Virginia, which excludes the commissioner and the board when promulgating regulations pursuant to § 3.2-5406, which includes adopting (i) by reference any regulation under the federal acts as it pertains to Chapter 54 (§ 3.2-5400 et seq.) of Title 3.2 of the Code of Virginia, amending it as necessary for intrastate applicability and (ii) any regulation containing provisions no less stringent than those contained in federal regulation. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will receive, consider, and respond to petitions by any interested person at any time with respect to reconsideration or revision.
Title of Regulation: 2VAC5-210. Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Meat and Poultry Inspection under the Virginia Meat and Poultry Products Inspection Act (amending 2VAC5-210-41).
Statutory Authority: § 3.2-5406 of the Code of Virginia.
Effective Date: December 3, 2013.
Agency Contact: Dr. Richard. C. Hackenbracht, Program Manager, Meat and Poultry Services, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, P.O. Box 1163, Richmond, VA 23218, telephone (804) 786-4569, FAX (804) 786-1003, TTY (800) 828-1120, or email richard.hackenbracht@vdacs.virginia.gov.
Summary:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture consolidated the separate generic label approval regulations for meat and poultry products into new Part 412 of Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This action adopts the new part, which includes provisions regarding label approval that (i) expand the circumstances for generically approved labels, (ii) combine the generic label approval regulations for meat and poultry products, and (iii) allow inspected establishments to generically approve labels that previously had to be submitted for formal approval.
2VAC5-210-41. Regulatory requirements.
A. Effective January 6, 2014, the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services hereby adopts the following provision of Title 9, Chapter III, Subchapter E of the Code of Federal Regulations:
Part 412. Label approval.
B. The Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services hereby adopts the following provisions of Title 9, Chapter III, Subchapter E of the Code of Federal Regulations as described in 2VAC5-210-10:
Subchapter E. Regulatory requirements under the federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act.
Part 416. Sanitation.
Part 417. Hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) systems.
Part 418. Recalls.
Part 424. Preparation and processing operations.
Part 430. Requirements for specific classes of product.
Part 441. Consumer protection standards: raw products.
Part 442. Quantity of contents labeling and procedures and requirements for accurate weights.
Part 500. Rules of practice.
VA.R. Doc. No. R14-3913; Filed December 2, 2013, 9:20 a.m.