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Availability of Revised Guideline for Controlling Retained Water in Raw Meat and Poultry
The Food Safety and Inspection Service published this final rule in the Federal Register on April 1, 2024. Comments closed on May 31, 2024.
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What the agency says
FSIS is announcing the availability of a guideline to assist meat (including Siluriformes fish and fish products) and poultry establishments in meeting the regulatory requirements for calculating the correct retained water percentage in raw livestock, poultry, and Siluriformes fish carcasses and parts resulting from post-evisceration processing, and the proper labeling of these products. FSIS is also announcing when the Agency will start verifying that establishments are correctly calculating retained water in applicable product. The guideline clarifies the methods an establishment may use to collect and use data to determine the amount of retained water in a product covered by its retained water protocol (RWP). In addition, it provides specific information on protocol development, process control, and air-chilled product claims.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-06837
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Notice of availability and request for comments
- Agency
- Agriculture Department; Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Published
- April 1, 2024
- Comments due
- May 31, 2024
- Dates
- Submit comments on or before May 31, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. FSIS-2022-0014
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 9 CFR 441
- Pages
- 3
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