Documents mentioned in NMA's newsletter and other items of interest:

1996

• FSIS proposal on: Use of Two Kinds of Poultry Without a Label Change published in the December 27, 1996 Federal Register.
• NCBA's Press Release on the Average Retail Price of Six Cuts of Beef - December 18, 1996.
• FSIS' Final Rule on the use of the term 'fresh' in poultry labeling. Dated December 17, 1996.
• FSIS' Supervisory Review Guide for the Evaluation Process of the SSOP Regulatory Requirement -- released December 16, 1996
• NMA comments on HACCP Compliance, dated November 22, 1996.
• FSIS/FDA notice on transportation and storage of foods.
• Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman regarding resignation of FSIS's Michael Taylor.
• Statement by Mike Taylor on his resignation.
• USDA News Release entitled, Glickman Announces Head of Food Safety Agency
• Statement by Tom Billy on his appointment.
• NMA's letter to the U.S. News and World Report editors regarding the article in the September 23, 1996 issue entitled: the New Jungle. And the letter of response.
• To see the original article, The New Jungle, published by U.S. News and World Report, click here.
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange application, dated September 23, 1996, to institute commodity futures contract for ninety percent lean boneless beef futures and for fifty percent lean boneless beef trimmings futures.
• USDA's Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) Guidebook. (October 1996)
• FSIS's schedule of regional conferences (dates and locations) on the implementation of the final Pathogen Reduction/HACCP Regulation. As was published in the October 11, 1996 Federal Register.

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