Food Products Inspection Section
NOTICE
The Delaware Department of Agriculture, Food Products Inspection Section is proposing to amend its regulations concerning the rules of practice that apply to agency enforcement actions by bringing them into the conformity with federal law. The Department is proposing to define each type of enforcement action that it may take, the conditions under which it likely to take each of these actions, and the procedures it will follow in doing so.
These proposed amendments are part of the Department’s ongoing effort to consolidate, streamline, and clarify the meat and poultry product inspection regulations. To that end, the Department is proposing to adopt by reference, in their entirety, the federal regulations published in the Federal Register at Volume 64, Number 228, dated November 29, 1999, amending the Code of Federal Regulations at 9 CFR Sections 304, 305, 327, 335, 381 and adding a new Part 500 which became effective January 25, 2000.
The proposed amendments to the regulations will be considered at a public hearing scheduled for February 15, 2002 at 1:00 p.m. at the Department of Agriculture Building in Conference Room 1, located at 2320 South DuPont Highway, Dover, Delaware. Interested persons are invited to attend and make comments. Comments concerning the proposed amendments to the regulations can be submitted in writing to H. D. Shockley for consideration by the Department at the public hearing.
Copies of the relevant portions of the Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register may be obtained by contacting the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 20402-9328. For more information, or to request accommodations for disabilities, contact Debbie Whitmore by calling (302) 698-4505.
AUTHORITY
These proposed amendments to regulations governing food product inspection are promulgated pursuant to the Department’s authority set forth in Section 8708(a) of Title 3 of the Delaware Code.
PURPOSE
The purpose of these proposed amendments to regulations is to consolidate, streamline, and clarify the meat and poultry product inspection regulations thereby insuring that Department enforcement actions are fair by identifying the situations that may lead to such actions.
SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS
The Department incorporates by reference herein, in its entirety, the language found at page 66545 of the Federal Register at Volume 64, Number 228, beginning with the heading "Part 304-Application for Inspection; Grant of Inspection" and ending at page 66547 at the end of Section 500.8(c).