Egg Products Inspection Regulations

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 9 CFR Parts 416, 417, 500, 590, and 591 [Docket No. FSIS-2005-0015] RIN 0583-AC58 AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending the egg products inspection regulations to require official plants that process egg products (herein also referred to as “egg products plants” or “plants”) to develop and implement Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems and Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (Sanitation SOPs) and to meet other sanitation requirements consistent with FSIS's meat and poultry regulations. DATES: This rule is effective December 28, 2020, except for: The amendments to 9 CFR 590.146 , 590.149(a) , 590.500 , 590.502 , 590.504(f) , (g) , (h) , (i) , (j) , (k) , (l) , (m) , (n) , (p) , and (q) , 590.506 , 590.508 , 590.510(a) , (c)(1) and (c)(3) , and (d) , 590.515 , 590.516 section heading and (a), 590.520, 590.522, 590.530, 590.532, 590.534, 590.536, 590.538, 590.539, 590.540, 590.542, 590.544, 590.546 through 590.550, 590.552, 590.560, 590.570(a), 591.1(a) and 591.2(b), which are effective October 29, 2021; and The amendments to 9 CFR 417.7(b) , 590.149(b) and (c) , 590.504(d)(1) and (2) , 590.504(o)(1) , (2) , and (3) , 590.570(b) , 590.575 , 590.580(b)(1) , 591.1(b) , and 591.2(a) and (c) , which are effective October 31, 2022. Comment date: FSIS is seeking comments on the…