Agriculture Department publishes proposed rule on April 20

Agriculture Department publishes proposed rule on April 20

The US Agriculture Department published a two page proposed rule on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Nutrition Labeling of Ground or Chopped Meat and Poultry Products and Single-Ingredient Products.

The Department is primarily focused on food nutrition, with assistance programs making up 80 percent of its budget. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department implements too many regulations and restrictions and impedes the economy.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Agriculture Department on April 20

Title
Nutrition Labeling of Ground or Chopped Meat and Poultry Products and Single-Ingredient Products
Cattle from Australia and New Zealand; Testing Exemption
Importation of Artificially Dwarfed Plants
Karnal Bunt; Regulated Areas
Tuberculosis Testing for Imported Cattle
Imported Fire Ant; Addition to Quarantined Areas
West Indian Fruit Fly; Correction
Pine Shoot Beetle; Addition to Quarantined Areas
Request for Proposals: Fund for Rural America, FY 2001
Notice of Proposed Changes to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in New Mexico
Notice of Proposed Change to Section 4 of the Alaska State Technical Guide
Scrapie Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules
Milk for Manufacturing Purposes and Its Production and Processing; Requirements Recommended for Adoption by State Regulatory Agencies
Bitterroot National Forest Noxious Weed Environmental Impact Statement
Intergovernmental Advisory Committee Meeting

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