Federal Register - February 25, 1959
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FEDERA
REGISTER
VOLUME 24
1934
N n to
NUMBER 38
Washington, Wednesday, February 25, 1959
Title 50 WILDLIFE
Chapter I Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior SUBCHAPTER K PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS, PROCESSED PRODUCTS THEREOF, AND CER
TAIN OTHER PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS
PART 175 UNITED STATES STAND
ARDS FOR GRADES OF FROZEN
HALIBUT STEAKS1
On December 3, 1958, a Notice of Pro posed Rule Making was published in the F ederal R e g iste r 23 F.R. 9335 whereby notice was given of the intention of the Director of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries to recommend to the Secretary of the interior, the adoption of United States Standards for Grades of Frozen Halibut Steaks, set forth therein in ten tative form, to be codified as Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, P art 175.
Interested persons were given until Janu ary l, 1959, to submit views or comments concerning the proposal.
No comments were received by the Bureau on this notice of rule making.
Accordingly, the standards set forth below, constituting a new Part 175, Title 50, are adopted pursuant to the author ity contained in Title II, section 205, of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended 7 U.S.C. 1624. Functions under that Act pertaining to fish, shell fish, and any products thereof were transferred to the Department of the r7-i 0r ky section 6 a of the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956 16 U.S.C.
7 4 2 e. These regulations shall become effective March 15,1959.
Dated: February 17,1959.
F red A . S e a t o n ,
Secretary of the Interior.
Product Description , S tyle ,
and
G rades
Sec.
o o 1
Product d escrip tion .
sty le s o fir o z e n h a lib u t steak s.
Grades of frozen h a lib u t steak s.
Rtai in? lian ce w th th e p rovision s o f tl sha11 n o t ex cu se fa ilu re to con Dnmth! J provlsions o f th e F ederal F
Urug and C osm etic Act.
D im en sio n s Sec.
175.6
CONTENTS
R ecom m en d ed d im e n sio n s.
F actors 175.11
op
Q uality
and
G rade
A scerta in in g t h e grade.
D efin itio n s 175.21
and
Methods
op
Analysis
D efin itio n s an d m eth o d s o f a n alysis.
L ot Certification T olerances 175.25
T olerances for certific a tio n o f offi c ia lly draw n s a m p le s .;
175.31
Score sh e e t stea k s.
S core S heet for
frozen
h a lib u t
sec. 205, 60 S ta t. 1090, as am en ded; 7 U.S.C.
1624.
175.1
and
Product description.
Frozen halibut steaks are clean, whole some units of frozen raw fish flesh with normally associated skin and bone and are 2 ounces or more in weight. Each steak has two parallel surfaces and is derived from whole or subdivided halibut slices of uniform thickness which result from sawing or cutting perpendicularly to the axial length, or backbone, of a whole halibut. The steaks are prepared from either frozen or unfrozen halibut Hippoglossus spp. and are processed and frozen in accordance with good com mercial practice and are maintained at temperatures necessary for the preserva tion of the product.
175.2
Pas
Proposed rule making:
Grain, mixed; official U.S. grade standards__________________ 1375
Squash, canned summer type ;
U.S. standards for grades___ 1376
Rules and regulations :
Nonfat dry milk spray and roller processes, U.S. stand ards for grades; miscellane ous amendments______ _____ 1363
Agriculture Department
Au thority : 175.1 to 175.31 issu ed u n d er
P roduct D e s c r ip t io n , S t y l e s , G rades
Agricultural Marketing Service
Styles o f frozen halibut steaks.
See Agricultural Marketing Serv ice.
Commerce Department
See alsb Foreign Commerce Bu reau.
Notices:
Changes in financial interests:
Stahl, John J _____________ 1379
Williams, Robert Joseph____ 1379
Report of appointment and statement of financial inter ests;Jam es P. Whitlock____ 1379
Defense Department
Rules and regulations :
Complex supplies - and equip ment; policies and procedures for assuring the quality of production_________ ______ 1364
Federal Aviation Agency
Ruls and regulations :
Standard instrument approach procedures ; miscellaneous al terations 2 documents _ 1364,1370
a Style I, random weight pack. The individual steaks are of random weight Federal Communications Com mission and neither the weight nor the range of weights are specified.
Notices:
b Style II, uniform ioeight or por Hearings, etc.:
tion pack. All steaks in the package or Balcom, Sydnor Kavapaugh_
in the lot are of a specified weight or Lakeside Broadcasters______
range of weights.
Neptunes Seafood, Inc_____
Old Belt Broadcasting Corp.
175.3 Grades o f frozen halibut steaks.
WJWS and John Laurino.
a U.S. Grade A is the quality of OLeary, Barry, Inc________
frozen halibut steaks which 4088688 good Town of Islesboro, Maine___
flavor and odor, and that for those fac Veterans Cab Co______
tors which are rated in accordance with Vitale, Anthony___________
C o n tin u ed o n n e x t p age Zirlott, Bruce W__________
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