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A petition for rulemaking is a written request to issue, amend, or repeal a regulation administered by FSIS. A request to issue, amend, or repeal other FSIS policy documents, such as FSIS directives, notices, or industry guidelines, may also be submitted by petition. FSIS’s regulations governing the petition process are in 9 CFR part 392. These regulations contain instructions on how to submit a petition to FSIS and describe the types of information that may help FSIS to review a petition in a more efficient manner. The regulations also permit interested parties to submit comments on a petition.

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Request for an Interpretive Rule Declaring Certain Antibiotic-Resistant Strains of Salmonella to Be Adulterants

Petition Number 14-06

Petitioner Center for Science in the Public Interest

Submission Date Oct 21, 2014

Full Petition

Petition Submitted by CSPI (Oct 1, 2014)

Status Final Response Provided

Final Response Petition Denied without Prejudice

Petition Summary

Petition for an Interpretive Rule Declaring Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella Heidelberg, Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Newport, and Salmonella Typhimurium in Meat and Poultry to be Adulterants