Common or Usual Name of Crabmeat – FDA has withdrawn its April 23, 1998 Proposed Rule to adopt common or usual names for additional crab species in the regulations as it is “… obsolete because FDA has created a new process that allows for routine updates to the seafood names without going through notice and comment rulemaking …”
Document Title: The title of the November 14, 2016 FDA Federal Register Proposed Rule is “Withdrawal of Two Proposed Rules”
Organization: The November 14, 2016 Federal Register Proposed Rule was signed on November 8, 2016 by Leslie Kux who is the Associate FDA Commissioner for Policy
Source: November 14, 2016 FDA Federal Register Proposed Rule
Effective Date: The proposed rules are withdrawn on November 14, 2016.
Web site: The November 14, 2016 FDA Federal Register Proposed Rule is posted at
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-11-14/html/2016-27329.htm
The April 23, 1998 FDA Federal Register Proposed Rule, titled “Crabmeat; Amendment of Common or Usual Name Regulation”, is posted at
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1998-04-23/html/98-10743.htm
Contact: Questions may be directed to Lisa M. Helmanis who is with the Regulations Policy and Management Staff of the FDA Office of the Commissioner in Silver Spring, Maryland at 301 796 9135; e-mail: Lisa.Helmanis.@FDA.HHS.gov
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