Scales; Accurate Weights, Repairs, Adjustments or Replacements After Inspection
meat-poultry · Food Safety and Inspection Service · Rule · Published 2014-04-29 · Effective 2014-06-30 · 79 FR 23892
Document
Document number
2014-09655
Federal Register citation
79 FR 23892
CFR reference
9 CFR 201
Type
Rule
Action
Direct final rule.
Category
meat-poultry
Sub-agency
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Publication date
2014-04-29
Effective date
2014-06-30
Abstract
The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) Packers and Stockyards Program (PSP) is incorporating by reference "2013 edition of the NIST Handbook 44" and to require that the scales used by stockyard owner, market agencies, dealers, packers, and live poultry dealers to weigh livestock, livestock carcasses, live poultry, or feed for the purpose of purchase, sales acquisitions, payment, or settlement meet applicable requirements of the 2013 edition of the NIST Handbook 44.