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Interim Final Rules Allowing Use of Most
Beef Small Intestine in Food and Cosmetics
The Food and Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are amending, effective October 7, 2005, the interim final rules issued in 2004 on the use of materials derived from cattle in human food and/or cosmetics, in order to provide for the use of most parts of beef small intestine.
Specifically, FSIS is amending its January 2004 interim final rule, "Prohibition of the Use of Specified Risk Materials for Human Food and Requirements for the Disposition of Non-Ambulatory Cattle," in order to permit beef small intestine, excluding the distal ileum, to be used for human food, provided that such product is derived from cattle that were slaughtered in an official establishment in the U.S. or in a certified foreign establishment from a foreign country that is eligible to export beef products to the U.S.
The FDA is also amending its July 2004 interim final rule, "Use of Materials Derived From Cattle in ... ( More )
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