Posted June 10, 2014
The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is correcting a direct final rule from the Federal Register on April 29, 2014(FR Doc. 2014-9655). The Federal Register Notice is available here.
The direct final rule required all scales used to weigh livestock, livestock carcasses, live poultry, or feed meet requirements contained in section 5.59, Electronic Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems and/or Devices of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Specifications, Tolerances, and other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices (NIST Handbook 44) 2013 edition.
The NIST Handbook 44 includes additional requirements for scales used to weigh live animals, livestock, and poultry carcasses, which should have been included in the rule.
The correction is in effect June 30, 2014.
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