{"abstract":"The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its decision that the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service's (AQIS) Meat Safety Enhancement Program (MSEP) for slaughter inspection in establishments that slaughter meat for export to the United States: (1) Meets all requirements of U.S. law for the import of product to the United States; (2) provides the same level of public health protection as U.S. domestic slaughter inspection; and, (3) is therefore equivalent. The Agency will review its equivalence decision when AQIS completes the MSEP field trials and prepares a report for FSIS review. In the interim, Australian establishments that participate in the MSEP field trials may ship product to the United States.","action":"Notice of equivalence decision.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food Safety and Inspection Service","name":"Food Safety and Inspection Service","id":201,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-safety-and-inspection-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/201","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-safety-and-inspection-service"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/1999/06/07/99-14253.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"64 FR 30299","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":null,"disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 99-026N"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"99-14253","effective_on":null,"end_page":30303,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":null,"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/06/07/99-14253/australias-meat-safety-enhancement-program-msep","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/99-14253?publication_date=1999-06-07","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-1999-06-07/99-14253/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":5,"page_views":{"count":36,"last_updated":"2026-09-22 06:15:08 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-06-07/pdf/99-14253.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"1999-06-07","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/1999/06/07/99-14253.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-09-21T05:18:17Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":30299,"subtype":null,"title":"Australia's Meat Safety Enhancement Program (MSEP)","toc_doc":null,"toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":64}