Use of Sorbitol in Cooked Roast Beef Products

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is withdrawing the direct final rule that would have added cooked roast beef products to the list of products in which sorbitol is permitted. The sorbitol would have been added to a solution of ingredients that are pumped into the beef prior to cooking. FSIS is withdrawing the direct final rule because it received an adverse written comment in response to the direct final rule. FSIS will instead publish at a later date a proposed rule. The proposal will establish a comment period.