95-26613. Food Safety Forum

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 207 (Thursday, October 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54840-54841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26613]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 95-047N]


Food Safety Forum

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting and invitation to file comments.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture will hold a Food Safety Forum on 
November 8, 1995, in Washington, DC. The Forum will focus on food 
safety reform issues beyond the specific issues addressed in FSIS' 
February 3, 1995, Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical 
Control Point (HACCP) Systems proposed rule. FSIS seeks suggested 
topics for the Food Safety Forum agenda. Those unable to attend the 
Food Safety Forum are encouraged to provide written comments on food 
safety reform issues.

DATES: The Forum will be held on November 8, 1995 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Forum will be convened at the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, 14th and Independence Avenue, Back of the South Building 
Cafeteria (between the 2nd and 3rd wings).
    Suggested topics should be submitted by November 1, 1995. Written 
comments on food safety reform should be submitted in triplicate by 
November 13, 1995. Send suggested topics and written comments to the 
FSIS Docket Clerk, DOCKET 95-047N, Room 4352, South Agriculture 
Building, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Charles Danner, Director, Planning 
Office, Policy Evaluation and Planning Staff, FSIS, USDA, Room 6904, 
Franklin Court, Washington, DC 20250, [phone]. Persons who wish 
to attend the Forum should contact Ms. Lisa Parks at [phone]; 
fax [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman is 
holding a Food Safety Forum on November 8, 1995, in Washington, DC. The 
purpose of the Forum is to foster discussion among all interested 
parties concerning improvement of the Department of Agriculture's meat 
and poultry inspection programs. The Forum is intended to address food 
safety reform issues beyond the specific issues addressed in FSIS' 
Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) 
Systems proposal. However, a transcript of the Food Safety Forum 
discussions will be made part of that rulemaking record.
    Food Safety Forum agenda topics include: (1) Whether legislative 
changes to the Federal meat and poultry inspection acts are needed; (2) 
how USDA can best improve food safety through FSIS organizational 
change, regulatory reform, reliance on user fees, 

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effective resource allocation, and other means; (3) cooperation between 
USDA and State inspection programs; and (4) government and private 
sector roles in consumer education regarding safe food handling 
practices. Suggestions for additional topics should be submitted to 
FSIS no later than November 1, 1995.
    Those who wish to express their views on these or other food safety 
reform issues, but are unable to attend the Forum, are encouraged to 
provide written comments to FSIS by Monday, November 13, 1995.

    Persons who wish to attend the Forum should contact Ms. Lisa Parks 
at [phone]; fax [phone]. Please contact Ms. Parks to make 
arrangements for sign language and oral interpreters.

    Done at Washington, DC, on: October 20, 1995.
Michael R. Taylor,
Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety.
[FR Doc. 95-26613 Filed 10-23-95; 1:39 pm]
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