[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 59339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29035]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 97-064N]
National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
Meeting
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria
for Foods (NACMCF) will hold a meeting to discuss microbial-based
topics relating to Risk Assessment, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP),
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), and Codex food
safety standards for Cheese, Fresh Produce, Meat, Poultry, and Seafood.
DATES: The meeting will be held on November 18-20, 1997, from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. The morning session on November 18 and the all-day session
on November 20 are designated as full committee meeting times. The
afternoon session on November 18 and the all-day session on November 19
will include several subcommittee breakout sessions.
ADDRESSES: The NACMCF meeting will be held at the Kellogg Conference
Center at Gallaudet University, Florida and 8th Streets, NE, in
Washington, D.C.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Committee encourages persons with
information or data on these matters to present their comments. Persons
interested in making presentations, submitting technical papers, or
providing comments are requested to mail or FAX their name, title, firm
name, address, and telephone number to Ms. Amelia L. Wright, Advisory
Committee Specialist, Scientific Research Oversight Staff, Department
of Agriculture, Suite 6913, Franklin Court, 1099 14th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20250-3700; FAX (202) 501-7628. Comments and requests
may be provided by E-mail to: amelia.wright@usda.gov. Participants may
also reserve time to comment publicly when they register. Persons
requiring a sign language interpreter or other special accommodations
should contact Ms. Wright at the above telephone or FAX numbers by
November 9, 1997.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be open to the public on a
space available basis. Persons wishing to make an oral presentation
should notify Ms. Wright in writing. Presentations will be scheduled on
a time available basis in accordance with the timeliness of the written
request. Comments may be made before or after the meeting. All comments
received will become part of the public record of this meeting.
Technical papers also will be accepted and made part of the official
record.
NACMCF provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services about the
development of microbiological criteria to assess the safety and
wholesomeness of food. NACMCF also provides guidance to the Departments
of Commerce and Defense.
Done at Washington, DC, on October 24, 1997.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-29035 Filed 10-31-97; 8:45 am]
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