[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 9502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4941]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 98-007N]
National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
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 meet from March 3 to March 6, 1998, to discuss
Good Agricultural Practices and Good Manufacturing Practices for fresh
produce and research strategies to meet the goals of the Food Safety
Initiative and the Domestic and Imported Produce Food Safety
Initiative. The Committee also will be discussing Foods Exposed to
Refrigeration Failure, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
(HACCP) concepts for the very small slaughter plant, Codex issues, and
developing guidelines for food safety objectives.
DATES: The Fresh Produce Subcommittee will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. on March 3, 1998. The full Committee will meet on March 4, 1998,
from 8:30 a.m. until 12:00 noon. Subcommittee groups will meet March 4,
1998, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m. and from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on March
5. The full Committee will meet March 6, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Georgia International
Convention Center, 1902 Sullivan Road, College Park, GA 30337-0508.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Committee encourages persons with
information or data on the above matters to present their comments.
Persons interested in making presentations, submitting technical
papers, or providing comments are requested to mail or FAX (202) 501-
7628 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,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700. Comments and
requests also may be provided by E-mail to amelia.wright@usda.gov.
Persons requiring a sign language interpreter or other special
accommodations should notify the contact person referenced above by
February 19, 1998.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The meeting will be open to the public on a space-available basis.
Persons wishing to make an oral presentation should notify the contacts
listed above. 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. Technical papers also will be
accepted and made part of the public record. All comments and
proceedings will become part of the public record of the meeting.
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. The Committee also provides guidance to the
Departments of Commerce and Defense.
Done at Washington, DC, on: February 19, 1998.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-4941 Filed 2-24-98; 8:45 am]
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