[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 12927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6343]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 99-019N]
National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Fresh Produce Subcommittee of the National Advisory
Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) will hold a
public meeting on March 29, 1999, to review and discuss its ongoing
work on sprouts.
DATES: The Fresh Produce Subcommittee will meet at 9:00 a.m. on March
29, 1999.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in Room 1813 Federal Office
Building 8, 200 C Street, SW, Washington, DC 20240. Persons interested
in making a presentation, submitting technical papers, or providing
comments should contact Ms. Amelia L. Wright, Advisory Committee
Specialist, Scientific Research Oversight Staff, Food Safety and
Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture, Suite 6913 Franklin
Court, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700, or by
FAX 202-501-7366. Comments and requests may be provided by e-mail to
amelia.wright@usda.gov. Submit one original and two copies of comments
to the FSIS Docket Clerk, Docket No. 99-019N, Room 102, Cotton Annex,
300 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700. All comments submitted
in response to this notice will be considered part of the public record
and will be available for viewing in the Docket Room between 8:30 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Persons requiring a sign language
interpreter or other special accommodations should notify Ms. Wright by
March 24, 1999. All meeting rooms will be wheelchair accessible.
This meeting is open to the public; however, space is limited and
will be on a first-come first-serve basis. Please register by March 24,
1999, by contacting Ms. Catherine M. DeRoever, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, by FAX 202-205-
4970 or by e-mail cderoeve@bangate.fda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amelia L. Wright, Advisory
Committee Specialist, Scientific Research Oversight Staff, Food Safety
and Inspection Service at the address given above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
NACMCF provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the
microbiological safety and wholesomeness of food by assessing available
data as it relates to the human health consequences of food safety. The
Committee also provides guidance to the Departments of Commerce and
Defense.
The Fresh Produce Subcommittee will be editing and revising its
white paper on sprouts. Dr. Robert L. Buchanan, Senior Science Advisor,
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug
Administration, will be the subcommittee chair.
Done at Washington, DC, on March 9, 1999.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-6343 Filed 3-15-99; 8:45 am]
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