2019-09015. General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan; Meeting

AGENCY:

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION:

Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY:

We are giving notice of a meeting of the General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan.

DATES:

The General Conference Committee meeting will be held on June 13, 2019, from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown, 2600 Louisiana Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Denise Heard, Senior Coordinator, National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS, APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike Road, Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094; [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The General Conference Committee (the Committee) of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), representing cooperating State agencies and poultry industry members, serves an essential function by acting as liaison between the poultry industry and the Department in matters pertaining to poultry health.

Topics for discussion at the upcoming meeting include:

1. NPIP approval of new diagnostic tests.

2. National Veterinary Services Laboratories avian influenza update.

3. Salmonella update.

4. Mycoplasma update.

The meeting will be open to the public. However, public participation in discussions during the session will only be allowed if time permits. Written statements may be filed at the meeting or filed with the Committee before or after the meeting by sending them to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to Docket No. APHIS-2019-0009 when submitting your statements.

This notice of meeting is given pursuant to section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2).

Done in Washington, DC, this 29th day of April 2019.

Kevin Shea,

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.