[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31005-31006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14549]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Food Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
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ACTION: Notice.
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This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory
committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will
be open to the public.
Name of Committee: Food Advisory Committee.
General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and
recommendations to the agency on FDA's regulatory issues.
Date and Time: The meeting will be held on June 24 and 25, 1999,
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Holiday Inn at Ballston, Ballroom, 4610 North Fairfax
Dr., Arlington, VA.
Contact Person: Catherine M. DeRoever, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition (HFS-22), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St.
SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-205-4251, FAX 202-205-4970, or e-mail
cderoeve@bangate.fda.gov'', or FDA Advisory Committee Information
Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code
10564. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on
this meeting.
Agenda: On June 24, 1999, the committee will discuss a science-
based enforcement strategy for filth and extraneous materials that
emphasizes food safety. Further, there will be a discussion regarding
the public health implications of patulin, a mycotoxin frequently found
in apple juice and products containing apple juice. On June 25, 1999,
the committee will be conducting an informational meeting during which
it will be receiving reports of several working groups, including
reports on ``significant scientific agreement'' for health claims,
dietary supplement good manufacturing practices, whether food labels
can and should be used to communicate information on emerging science
to consumers, and research incentives for health claims for food
products.
Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee.
Written submissions may be made to the contact person by June 21, 1999.
Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between
approximately 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. and between approximately 4 p.m.
and 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 24, 1999, and between approximately
8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. on June 25, 1999. Time allotted for each
presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral
presentations should notify the contact person before June 21, 1999,
and submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or
arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed
participants, and an indication of the approximate time requested to
make their presentation.
Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).
Dated: June 2, 1999.
Sharon Smith Holston,
Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs.
[FR Doc. 99-14549 Filed 6-8-99; 8:45 am]
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