[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 153 (Monday, August 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 42608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21282]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 98-046N]
Codex Alimentarius: Meeting of the Codex Committee on General
Principles
AGENCY: Office of the Undersecretary for Food Safety, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Undersecretary for Food Safety is sponsoring
a public meeting on August 14, 1998, to provide information and receive
public comments on agenda items to be discussed at the Thirteenth
Session of the General Principles Committee of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission, which will be held in Paris, France, September 7-11, 1998.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for Friday, August 14, 1998,
from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in the Washington Plaza
Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Massachusetts Avenue and 14th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20005. Written comments should be sent to: Patrick J.
Clerkin, Associate U.S. Manager for Codex, U.S. Codex Office, Food
Safety and Inspection Service, Room 4861, South Building, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick J. Clerkin, Associate U.S.
Manager for Codex, U.S. Codex Office, Food Safety and Inspection
Service; Telephone: (202) 205-7760; Fax: (202) 720-3157.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) was established in 1962
by two United Nations organizations, the Food and Agriculture
Organization and the World Health Organization. Codex is the principal
international organization for encouraging fair international trade in
food and protecting the health and economic interests of consumers.
Through adoption of food standards, codes of practice and other
guidelines developed by its committees, and by promoting their adoption
and implementation by governments, Codex seeks to ensure that the
world's food supply is sound, wholesome, free from adulteration and
correctly labeled. In the United States, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture; Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and
Human Services; and the Environmental Protection Agency manage and
carry out U.S. Codex duties.
The Codex Committee on General Principles was established to
develop principles for procedural and general matters referred to it by
the Codex Alimentarius Commission. These matters have included the
establishment of general principles defining the purpose and scope of
the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the nature of Codex standards and
the forms of acceptance by countries of Codex standards, and the
development of guidelines for Codex committees.
The Undersecretary for Food Safety recognizes the importance of
providing interested parties the opportunity to obtain background
information on the Thirteenth Session of the General Principles
Committee of Codex and to address items on the agenda. For this reason,
the Office of the Undersecretary is holding this public meeting and
seeking oral comments or written submissions on the agenda items
presented.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting
The following specific issues will be discussed during the public
meeting:
1. Adoption of the Agenda.
2. Matters referred by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and other
Codex Committees.
3. Risk Analysis.
a. Definitions related to Risk Management.
b. Working Principles for Risk Analysis.
c. Food safety objectives.
4. Measures intended to facilitate consensus.
5. Review of the General Principles of Codex.
a. Consideration of special treatment for developing countries.
b. Revision of the Acceptance Procedure.
6. Review of the status and objectives of Codex texts.
7. Review of the Statements of Principles on the Role of Science
and Extent to which Other Factors are taken into Account--Application
in the case of Bovine somatotropin and Porcine somatotropin.
8. Revision of the Procedural Manual.
a. Procedures concerning the participation of international non-
governmental organizations.
b. Other aspects.
9. Review of the Code of Ethics for International Trade in Foods.
Done at Washington, DC.
F. Edward Scarbrough,
U.S. Manager for Codex.
[FR Doc. 98-21282 Filed 8-7-98; 8:45 am]
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