[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 149 (Tuesday, August 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41540-41541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20695]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 98-042N]
Meeting on Surviving in a HACCP World
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is co-
sponsoring, with the Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service (CSREES) and the Livestock Conservation Institute's
Education Fund for Animal Agriculture (LCI), three one-day workshops on
``Surviving in a HACCP World.'' This notice provides information of the
dates and locations of these workshops.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dan Vitiello, Domestic Program
Manager, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection
Service, Room 0002 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250-3700. Telephone: (202) 690-2683.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FSIS and the CSREES are cosponsoring a
series of one-day workshops with the Livestock Conservation Institute's
Education Fund for Animal Agriculture (LCI), entitled ``Surviving in a
HACCP World.'' These workshops will assist those involved in livestock
production to better understand the complex issues associated with the
implementation of the FSIS Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
Systems (HACCP)/Pathogen Reduction final rule in slaughter
establishments and its potential effects on the animal production
community. The intended audience includes animal producers and those
who communicate regularly with producers, especially small producers,
to provide information regarding the potential effects of the FSIS
HACCP/Pathogen Reduction rule on the marketing of livestock.
The one-day workshops will include discussions on: the Advent of
HACCP and its Impact on Food Animal Production; an Overview of HACCP
Implementation; Interpreting the Consumer Response to Food Safety;
Achieving Buyer Expectation; Creating State-Level Partnerships for
Producer Food Safety Programs; and Applying Good Management Practices
in Food Animal Production. A registration fee will be charged--$125.00
pre-registration and $150.00 on site.
To pre-register contact the LCI at: LCI Food Safety Workshops, 1910
Lyda Drive, Bowling Green, KY 42104, Telephone: (502) 782-9798, FAX:
(502) 782-0188, E-mail: lci@premiernet.net.
The one-day workshops will be held as follows:
August 25, 1998
Columbus, Ohio, Radisson Airport Hotel & Conference Center, 1375 N.
Cassady Avenue, Phone (614) 475-7551.
August 26, 1998
Omaha, Nebraska, Embassy Suites Downtown/Old Market, 555 10th
Street, (402) 346-9000.
August 27, 1998
Denver, Colorado, Doubletree Hotel Denver, 3203 Quebec Street,
(303) 321-3333.
LCI has reserved rooms for the workshop. The cutoff for room
reservations is August 10, 1998 in Columbus and Omaha and August 12,
1998 in Denver.
Done in Washington, DC on: July 28, 1998.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-20695 Filed 8-4-98; 8:45 am]
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