[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 118 (Friday, June 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35372-35373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15124]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2015-N-0001]
Announcement of Food and Drug Administration Demo Day for the
2014 Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Challenge; Public Meeting
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
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ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing a
public meeting entitled ``Demo Day for the 2014 FDA Food Safety
Challenge.'' The 2014 FDA Food Safety Challenge (http://www.foodsafetychallenge.com) is a prize competition under the America
COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 which granted us (and other
federal Agencies) broad authority to conduct prize competitions to spur
innovation, solve tough problems, and advance our core mission. The
purpose of the public meeting is for each of the five challenge
finalists to present their concepts to the judges for selection of one
or more winners.
DATES: The public meeting will be held on July 7, 2015, from 1 p.m. to
5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., Wiley Building
Auditorium (Rm. 1A003-AR), College Park, MD 20740. Parking is extremely
limited, so we encourage public meeting participants to use public
transportation (Metro: College Park-U of MD station on the Green Line).
Entrance for the public meeting participants (non-FDA employees) is
through the main entrance of the Wiley Building where routine security
check procedures will be performed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chad P. Nelson, Office of Foods and
Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-4643, FAX: 301-847-3534, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The 2014 FDA Food Safety Challenge is a prize competition under the
America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-358) which
granted us (and other federal Agencies) broad authority to conduct
prize competitions to spur innovation, solve tough problems, and
advance our core mission. In the 2014 FDA Food Safety Challenge, we
asked for potential breakthrough ideas on how to find disease-causing
organisms--especially Salmonella--in food. We encouraged food safety
experts, such as scientists, academics, entrepreneurs, and innovators,
to participate in the challenge and to develop concepts specifically to
address the detection of Salmonella in minimally processed fresh
produce and the ability of a solution to address testing for other
microbial pathogens and in other foods. The panel of food safety and
pathogen detection experts from FDA, the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture will judge the
finalists' concepts and select a winner or winners.
II. Registration and Webcast Information
If you are interested in attending the meeting, submit your online
registration information (including name, title, firm name, address,
telephone number, and email) by June 29, 2015 at: http://www.foodsafetychallenge.com/demoday/. There is no registration fee for
the public meeting. Early registration is recommended because seating
is limited. There will be no onsite registration.
If you need special accommodations due to disability, please
contact Chad Nelson (see Contact Person) at least 7 days in advance.
For those who are unable to attend in person, the public meeting
will also be Webcast. Information about how to register to view the
live Webcast of this meeting will be provided on the Challenge Web site
at http://foodsafetychallenge.com/demoday/.
Dated: June 16, 2015.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-15124 Filed 6-18-15; 8:45 am]
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