[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 151 (Friday, August 7, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39613-39614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18926]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2009-0024]
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Thirtieth Session of the Codex
Committee on Fish and Fishery Products
AGENCY: Office of the Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, are sponsoring a
public meeting on September 2, 2009. The objective of the public
meeting is to provide information and receive public comments on agenda
items and draft United States positions that will be discussed at the
30th Session of the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products
(CCFFP) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), which will be
held in Agadir, Morocco from September 28 to October 2, 2009. The
Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety and the FDA recognize the
importance of providing interested parties the opportunity to obtain
background information on the 30th Session of the CCFFP and to address
items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 2,
2009, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in the Harvey Wiley Federal
Building, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, Maryland 20740. The
meeting room number is 1A001. Documents related to the 30th Session of
the CCFFP will be accessible via the World Wide Web at the following
address: http://www.codexalimentarius.net/current.asp.
The U.S. Delegate to the 30th Session of the CCFFP, Mr. Donald
Kraemer, Food and Drug Administration, invites interested U.S. parties
to submit their comments electronically to the following e-mail address
[email protected].
Registration
To gain admittance to this meeting, individuals must present a
photo ID for identification and also are required to pre-register. In
addition, no cameras or videotaping equipment will be permitted in the
meeting room. To pre-register, please send the following information to
this e-mail address: [email protected] by August 17th,
2009:
--Your Name,
--Organization,
--Mailing Address,
--Phone number,
--E-mail address.
For Further Information About the 30th Session of the CCFFP
Contact: Melissa Ellwanger, Assistant to the U.S. Delegate to the
CCFFP, FDA, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Harvey W.
Wiley Federal Building, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD
20740-3835; Phone: (301) 436-1401; Fax: (301) 436-2601. E-mail:
[email protected].
For Further Information About the Public Meeting Contact: Doreen
Chen-Moulec, Staff Officer, U.S. Codex Office, Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS), Room 4865, South Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250, Phone: (202) 7205-7760, Fax: (202)
720-3157, E-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) was established in 1963
by two United Nations organizations, the Food and Agriculture
Organization and the World Health Organization. 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 protect the health of consumers and ensure
that fair practices are used in trade.
The CCFFP was established to elaborate codes, standards and related
texts for fish and fishery products. The CCFFP is hosted by Norway.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting
The following items on the agenda for the 30th Session of the CCFFP
will be discussed during the public meeting:
Matters referred to the CCFFP from other Codex bodies
Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products (Lobsters
and Relevant Definitions)
Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products (Crabs
and Relevant Definitions)
Draft Standard for Sturgeon Caviar
Draft List of Methods for the Determination of Biotoxins in
the Standard for Raw and Live Bivalve Mollusks
Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products
(Other Sections including Smoked Fish)
Proposed Draft Standard for Smoked Fish, Smoked-Flavored Fish
and Smoked-Dried Fish
Proposed Draft Code of Practice on the Processing of Scallop
Meat
Proposed Draft Standard for Quick Frozen Scallop Adductor
Muscle Meat
Proposed Draft Revision of the Procedure for the Inclusion of
Additional Species in Standards for Fish and Fishery Products
Proposed Draft Standard for Fresh/Live and Frozen Abalone
(Haliotis spp)
Proposed Draft Standard for Fish Sauce
Proposed Draft Amendment to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish
Sticks (Nitrogen Factors)
Food Additive Provisions in Standards for Fish and Fishery
Products
Each issue listed will be fully described in documents distributed,
or to be distributed, by the Secretariat prior to the meeting. Members
of the public may access copies of these documents at http://www.codexalimentarius.net/current.asp.
Public Meeting
At the September 2, 2009, public meeting, draft U.S. positions on
the agenda items will be described and discussed, and attendees will
have the opportunity to pose questions and offer comments. Written
comments may be offered at the meeting or sent to the U.S. Delegate for
the 30th Session of the CCFFP, Mr. Donald Kraemer, at
[email protected]. Written comments should state that they
relate to activities of the 30th Session of the CCFFP.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy
development is important. Consequently, in an effort to ensure that
minorities, women, and persons with disabilities are aware of this
notice, FSIS will announce it online through the FSIS Web page located
at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/2009_Notices_Index/. FSIS
will also make copies of this Federal Register
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publication available through the FSIS Constituent Update, which is
used to provide information regarding FSIS policies, procedures,
regulations, Federal Register notices, FSIS public meetings, and other
types of information that could affect or would be of interest to
constituents and stakeholders. The Update is communicated via Listserv,
a free electronic mail subscription service for industry, trade groups,
consumer interest groups, health professionals, and other individuals
who have asked to be included. The Update is also available on the FSIS
Web page. Through the Listserv and Web page, FSIS is able to provide
information to a much broader and more diverse audience. In addition,
FSIS offers an electronic mail subscription service which provides
automatic and customized access to selected food safety news and
information. This service is available at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/news_and_events/email_subscription/. Options range from recalls to
export information to regulations, directives and notices. Customers
can add or delete subscriptions themselves, and have the option to
password protect their accounts.
Done at Washington, DC, on August 3, 2009.
Karen Stuck,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
[FR Doc. E9-18926 Filed 8-6-09; 8:45 am]
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