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of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments may be sent to Alberta
Frost, Director, Office of Analysis,
Nutrition, and Evaluation, Food and
Nutrition Service, Department of
Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Room 1014, Alexandria, VA 22302.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval of the information
collection. All comments will also
become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the proposed information
collection forms should be directed to
Alberta Frost at (703) 305–2017.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Feasibility of Computer
Matching in the National School Lunch
Program.
OMB Number: Not yet assigned.
Expiration Date: Not applicable.
Type of Request: New collection of
information.
Abstract: The Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS) is seeking to improve the
process by which SFAs determine and
verify the children eligible for free and
reduced-price school meals. Recent
studies suggest that a significant number
of ineligible children are being
approved for free and reduced-price
meals. Congress expressed concern
about these issues in the Child Nutrition
and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004
(Pub. L. 108–265) (the Act). Section
105(a) requires USDA to conduct a
study on the feasibility of using
computer technology to reduce errors,
waste, fraud, and abuse in the NSLP.
The study will collect and analyze data
through mail surveys of all states and
in-depth telephone interviews with six
selected States to: Assess current and
planned use of computer matching for
NSLP certification and application
verification; identify benefits,
challenges, and barriers to computer
matching; collect information on
statewide student information systems
and education matches with Medicaid
and wage data; and identify the types of
information maintained by the Medicaid
program that could be useful for NSLP
certification and verification.
Estimate of Burden: The public
reporting burden for the survey of State
CN Program directors is estimated at 40
minutes for the mail survey. The public
reporting burden for the survey of State
Education Agency (SEA) liaisons to the
National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES) is estimated to be 15 minutes for
the mail survey. The public reporting
burden for the survey of State Medicaid
Respondents
Directors is estimated to be 30 minutes
for the mail survey.
For the in-depth telephone
interviews, the burden estimates per
respondent in each of the six States are:
State CN officials, 60 minutes; State
Student Information Systems
administrators, 60 minutes; State Food
Stamp Program (FSP) agency officials,
60 minutes; State Medicaid agency
officials, 60 minutes; State Wage
Information Collection Agency (SWICA)
officials, 60 minutes; and SFA
administrators, 60 minutes.
Respondents: Respondents for the
mail survey are State CN Directors, SEA
NCES liaisons, and State Medicaid
Directors. Respondents for the in-depth
telephone interviews include: State CN
officials; State Student Information
Systems administrators; State FSP
agency officials; State Medicaid agency
officials, SWICA officials, and SFA
administrators.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Mail surveys will be conducted with 51
State CN Program Directors, 51 SEA
NCES liaisons, and 51 State Medicaid
Directors.
In-depth telephone interviews will be
conducted with: 12 State CN agency
officials; 12 State Student Information
Systems administrators; 12 State FSP
agency officials; 12 State Medicaid
agency officials; 12 SWICA officials; and
12 SFA administrators.
Number of Responses per
Respondent: One response per
respondent per data collection effort.
Estimated Time per Response:
Number
Minutes
Total minutes
State CN Directors: Mail Survey ...........................................................................................
SEA NCES Liaisons: Mail Survey .........................................................................................
State Medicaid Directors: Mail Survey ..................................................................................
State CN Officials: Telephone Interview ...............................................................................
State Student Information System Administrators: Telephone Interview ..............................
State FSP Officials: Telephone Interview ..............................................................................
State Medicaid Officials: Telephone Interview ......................................................................
SWICA Officials: Telephone Interview ..................................................................................
SFA Administrators: Telephone Interview .............................................................................
51
51
51
12
12
12
12
12
12
40
15
30
60
60
60
60
60
60
2,040
765
1,530
720
720
720
720
720
720
Total Respondent Burden ..............................................................................................
..........................
..........................
8,655
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 144 hours.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Dated: January 21, 2005.
Roberto Salazar,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05–1616 Filed 1–27–05; 8:45 am]
Food Safety and Inspection Service
BILLING CODE 3410–30–P
[Docket No. 04–045N]
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Thirty-Seventh Session of the Codex
Committee on Food Additives and
Contaminants
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
AGENCY:
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Notice of public meeting,
request for comments.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Office of the Under
Secretary for Food Safety, United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA), and
the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), United States Department of
Health and Human Services, are
sponsoring a public meeting on March
9, 2005, to provide information and
receive public comments on agenda
items that will be discussed at the
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Thirty-seventh Session of the Codex
Committee on Food Additives and
Contaminants (CCFAC), which will be
held in The Hague, The Netherlands, on
April 25–29, 2005. The Under Secretary
and FDA recognize the importance of
providing interested parties the
opportunity to obtain background
information on the agenda items that
will be discussed at this forthcoming
session of the CCFAC.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled
for Wednesday, March 9, 2005, from 1
p.m. to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be
held in the Auditorium (Room 1A–003),
Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building, 5100
Paint Branch Parkway, College Park,
Maryland. Documents related to the
37th Session of the CCFAC will be
accessible via the World Wide Web at
the following address: https://
www.codexalimentarius.net/
current.asp.
FSIS invites interested persons to
submit comments on this notice.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
• Mail, including floppy disks or CD–
ROM’s and hand-or courier-delivered
items: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Food Safety
and Inspection Service, 300 12th Street,
SW., Room 102, Cotton Annex,
Washington, DC 20250–3700.
All comments received must include
the Agency name and docket number
#04–045N.
All comments submitted in response
to this notice, will be available for
public inspection in the FSIS Docket
Room at the address listed above
between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday. The comments
also will be posted on the Agency’s Web
site at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/
regulations/2005_Notices_Index/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
About the 37th session of the CCFAC:
U.S. Delegate, Dr. Terry Troxell,
Director, Office of the Plant and Diary
Foods and Beverages, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA,
Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building, 5100
Paint Branch Parkway (HFS–300),
College Park, MD 20740, phone: (301)
436–1700, fax: (301) 436–2632, e-mail:
terry.troxell@fda.hhs.gov.
About the public meeting: Ellen
Matten, U.S. Codex Office, Food Safety
and Inspection Service, Room 4861,
South Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–
3700, phone: (202) 205–7760, fax: (202)
720–3157. Attendees are requested to
pre-register as soon as possible by email to (e-mail address:
ccfac@cfsan.fda.gov.)
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Codex Alimentarius Commission
(Codex) was established in 1962 by two
United Nations organizations, the Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and
the World Health Organization (WHO).
Codex is the major international
standard-setting organization for
protecting the health and economic
interests of consumers and encouraging
fair international trade in food. 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, USDA, FDA, and the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
manage and carry out U.S. Codex
activities.
The Codex Committee on Food
Additives and Contaminants (CCFAC)
establishes or endorses maximum or
guideline levels for individual food
additives, for contaminants (including
environmental contaminants) and for
naturally occurring toxicants in
foodstuffs and animal feeds. In addition,
the Committee prepares priority lists of
food additives and contaminants for
toxicological evaluation by the Joint
FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food
Additives (JECFA); recommends
specifications of identity and purity for
food additives for adoption by the
Commission; considers methods of
analysis for the determination of food
additives and contaminants in food; and
considers and elaborates standards or
codes for related subjects such as the
labeling of food additives when sold as
such, and food irradiation. The
Committee is chaired by The
Netherlands.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public
Meeting
Items on the provisional agenda of the
37th session of CCFAC to be discussed
during the public meeting:
1. Matters referred or of interest to the
committee arising from the Codex
Alimentarius Commission and other
Codex committees, including the
endorsement or revision of maximum
levels for food additives and
contaminants in Codex commodity
standards.
2. Summary reports of the 63rd and
64th meetings of the Joint Expert
Committee for Food Additives (JECFA)
and any actions required as a result of
changes in the acceptable daily intake
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(ADI) status and other toxicological
recommendations.
3. Consideration of the Codex General
Standard for Food Additives (GSFA)
including:
(a) Progress report of the working
group on the working principles of the
GSFA,
(b) Report of the electronic working
group on the GSFA,
(c) Draft and proposed draft food
additives provisions requiring
information on their use, and
(d) Proposed draft food additive
provisions at Step 3 and proposals for
new uses.
4. Proposals for additions or
amendments to the International
Numbering System for Food Additives,
including discussion papers on
harmonizing the food additive class
names used by Codex and JECFA, and
a proposed definition of food additive
carriers.
5. An updated Inventory of Processing
Aids (IPA).
6. A discussion paper on flavoring
agents with risk management options for
CCFAC to consider.
7. Terms of reference for a Joint FAO/
WHO expert group to conduct a
comprehensive assessment of the use of
active chlorine in food processing.
8. Specifications for the identity and
purity of food additives.
9. Schedule 1 of the Codex General
Standard for Contaminants and Toxins
(GSCT) with proposed draft revisions.
10. Draft code of practice for the
prevention and reduction of aflatoxin
contamination in tree nuts.
11. Proposed draft maximum levels
for aflatoxin in unprocessed and
processed almonds, hazelnuts, and
pistachios.
12. Proposed draft sampling plan for
aflatoxin contamination in almonds,
Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, and pistachios.
13. Discussion paper on aflatoxin
contamination in Brazil nuts with risk
management options for CCFAC to
consider.
14. Information on deoxynivalenol
(DON) contamination in cereal grains.
15. Information on mycotoxin
contamination in sorghum.
16. Draft maximum levels for lead in
fish, including a list of the major
internationally traded fish species with
proposals for lead maximum levels.
17. Proposed draft maximum levels
for tin in food.
18. Draft code of practice for the
prevention and reduction of inorganic
tin contamination in canned foods.
19. Draft and proposed draft
maximum levels for cadmium in rice,
potatoes, wheat, vegetables, and
mollusks.
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20. Proposed draft code of practice for
source directed measures to reduce
dioxin and dioxin-like polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCB) contamination of foods.
21. A discussion paper and proposed
draft maximum levels for
chloropropanols in food.
22. Discussion paper on acrylamide in
food with risk management options for
CCFAC to consider.
23. Discussion paper on polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons in food with risk
management options for CCFAC to
consider.
24. Discussion paper on guideline
levels for methylmercury in fish with
risk management options for CCFAC to
consider.
25. Draft revised guideline levels for
radionuclides in foods for use in
international trade.
26. Priority list of food additives,
contaminants and naturally occurring
toxicants proposed for evaluation by
JECFA.
Each issue listed will be fully
described in documents distributed, or
to be distributed, by The Netherlands’
Secretariat to the Meeting. Members of
the public may access or request copies
of these documents (see ADDRESSES).
Public Meeting
At the March 9, 2005, public meeting,
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 37th Session of the
CCFAC, Dr. Terry Troxell (see
ADDRESSES). Written comments should
state that they relate to activities of the
37th Session of the CCFAC.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of
rulemaking and policy development is
important. Consequently, in an effort to
ensure that the public and in particular
minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities are aware of this notice,
FSIS will announce it on-line through
the FSIS Web page. The Agency Web
page is located at https://
www.fsis.usda.gov.
FSIS also will make copies of this
Federal Register publication available
through the FSIS Constituent Update,
which is used to provide information
regarding FSIS policies, procedures,
regulations, Federal Register notices,
FSIS public meetings, recalls, and other
types of information that could affect or
would be of interest to our constituents
and shareholders. The update is
communicated via Listserv, a free e-mail
subscription service consisting of
industry, trade, and farm groups, allied
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health professionals, scientific
professionals, and other individuals that
have requested to be included. The
update also is available on the FSIS Web
page. Through Listserv and the Web
page, FSIS is able to provide
information to a much broader, more
diverse audience.
Done in Washington, DC on January 24,
2005.
F. Edward Scarbrough,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
[FR Doc. 05–1612 Filed 1–27–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Transfer of Administrative
Jurisdiction: Joint Readiness Training
Center (JRTC), Fort Polk Military
Reservation Interchange and the
Kisatchie National Forest, LA
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of joint interchange of
AGENCY:
ACTION:
lands.
SUMMARY: The Act of July 26, 1956 (70
Stat. 656; 16 U.S.C. 505a–b) authorizes
the interchange of land between the
Department of Agriculture and the
Department of Defense through its
various services. On August 10, 2004,
and November 12, 2004, respectively,
the Secretary of the Army and the
Secretary of Agriculture signed a Joint
Order authorizing the transfer of
administrative jurisdiction from the
Department of Agriculture to the
Department of the Army of 480.00 acres,
more or less, located in Natchitoches
Parish, Louisiana and generally
described as: Parts of Sections 26, 28,
30, 34, and 35, Township 5 North,
Range 8 West, Louisiana Meridian, lying
within the Joint Readiness Training
Center (JRTC), Fort Polk Military
Reservation, and the Kisatchie National
Forest and more particularly described
according to the map and legal
description on file in the Forest Service
office noted in the ADDRESSES section of
this notice.
Furthermore, the Joint Order transfers
from the Department of the Army to the
Department of Agriculture for inclusion
in the Kisatchie National Forest 481.33
acres, more or less, located in Vernon
Parish, Louisiana, and generally
described as: Parts of Section 18 and 34,
Township 1 North, Range 6 West,
Louisiana Meridian, being 120 acres,
more or less; Parts of Sections 16 and
32, Township 1 North, Range 5 West,
Louisiana Meridian, being 51.33 acres,
more or less; Parts of Sections 32 and
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33, Township 1 North, Range 8 West,
Louisiana Meridian, being 310 acres,
more or less, within the boundaries of
the Kisatchie National Forest, and more
particularly described according to the
map and legal description on file in the
Forest Service office noted in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice. A copy
of the Joint Order is set out at the end
of this notice.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The 45-day
Congressional oversight requirement of
the Act of July 26, 1956 has been met.
The Joint Order is effective January 28,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the maps with
adjoining legal descriptions showing the
lands included in this joint interchange
are on file and available for public
inspection in the Office of the Director
of Lands, 4th Floor South, Sidney R.
Yates Federal Building, Forest Service,
USDA, 201 14th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250, between the
hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on
business days. Those wanting to inspect
the maps with adjoining legal
descriptions are encouraged to call
ahead to (202) 205–1248 to facilitate
entry into the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
A.L. Richard, Lands Staff, at (202) 205–
1792. Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339
twenty-four hours a day, every day of
the year, including holidays.
Dated: January 25, 2005.
Gloria Manning,
Associate Deputy Chief.
Department of the Army
Department of Agriculture
Fort Polk, Louisiana Joint Order;
Interchanging Administrative Jurisdiction of
Department of the Army Lands and National
Forest System Lands
By virtue of the authority vested in the
Secretary of the Array and the Secretary of
Agriculture by the Act of July 26, 1956 (70
Stat. 656; 16 U.S.C. 505a) it is ordered as
follows:
1. The lands under the jurisdiction of the
Department of the Army described in Exhibit
A and shown on the attached maps which are
on file and available for public inspection in
the Office of the Chief, U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service,
Washington, DC, which lie within the
boundary of Joint Readiness Training Center
(JRTC) and Fort Folk’s military reservation,
Vernon and Natchitoches Parishes,
Louisiana, are hereby transferred from the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army to
the jurisdiction of the Secretary of
Agriculture, subject to outstanding rights or
interests of record.
2. The lands under the jurisdiction of the
USDA Forest Service described in Exhibit B
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 04-045N]
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Thirty-Seventh Session of the
Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting, request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), United States Department of Health and Human
Services, are sponsoring a public meeting on March 9, 2005, to provide
information and receive public comments on agenda items that will be
discussed at the
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Thirty-seventh Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives and
Contaminants (CCFAC), which will be held in The Hague, The Netherlands,
on April 25-29, 2005. The Under Secretary and FDA recognize the
importance of providing interested parties the opportunity to obtain
background information on the agenda items that will be discussed at
this forthcoming session of the CCFAC.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 9, 2005,
from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in the Auditorium (Room 1A-
003), Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway,
College Park, Maryland. Documents related to the 37th Session of the
CCFAC will be accessible via the World Wide Web at the following
address: https://www.codexalimentarius.net/current.asp.
FSIS invites interested persons to submit comments on this notice.
Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Mail, including floppy disks or CD-ROM's and hand-or
courier-delivered items: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 300 12th Street, SW.,
Room 102, Cotton Annex, Washington, DC 20250-3700.
All comments received must include the Agency name and docket
number 04-045N.
All comments submitted in response to this notice, will be
available for public inspection in the FSIS Docket Room at the address
listed above between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The comments also will be posted on the Agency's Web site at https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/2005_Notices_Index/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: About the 37th session of the CCFAC:
U.S. Delegate, Dr. Terry Troxell, Director, Office of the Plant and
Diary Foods and Beverages, Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition, FDA, Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building, 5100 Paint Branch
Parkway (HFS-300), College Park, MD 20740, phone: (301) 436-1700, fax:
(301) 436-2632, e-mail: terry.troxell@fda.hhs.gov.
About the public meeting: Ellen Matten, U.S. Codex Office, Food
Safety and Inspection Service, Room 4861, South Building, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3700, phone: (202) 205-
7760, fax: (202) 720-3157. Attendees are requested to pre-register as
soon as possible by e-mail to (e-mail address: ccfac@cfsan.fda.gov.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) was established in 1962
by two United Nations organizations, the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Codex is
the major international standard-setting organization for protecting
the health and economic interests of consumers and encouraging fair
international trade in food. 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, USDA, FDA,
and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) manage and carry out U.S.
Codex activities.
The Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants (CCFAC)
establishes or endorses maximum or guideline levels for individual food
additives, for contaminants (including environmental contaminants) and
for naturally occurring toxicants in foodstuffs and animal feeds. In
addition, the Committee prepares priority lists of food additives and
contaminants for toxicological evaluation by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert
Committee on Food Additives (JECFA); recommends specifications of
identity and purity for food additives for adoption by the Commission;
considers methods of analysis for the determination of food additives
and contaminants in food; and considers and elaborates standards or
codes for related subjects such as the labeling of food additives when
sold as such, and food irradiation. The Committee is chaired by The
Netherlands.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting
Items on the provisional agenda of the 37th session of CCFAC to be
discussed during the public meeting:
1. Matters referred or of interest to the committee arising from
the Codex Alimentarius Commission and other Codex committees, including
the endorsement or revision of maximum levels for food additives and
contaminants in Codex commodity standards.
2. Summary reports of the 63rd and 64th meetings of the Joint
Expert Committee for Food Additives (JECFA) and any actions required as
a result of changes in the acceptable daily intake (ADI) status and
other toxicological recommendations.
3. Consideration of the Codex General Standard for Food Additives
(GSFA) including:
(a) Progress report of the working group on the working principles
of the GSFA,
(b) Report of the electronic working group on the GSFA,
(c) Draft and proposed draft food additives provisions requiring
information on their use, and
(d) Proposed draft food additive provisions at Step 3 and proposals
for new uses.
4. Proposals for additions or amendments to the International
Numbering System for Food Additives, including discussion papers on
harmonizing the food additive class names used by Codex and JECFA, and
a proposed definition of food additive carriers.
5. An updated Inventory of Processing Aids (IPA).
6. A discussion paper on flavoring agents with risk management
options for CCFAC to consider.
7. Terms of reference for a Joint FAO/WHO expert group to conduct a
comprehensive assessment of the use of active chlorine in food
processing.
8. Specifications for the identity and purity of food additives.
9. Schedule 1 of the Codex General Standard for Contaminants and
Toxins (GSCT) with proposed draft revisions.
10. Draft code of practice for the prevention and reduction of
aflatoxin contamination in tree nuts.
11. Proposed draft maximum levels for aflatoxin in unprocessed and
processed almonds, hazelnuts, and pistachios.
12. Proposed draft sampling plan for aflatoxin contamination in
almonds, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, and pistachios.
13. Discussion paper on aflatoxin contamination in Brazil nuts with
risk management options for CCFAC to consider.
14. Information on deoxynivalenol (DON) contamination in cereal
grains.
15. Information on mycotoxin contamination in sorghum.
16. Draft maximum levels for lead in fish, including a list of the
major internationally traded fish species with proposals for lead
maximum levels.
17. Proposed draft maximum levels for tin in food.
18. Draft code of practice for the prevention and reduction of
inorganic tin contamination in canned foods.
19. Draft and proposed draft maximum levels for cadmium in rice,
potatoes, wheat, vegetables, and mollusks.
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20. Proposed draft code of practice for source directed measures to
reduce dioxin and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)
contamination of foods.
21. A discussion paper and proposed draft maximum levels for
chloropropanols in food.
22. Discussion paper on acrylamide in food with risk management
options for CCFAC to consider.
23. Discussion paper on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in food
with risk management options for CCFAC to consider.
24. Discussion paper on guideline levels for methylmercury in fish
with risk management options for CCFAC to consider.
25. Draft revised guideline levels for radionuclides in foods for
use in international trade.
26. Priority list of food additives, contaminants and naturally
occurring toxicants proposed for evaluation by JECFA.
Each issue listed will be fully described in documents distributed,
or to be distributed, by The Netherlands' Secretariat to the Meeting.
Members of the public may access or request copies of these documents
(see ADDRESSES).
Public Meeting
At the March 9, 2005, public meeting, 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
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Done in Washington, DC on January 24, 2005.
F. Edward Scarbrough,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
[FR Doc. 05-1612 Filed 1-27-05; 8:45 am]
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