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the presence in food and feed (including
aquaculture) of antimicrobial resistant
microorganisms and antimicrobial
resistance genes and the transmission
through food and feed of antimicrobial
resistant microorganisms and
antimicrobial resistance genes. The Task
Force is also to develop appropriate risk
management advice based on that
assessment to reduce such risk. The
Task Force, which is hosted by the
Republic of Korea, is to complete its
work within four sessions.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public
Meeting
The following items on the agenda for
the First Session on AMR will be
discussed during the September 24,
2007, public meeting:
• Matters Referred to the Committee
from Other Codex Bodies.
• Review of the Work by FAO, WHO
and the World Organisation for Animal
health (OIE) on Antimicrobial
Resistance.
• Consideration of the Elaboration of
Standards, Guidelines or Other Texts on
Antimicrobial Resistance (comments
submitted in response to Circular Letter
2006/38–AMR).
Each issue listed will be fully
described in documents distributed, or
to be distributed, by the Korean
Secretariat to the Meeting. Members of
the public may access copies of these
documents at https://
www.codexalimentarius.net/
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Public Meeting
At the September 24, 2007, public
meeting, draft U.S. positions on these
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 on AMR, Dr. David White, at
david.white@fda.hhs.gov. Written
comments should state that they relate
to activities of the First Session of the
Task Force on AMR.
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
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/
2007_Notices_Index/. FSIS will also
make copies of this Federal Register
publication available through the FSIS
Constituent Update, which is used to
provide information regarding FSIS
policies, procedures, regulations,
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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 Listserv and the 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 https://
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
account.
Done at Washington, DC on: September 17,
2007.
F. Edward Scarbrough,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2007–0035]
National Advisory Committee on
Microbiological Criteria for Foods
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces that
the National Advisory Committee on
Microbiological Criteria for Foods
(NACMCF) will hold public meetings of
the full Committee and subcommittees
on September 24–28, 2007. The
Committee will discuss: (1) Assessment
of the food safety importance of
Mycobacterium avium subspecies
paratuberculosis, (2) Determination of
the most appropriate technologies for
the Food Safety and Inspection Service
(FSIS) to adopt in performing routine
and baseline microbiological analyses,
and (3) Parameters for inoculated-pack
challenge study protocols.
DATES: The full Committee will hold an
open meeting on Friday, September 28,
from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. The
Subcommittee on Assessment of the
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Food Safety Importance of
Mycobacterium avium subspecies
paratuberculosis will hold an open
meeting on Monday, September 24,
2007, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The
Subcommittee on Determination of the
Most Appropriate Technologies for the
FSIS to Adopt in Performing Routine
and Baseline Microbiological Analyses
will hold open meetings on Monday,
September 24, 2007, from 1:30 p.m. to
5 p.m, and on Tuesday, September 25
and Wednesday, September 26 from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Subcommittee
on parameters for Inoculated-Pack
Challenge Study Protocols will hold
open meetings on Wednesday,
September 26 and Thursday, September
27, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The September 24–27, 2007,
subcommittee meetings will be held at
the Aerospace Center, 901 D. Street,
SW., Rooms 369–371, Washington, DC
20024. The September 28, 2007, full
Committee meeting will be held in the
conference room at the south end of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
cafeteria located in the South Building,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250. All documents
related to the full Committee meeting
will be available for public inspection in
the FSIS Docket Room, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 2534 South
Building, Washington, DC 20250,
between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, as soon as they
become available. The NACMCF
documents will also be available on the
Internet at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/
regulations/2007_Notices_Index/.
FSIS will finalize an agenda on or
before the meeting dates and post it on
the FSIS Web page at https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/News/
Meetings_&_Events/. Please note that
the meeting agenda is subject to change
due to the time required for Committee
discussions; thus, sessions could start or
end earlier or later than anticipated.
Please plan accordingly if you would
like to attend a particular session or
participate in a public comment period.
Also, the official transcript of the
September 28, 2007, full Committee
meeting, when it becomes available,
will be kept in the FSIS Docket Room
at the above address and will also be
posted on https://www.fsis.usda.gov/
About/NACMCF_Meetings/.
The mailing address for the contact
person is: Karen Thomas-Sharp, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, FSIS, Office
of Public Health Science, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., 333
Aerospace Center, Washington, DC
20250–3766.
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Documents Reviewed by NACMCF
Persons interested in making a
presentation, submitting technical
papers, or providing comments at the
September 28, plenary session should
contact Karen Thomas-Sharp, phone
(202) 690–6620, fax (202) 690–6334, email: Karen.thomas-sharp@fsis.usda.gov
or at the mailing address above. Persons
requiring a sign language interpreter or
other special accommodations should
notify Mrs. Thomas-Sharp by September
17, 2007.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
FSIS intends to make available to the
public all materials that are reviewed
and considered by NACMCF regarding
its deliberations. Generally, these
materials will be made available as soon
as possible after the full Committee
meeting. Further, FSIS intends to make
these materials available in electronic
format on the FSIS Web page, as well as
in hard copy format in the FSIS Docket
Room. Often, an attempt is made to
make the materials available at the start
of the full Committee meeting when
sufficient time is allowed in advance to
do so.
Disclaimer: NACMCF documents and
comments posted on the FSIS Web site
are electronic conversions from a variety
of source formats. In some cases,
document conversion may result in
character translation or formatting
errors. The original document is the
official, legal copy.
In order to meet the electronic and
information technology accessibility
standards in section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act, NACMCF may add
alternate text descriptors for non-text
elements (graphs, charts, tables,
multimedia, etc.). These modifications
only affect the online copies of the
documents.
Copyrighted documents will not be
posted on the FSIS Web site, but will be
available for inspection in the FSIS
Docket Room.
Background
The NACMCF was established in
1988, in response to a recommendation
of the National Academy of Sciences for
an interagency approach to
microbiological criteria for foods, and in
response to a recommendation of the
U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Appropriations, as
expressed in the Rural Development,
Agriculture, and Related Agencies
Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 1988.
The charter for the NACMCF is
available for viewing on the FSIS
Internet Web page at https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/About/
NACMCF_Charter/.
The NACMCF provides scientific
advice and recommendations to the
Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
on public health issues relative to the
safety and wholesomeness of the U.S.
food supply, including development of
microbiological criteria and review and
evaluation of epidemiological and risk
assessment data and methodologies for
assessing microbiological hazards in
foods. The Committee also provides
scientific advice and recommendations
to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Departments of
Commerce and Defense.
Dr. Richard Raymond, Under
Secretary for Food Safety, U. S.
Department of Agriculture, is the
Committee Chair; Dr. Robert E. Brackett,
Director of the Food and Drug
Administration’s Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), is the
Vice-Chair; and Gerri Ransom, FSIS, is
the Executive Secretary.
At the subcommittee meetings the
week of September 24–27, 2007 the
groups will discuss:
• Assessment of the food safety
importance of Mycobacterium avium
subspecies paratuberculosis,
• The determination of the most
appropriate technologies for the FSIS
adopt in performing routine and
baseline microbiological analyses, and
• Parameters for inoculated pack
challenge study protocols.
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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
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/
2007_Notices_Index/.
FSIS will also 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, 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 Listserv and the Web page,
FSIS is able to provide information to a
much broader and more diverse
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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 https://
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 account.
Done at Washington, DC on: September 18,
2007.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E7–18699 Filed 9–20–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Plumas County Resource Advisory
Committee (RAC)
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Plumas County Resource
Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a
meeting on September 21, 2007, in
Quincy, CA. The purpose of the meeting
is to review applications for Cycle 7
funding and select projects to be
recommended to the Plumas or Lassen
National Forest Supervisor for calendar
year 2008 funding consideration. The
funding is available under the Title II
provisions of the Secure Rural Schools
and Community Self-Determination Act
of 2000.
Date & Address: The meeting will take
place from 9–4 at the Mineral Building–
Plumas/Sierra County Fairgrounds, 208
Fairgrounds Road, Quincy, CA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Or
for special Lee Anne Schramel Taylor,
Forest Coordinator, USDA, Plumas
National Forest, P.O. Box 11500/159
Lawrence Street, Quincy, CA 95971;
(530) 283–7850; or by e-mail
eataylor@fs.fed.us.
Agenda
items for the September 21 meeting
include: (1) Forest Service Update; (2)
Future Legislation Potential; and (3)
Recommendations for funding
distribution, potentially including
current Cycle 6 projects not yet
approved. The meetings are open to the
public and individuals may address the
Committee after being recognized by the
Chair. Other RAC information including
previous meeting agendas and minutes
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2007-0035]
National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the National Advisory Committee on
Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) will hold public meetings
of the full Committee and subcommittees on September 24-28, 2007. The
Committee will discuss: (1) Assessment of the food safety importance of
Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, (2) Determination of
the most appropriate technologies for the Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS) to adopt in performing routine and baseline
microbiological analyses, and (3) Parameters for inoculated-pack
challenge study protocols.
DATES: The full Committee will hold an open meeting on Friday,
September 28, from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. The Subcommittee on Assessment
of the Food Safety Importance of Mycobacterium avium subspecies
paratuberculosis will hold an open meeting on Monday, September 24,
2007, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Subcommittee on Determination of the
Most Appropriate Technologies for the FSIS to Adopt in Performing
Routine and Baseline Microbiological Analyses will hold open meetings
on Monday, September 24, 2007, from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m, and on Tuesday,
September 25 and Wednesday, September 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The
Subcommittee on parameters for Inoculated-Pack Challenge Study
Protocols will hold open meetings on Wednesday, September 26 and
Thursday, September 27, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The September 24-27, 2007, subcommittee meetings will be
held at the Aerospace Center, 901 D. Street, SW., Rooms 369-371,
Washington, DC 20024. The September 28, 2007, full Committee meeting
will be held in the conference room at the south end of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) cafeteria located in the South
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250. All
documents related to the full Committee meeting will be available for
public inspection in the FSIS Docket Room, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 2534 South Building,
Washington, DC 20250, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, as soon as they become available. The NACMCF documents will
also be available on the Internet at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/
regulations/2007_Notices_Index/.
FSIS will finalize an agenda on or before the meeting dates and
post it on the FSIS Web page at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/News/
Meetings_&_Events/. Please note that the meeting agenda is subject
to change due to the time required for Committee discussions; thus,
sessions could start or end earlier or later than anticipated. Please
plan accordingly if you would like to attend a particular session or
participate in a public comment period.
Also, the official transcript of the September 28, 2007, full
Committee meeting, when it becomes available, will be kept in the FSIS
Docket Room at the above address and will also be posted on https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/About/NACMCF_Meetings/.
The mailing address for the contact person is: Karen Thomas-Sharp,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, FSIS, Office of Public Health Science,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 333 Aerospace Center, Washington, DC
20250-3766.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons interested in making a
presentation, submitting technical papers, or providing comments at the
September 28, plenary session should contact Karen Thomas-Sharp, phone
(202) 690-6620, fax (202) 690-6334, e-mail: Karen.thomas-
sharp@fsis.usda.gov or at the mailing address above. Persons requiring
a sign language interpreter or other special accommodations should
notify Mrs. Thomas-Sharp by September 17, 2007.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The NACMCF was established in 1988, in response to a recommendation
of the National Academy of Sciences for an interagency approach to
microbiological criteria for foods, and in response to a recommendation
of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, as
expressed in the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies
Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 1988. The charter for the NACMCF is
available for viewing on the FSIS Internet Web page at https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/About/NACMCF_Charter/.
The NACMCF provides scientific advice and recommendations to the
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services
on public health issues relative to the safety and wholesomeness of the
U.S. food supply, including development of microbiological criteria and
review and evaluation of epidemiological and risk assessment data and
methodologies for assessing microbiological hazards in foods. The
Committee also provides scientific advice and recommendations to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Departments of
Commerce and Defense.
Dr. Richard Raymond, Under Secretary for Food Safety, U. S.
Department of Agriculture, is the Committee Chair; Dr. Robert E.
Brackett, Director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), is the Vice-Chair; and Gerri
Ransom, FSIS, is the Executive Secretary.
At the subcommittee meetings the week of September 24-27, 2007 the
groups will discuss:
Assessment of the food safety importance of Mycobacterium
avium subspecies paratuberculosis,
The determination of the most appropriate technologies for
the FSIS adopt in performing routine and baseline microbiological
analyses, and
Parameters for inoculated pack challenge study protocols.
Documents Reviewed by NACMCF
FSIS intends to make available to the public all materials that are
reviewed and considered by NACMCF regarding its deliberations.
Generally, these materials will be made available as soon as possible
after the full Committee meeting. Further, FSIS intends to make these
materials available in electronic format on the FSIS Web page, as well
as in hard copy format in the FSIS Docket Room. Often, an attempt is
made to make the materials available at the start of the full Committee
meeting when sufficient time is allowed in advance to do so.
Disclaimer: NACMCF documents and comments posted on the FSIS Web
site are electronic conversions from a variety of source formats. In
some cases, document conversion may result in character translation or
formatting errors. The original document is the official, legal copy.
In order to meet the electronic and information technology
accessibility standards in section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act,
NACMCF may add alternate text descriptors for non-text elements
(graphs, charts, tables, multimedia, etc.). These modifications only
affect the online copies of the documents.
Copyrighted documents will not be posted on the FSIS Web site, but
will be available for inspection in the FSIS Docket Room.
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 https://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/2007_Notices_Index/.
FSIS will also 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, 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 Listserv and the 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 https://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 account.
Done at Washington, DC on: September 18, 2007.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E7-18699 Filed 9-20-07; 8:45 am]
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