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The tentative agenda for the
teleconference meeting includes: (1)
Welcome and opening remarks; (2)
Action on general recommendations
from Board minutes of May 1, 2008
teleconference meeting, (3) Financial
status of the PVP Office, (4) PVP Office
information technology infrastructure,
(5) PVP outreach activities, and (6)
Adjournment.
The public may attend the
teleconference at the following address:
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service
Conference Room, Room 3074, South
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20250. All
attendees are required to register with
the PVP Office at 301–504–5518 before
September 5, 2008. Identification will
be required to be admitted to the
USDA’s South Building.
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation should be
directed to the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Minutes
of the teleconference will be posted on
the Internet Web site https://
www.ams.usda.gov/PVPO.
Dated: August 18, 2008.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2008–0030]
National Advisory Committee on
Microbiological Criteria for Foods
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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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 22–26, 2008. The
Committee will discuss: (1) Parameters
for inoculated-pack challenge study
protocols, and (2) Determination of the
most appropriate technologies for the
Food Safety and Inspection Service
(FSIS) to adopt in performing routine
and baseline microbiological analyses.
DATES: The full Committee will hold an
open meeting on Friday, September 26,
2008, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The
Subcommittee on parameters for
inoculated-pack challenge study
protocols will hold open meetings on
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Monday, September 22, and Tuesday,
September 23, 2008, 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 Wednesday, September 24,
and Thursday, September 25, 2008,
from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The September 22–25, 2008,
Subcommittee meetings will be held at
the Aerospace Center, 901 D Street, SW.,
Rooms 369–371, Washington, DC 20024.
The September 26, 2008, 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/2008_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 26, 2008, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Persons interested in making a
presentation, submitting technical
papers, or providing comments at the
September 26, plenary session should
contact Karen Thomas-Sharp, phone
(202) 690–6620, fax (202) 690–6334, email Karen.thomas-sharp@fsis.usda.gov,
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or at the mailing address above. Persons
requiring a sign language interpreter or
other special accommodations should
notify Mrs. Thomas-Sharp by September
17, 2008.
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. H. Scott Hurd, Deputy Under
Secretary for Food Safety, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, is the
Committee Chair; Dr. Stephen Sundlof,
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 22–25, 2008 the
groups will discuss:
• Parameters for inoculated-pack
challenge study protocols, and
• Determination of the most
appropriate technologies for the FSIS to
adopt in performing routine and
baseline microbiological analyses.
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
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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.
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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/
2008_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 the Listserv and Web page,
FSIS is able to provide information to a
much broader and more diverse
audience. In addition, FSIS offers an email 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
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protect their accounts.
Done at Washington, DC on August 19,
2008.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Administrator.
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR
SEVERELY DISABLED
Procurement List; Additions
Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Additions to the Procurement
List.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This action adds to the
Procurement List products and services
to be furnished by nonprofit agencies
employing persons who are blind or
have other severe disabilities.
DATES: Effective Date: September 21,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800,
1421 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kimberly M. Zeich, Telephone: (703)
603–7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email CMTEFedReg@jwod.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Additions
On June 20 and June 27, 2008, the
Committee for Purchase From People
Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
published notice (73 FR35118; 35119;
36492) of proposed additions to the
Procurement List.
The following comments pertain to
Bulletin Rails; Bulletin Board; and
Marker Board, Wall Mounted:
Comments were received from a
contractor that provides some of the
same commodities and is an authorized
distributor of AbilityOne products. The
contractor stated that adding the
proposed products to the Procurement
List will have a significantly adverse
effect on her company. However, the
contractor did not demonstrate that her
firm holds a contract specifically for the
proposed products versus holding a
multiple award contract for a broad
category of products such as office
supplies. The Committee determined
that its action will not have a severe
adverse impact on this contractor, as the
company continues to be able to do
business with the government and may
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sell the AbilityOne products in lieu of
commercial equivalents to its federal
customers.
Comments were received from a
manufacturer’s representative group,
stating that the addition of the proposed
products to the Procurement List will
have significant impact on her business
and a substantial number of small
entities who can no longer sell
commercial equivalent products to
federal customers. The commenter
stated that companies are struggling to
survive in the current economy without
having to compete with AbilityOne. The
commenter questioned whether the
products would in fact be produced
with 75% direct labor from people who
are blind and whether the products
would be compliant with the Trade
Agreements Act (TAA).
The commenter did not support the
claim that there was significant impact
on her business with specific contract or
financial information. As stated above,
large and small office supply dealers
will continue to be able to do business
with the government if they become
authorized to sell the AbilityOne
manufactured products in the place of
commercial equivalents. In addition, the
AbilityOne Program pertains to federal
purchasing, which is a small share of
the U.S. market for office supplies. The
nonprofit agency designated to
manufacture the proposed products is in
full compliance with Committee
regulations for direct labor by people
who are blind, and proposes to
manufacture the subject items with 81%
direct labor provided by people who are
blind, creating over 10 new jobs
annually for these individuals. The
production will include several cutting
functions, assembling, attaching/
including hardware and packaging the
products, constituting a substantial
transformation. The resulting products,
once added to the Procurement List,
will be compliant with the TAA.
The following comment pertains to
Stapler, Spring Power:
A comment was received from an
AbilityOne nonprofit agency employing
persons with severe disabilities that
currently supplies staplers under the
AbilityOne Program to Federal
customers. In its comment, the
nonprofit stated that the addition of the
spring powered staplers would have a
significant negative impact on its
current line of staplers and indicated
that the spring powered staplers should
be awarded to them as a product line
extension.
The Javits-Wagner-O’Day (JWOD) Act
establishes a clear priority for products
produced and offered for sale by
qualified nonprofit agencies for the
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2008-0030]
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 22-26, 2008. The
Committee will discuss: (1) Parameters for inoculated-pack challenge
study protocols, and (2) Determination of the most appropriate
technologies for the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to adopt
in performing routine and baseline microbiological analyses.
DATES: The full Committee will hold an open meeting on Friday,
September 26, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Subcommittee on
parameters for inoculated-pack challenge study protocols will hold open
meetings on Monday, September 22, and Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 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
Wednesday, September 24, and Thursday, September 25, 2008, from 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The September 22-25, 2008, Subcommittee meetings will be
held at the Aerospace Center, 901 D Street, SW., Rooms 369-371,
Washington, DC 20024. The September 26, 2008, 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/2008_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 26, 2008, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons interested in making a
presentation, submitting technical papers, or providing comments at the
September 26, 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, 2008.
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. H. Scott Hurd, Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, is the Committee Chair; Dr. Stephen Sundlof,
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 22-25,
2008 the groups will discuss:
Parameters for inoculated-pack challenge study protocols,
and
Determination of the most appropriate technologies for the
FSIS to adopt in performing routine and baseline microbiological
analyses.
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
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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/2008_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 the Listserv and Web page, FSIS is able to provide
information to a much broader and more diverse audience. In addition,
FSIS offers an e-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 they have the option to password protect
their accounts.
Done at Washington, DC on August 19, 2008.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E8-19540 Filed 8-21-08; 8:45 am]
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