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AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT
FOUNDATION
African Development Foundation,
Board of Directors Meeting
Time: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 9:30
a.m. to 1 p.m.
Place: African Development
Foundation, Conference Room, 1400 I
Street, NW., Suite 1000, Washington,
DC 20005.
Dates: Tuesday, April 13, 2010.
Status:
1. Open session, Tuesday, April 13,
2010, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.; and
2. Closed session, Tuesday, April 13,
2010, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Due to security requirements and
limited seating, all individuals wishing
to attend the open session of the
meeting must notify Michele M. Rivard
at (202) 673–3916 or mrivard@usadf.gov
of your request to attend by 5 p.m. on
Thursday, April 8, 2010.
Lloyd O. Pierson,
President & CEO, USADF.
[FR Doc. 2010–6659 Filed 3–24–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2010–0009]
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Food Labeling
Office of Food Safety, USDA.
Notice of public meeting and
request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Food Safety,
United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA), and the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), are sponsoring a
public meeting on April 7, 2010. The
objective of the public meeting is to
provide information and receive public
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comments on agenda items and draft
United States positions that will be
discussed at the 38th Session of the
Codex Committee on Food Labeling
(CCFL) of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission (Codex), which will be
held in Quebec City, Canada, May 3–7,
2010. The Office of Food Safety and the
FDA recognize the importance of
providing interested parties the
opportunity to obtain background
information on the 38th Session of the
CCFL and to address items on the
agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled
for April 7, 2010, from 2 to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be
held at the USDA, Jamie L. Whitten
Building, Room 107–A, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250. Documents
related to the 38th Session of the CCFL
will be accessible via the World Wide
Web at the following address: https://
www.codexalimentarius.net/
current.asp.
The U.S. Delegate to the 38th Session
of the CCFL, Barbara Schneeman, and
the FDA invite interested U.S. parties to
submit their comments electronically to
the following e-mail address:
Ritu.Nalubola@fda.hhs.gov.
Registration:
If you would like to participate in the
public meeting by telephone conference,
please use the following call-in number
and passcode: Call-in Number: 1–866–
692–3158. Passcode: 5986642.
For Further Information About the
38th Session of the CCFL Contact:
Doreen Chen-Moulec, U.S. Codex
Office, Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS), Room 4861, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250, Phone: (202)
205–7760, Fax: (202) 720–3157, E-mail:
Doreen.Chen-Moulec@fsis.usda.gov.
For Further Information About the
Public Meeting Contact: Doreen ChenMoulec, U.S. Codex Office, FSIS, Room
4861, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250, Phone: (202)
205–7760, Fax: (202) 720–3157, E-mail:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Codex was established in 1963 by two
United Nations organizations, the Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and
the World Health Organization (WHO).
Through adoption of food standards,
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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 CCFL is responsible for drafting
provisions on labeling applicable to all
foods; considering, amending if
necessary, and endorsing draft specific
provisions on labeling of draft
standards, codes of practice and
guidelines prepared by other Codex
Committees; studying specific labeling
problems assigned to it by the Codex
Commission; and studying problems
associated with the advertisement of
food with particular reference to claims
and misleading descriptions.
The Committee is chaired by Canada.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public
Meeting
The following items on the agenda for
the 38th Session of the CCFL will be
discussed during the public meeting:
• Matters Referred to the Committee
by other Codex Bodies
• Consideration of Labeling
Provisions in Draft Codex Standards
• Implementation of the WHO Global
Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity, and
Health
(a) Proposed Draft Revision of the
Guidelines on Nutrition Labeling
Concerning the List of Nutrients that are
always Declared on a Voluntary or
Mandatory Basis
(b) Discussion Paper on Issues Related
to Mandatory Nutrition Labeling
(c) Proposed Draft Criteria and
Principles for Legibility and Readability
of Nutrition Labels
(d) Discussion Paper on Labeling
Provisions Dealing with the Food
Ingredients Identified in the Global
Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity, and
Health
• Guidelines for the Production,
Processing, Labeling and Marketing of
Organically Produced Foods:
Annex 1: Inclusion of Ethylene for
Other Products
• Labeling of Foods and Food
Ingredients Obtained through Certain
Techniques of Genetic Modification/
Genetic Engineering
(a) Draft Amendment to the General
Standard for the Labeling of
Prepackaged Foods: Definitions
• Discussion Paper on the Need to
Amend the General Standard for the
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AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
African Development Foundation, Board of Directors Meeting
Time: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Place: African Development Foundation, Conference Room, 1400 I
Street, NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005.
Dates: Tuesday, April 13, 2010.
Status:
1. Open session, Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.; and
2. Closed session, Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Due to security requirements and limited seating, all individuals
wishing to attend the open session of the meeting must notify Michele
M. Rivard at (202) 673-3916 or mrivard@usadf.gov of your request to
attend by 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 8, 2010.
Lloyd O. Pierson,
President & CEO, USADF.
[FR Doc. 2010-6659 Filed 3-24-10; 8:45 am]
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