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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2010–0036]
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Fish and Fishery Products
Office of the Under Secretary
for Food Safety, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Office of the Under
Secretary for Food Safety, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), and
the Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition, Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), are sponsoring a
public meeting on March 16, 2011. The
objective of the public meeting is to
provide information and receive public
comments on agenda items and draft
United States (U.S.) positions that will
be discussed at the 31st session of the
Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery
Products (CCFFP) of the Codex
Alimentarius Commission (Codex),
which will be held in Tromso, Norway,
April 11–16, 2011. The Under Secretary
for Food Safety and FDA recognize the
importance of providing interested
parties the opportunity to obtain
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background information on the 31st
session of the CCFFP and to address
items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled
for March 16, 2011, from 1 p.m. to 4
p.m.
The public meeting will be
held at FDA, in the Harvey W. Wiley
Building, Auditorium (1A003), 5100
Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD
20740.
Documents related to the 31st session
of the CCFFP will be accessible via the
World Wide Web at the following
address: https://
www.codexalimentarius.net/
current.asp.
Donald Kraemer, U.S. Delegate to the
31st session of the CCFFP, and FDA,
invites interested U.S. parties to submit
their comments electronically to the
following e-mail address:
Donald.Kraemer@fda.hhs.gov.
ADDRESSES:
Call-In Number
If you wish to participate in the
public meeting for the 31st session of
the CCFFP by conference call, please
use the call-in number and participant
code listed below.
Call-in Number: 1–866–692–3158
Participant Code: 5986642
For Further Information About the
31st Session of the CCFFP Contact:
Donald Kraemer, Acting Director, Office
of Seafood, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition, FDA, 5100 Paint
Branch Parkway, College Park, MD
20740, phone: (301) 436–2300, fax: (301)
436–2599, e-mail:
Donald.Kraemer@fda.hhs.gov.
For Further Information About the
Public Meeting Contact: Kenneth
Lowery, U.S. Codex Office, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Room
4861, Washington, DC 20250, phone:
(202) 690–4042, fax: (202) 720–3157, email: Kenneth.Lowery@fsis.usda.gov.
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,
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 is responsible for
elaborating worldwide standards for
fresh, frozen (including quick frozen) or
otherwise processed fish, crustaceans,
and mollusks.
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The CCFFP is hosted by Norway.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public
Meeting
The following items on the agenda for
the 31st session of the CCFFP will be
discussed during the public meeting:
• Matters Referred to the CCFFP,
Codex, and Other Codex Committees.
• Matters Arising from the Work of
the FAO and WHO.
• Draft Standard for Fish Sauce.
• Draft Standard for Smoked Fish,
Smoke-Flavoured Fish and Smoke Dried
Fish.
• Proposed Draft Code of Practice for
Fish and Fishery Products (Other
Sections Including Smoked Fish).
• Proposed Draft Amendment to
Section 3.4.5.1 Water Code of Practice
for Fish and Fishery Products.
• Proposed Draft Standard for Quick
Frozen Scallop Adductor Muscle Meat.
• Proposed Draft Code of Practice on
the Processing of Scallop Meat.
• Proposed Draft Revision of the
Procedure for the Inclusion of
Additional Species in Standards for
Fish and Fishery Products.
• Proposed Draft List of Methods for
Determination of Biotoxins in the
Standard for Raw and Live Bivalve
Mollusks.
• Proposed Draft Standards for Fresh/
Live and Frozen and Frozen Abalone
(Haliotis spp.).
• Proposed Draft Amendment to the
Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Sticks.
• Proposed Food Additive Provisions
in Standards for Fish and Fishery
Products.
• Model Certificates.
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
(see ADDRESSES).
Public Meeting
At the March 16, 2011, 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 31st session of the
CCFFP, Donald Kraemer (see
ADDRESSES). Written comments should
state that they relate to activities of the
31st session of the CCFFP.
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
USDA prohibits discrimination in all
its programs and activities on the basis
of race, color, national origin, gender,
religion, age, disability, political beliefs,
sexual orientation, and marital or family
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status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to
all programs.)
Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means for communication of
program information (Braille, large
print, audiotape, etc.) should contact
USDA’s Target Center at 202–720–2600
(voice and TTY).
To file a written complaint of
discrimination, write USDA, Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–9410 or call
202–720–5964 (voice and TTY). USDA
is an equal opportunity provider and
employer.
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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 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 located at https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/
regulations_&_policies/
Federal_Register_Notices/index.asp.
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, and other types of
information that could affect or would
be of interest to our constituents and
stakeholders. The Update is
communicated via Listserv, a free e-mail
subscription service consisting of
industry, trade, and farm groups,
consumer interest groups, allied health
professionals, scientific professionals,
and other individuals who 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.
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_&_Events/Email_Subscription/.
Options range from recalls, export
information, regulations, directives, and
notices. Customers can add or delete
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accounts.
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Done at Washington, DC on: February 18,
2011.
Karen Stuck,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
[FR Doc. 2011–4265 Filed 2–24–11; 8:45 am]
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ARCHITECTURAL AND
TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS
COMPLIANCE BOARD
Meetings
Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
AGENCY:
The Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board (Access Board) plans to hold its
regular committee and Board meetings
in Washington, DC, Monday through
Wednesday, March 7–9, 2011, at the
times and location noted below.
DATES: The schedule of events is as
follows:
SUMMARY:
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• Ad Hoc Committee Reports
Æ Emergency Transportable
Housing—Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (vote).
Æ Election of Officers.
Æ Executive Director’s Report.
Æ Public Comment, Open Topics.
All meetings are accessible to persons
with disabilities. An assistive listening
system, computer assisted real-time
transcription (CART), and sign language
interpreters will be available at the
Board meeting and committee meetings.
Persons attending Board meetings are
requested to refrain from using perfume,
cologne, and other fragrances for the
comfort of other participants (see
https://www.access-board.gov/about/
policies/fragrance.htm for more
information).
David M. Capozzi,
Executive Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Monday, March 7, 2011
International Trade Administration
9:30–Noon Technical Programs
Committee.
1:30–2 p.m. Budget Committee.
2:15–3 Planning and Evaluation
Committee.
3:15–4 Presentation from the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing on accessible
currency.
[A–570–890]
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the
People’s Republic of China: Initiation
of Antidumping Duty New Shipper
Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
9:30–4 p.m. Ad Hoc Committee
Meetings: Closed to Public.
DATES:
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
SUMMARY:
9:30–11 a.m. Presentation on the
Implementation of Section 508.
1:30–3 p.m. Board Meeting.
ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at
the Access Board Conference Room,
1331 F Street, NW., Suite 800,
Washington, DC 20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information regarding the
meetings, please contact David Capozzi,
Executive Director, (202) 272–0010
(voice); (202) 272–0082 (TTY).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the
Board meeting scheduled on the
afternoon of Wednesday, March 9, 2011,
the Access Board will consider the
following agenda items:
• Approval of the draft January 12,
2011 meeting minutes.
• Budget Committee Report.
• Planning and Evaluation Committee
Report.
• Technical Programs Committee
Report.
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Effective Date: February 25,
2011.
The Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) has determined that a
request for a new shipper review of the
antidumping duty order on wooden
bedroom furniture from the People’s
Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) meets the
statutory and regulatory requirements
for initiation. The period of review
(‘‘POR’’) for the new shipper review is
January 1, 2010, through December 31,
2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maisha Cryor, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 4, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202)
482–5831.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The antidumping duty order on
wooden bedroom furniture from the
PRC was published on January 4, 2005.
See Notice of Amended Final
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2010-0036]
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Fish and Fishery Products
AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), are sponsoring a
public meeting on March 16, 2011. The objective of the public meeting
is to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items
and draft United States (U.S.) positions that will be discussed at the
31st session of the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products
(CCFFP) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), which will be
held in Tromso, Norway, April 11-16, 2011. The Under Secretary for Food
Safety and FDA recognize the importance of providing interested parties
the opportunity to obtain background information on the 31st session of
the CCFFP and to address items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for March 16, 2011, from 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at FDA, in the Harvey W.
Wiley Building, Auditorium (1A003), 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College
Park, MD 20740.
Documents related to the 31st session of the CCFFP will be
accessible via the World Wide Web at the following address: https://www.codexalimentarius.net/current.asp.
Donald Kraemer, U.S. Delegate to the 31st session of the CCFFP, and
FDA, invites interested U.S. parties to submit their comments
electronically to the following e-mail address:
Donald.Kraemer@fda.hhs.gov.
Call-In Number
If you wish to participate in the public meeting for the 31st
session of the CCFFP by conference call, please use the call-in number
and participant code listed below.
Call-in Number: 1-866-692-3158
Participant Code: 5986642
For Further Information About the 31st Session of the CCFFP
Contact: Donald Kraemer, Acting Director, Office of Seafood, Center for
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway,
College Park, MD 20740, phone: (301) 436-2300, fax: (301) 436-2599, e-
mail: Donald.Kraemer@fda.hhs.gov.
For Further Information About the Public Meeting Contact: Kenneth
Lowery, U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 4861,
Washington, DC 20250, phone: (202) 690-4042, fax: (202) 720-3157, e-
mail: Kenneth.Lowery@fsis.usda.gov.
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, 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 is responsible for elaborating worldwide standards for
fresh, frozen (including quick frozen) or otherwise processed fish,
crustaceans, and mollusks.
The CCFFP is hosted by Norway.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting
The following items on the agenda for the 31st session of the CCFFP
will be discussed during the public meeting:
Matters Referred to the CCFFP, Codex, and Other Codex
Committees.
Matters Arising from the Work of the FAO and WHO.
Draft Standard for Fish Sauce.
Draft Standard for Smoked Fish, Smoke-Flavoured Fish and
Smoke Dried Fish.
Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery
Products (Other Sections Including Smoked Fish).
Proposed Draft Amendment to Section 3.4.5.1 Water Code of
Practice for Fish and Fishery Products.
Proposed Draft Standard for Quick Frozen Scallop Adductor
Muscle Meat.
Proposed Draft Code of Practice on the Processing of
Scallop Meat.
Proposed Draft Revision of the Procedure for the Inclusion
of Additional Species in Standards for Fish and Fishery Products.
Proposed Draft List of Methods for Determination of
Biotoxins in the Standard for Raw and Live Bivalve Mollusks.
Proposed Draft Standards for Fresh/Live and Frozen and
Frozen Abalone (Haliotis spp.).
Proposed Draft Amendment to the Standard for Quick Frozen
Fish Sticks.
Proposed Food Additive Provisions in Standards for Fish
and Fishery Products.
Model Certificates.
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 (see ADDRESSES).
Public Meeting
At the March 16, 2011, 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 31st
session of the CCFFP, Donald Kraemer (see ADDRESSES). Written comments
should state that they relate to activities of the 31st session of the
CCFFP.
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
USDA prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on
the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age,
disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or
family
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status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for
communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape,
etc.) should contact USDA's Target Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and
TTY).
To file a written complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Office
of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call 202-720-5964 (voice and TTY).
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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 located at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&_policies/Federal_Register_Notices/index.asp.
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, and other types of information
that could affect or would be of interest to our constituents and
stakeholders. The Update is communicated via Listserv, a free e-mail
subscription service consisting of industry, trade, and farm groups,
consumer interest groups, allied health professionals, scientific
professionals, and other individuals who 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. 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_&_Events/Email_Subscription/.
Options range from recalls, export information, 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: February 18, 2011.
Karen Stuck,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
[FR Doc. 2011-4265 Filed 2-24-11; 8:45 am]
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