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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2013–0001]
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Food Labeling
Office of the Under Secretary
for Food Safety, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and
request for comments.
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AGENCY:
The Office of the Under
Secretary for Food Safety, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), and
the Food and Drug Administration
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(FDA), are sponsoring a public meeting
on April 17, 2013. 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
41st Session of the Codex Committee on
Food Labeling (CCFL) of the Codex
Alimentarius Commission (Codex),
which will be held in Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island, Canada from May
14–17, 2013. The Under Secretary for
Food Safety and FDA recognize the
importance of providing interested
parties the opportunity to obtain
background information on the 41st
Session of the CCFL, and to address
items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled
for Wednesday, April 17, 2013, from
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be
held at the Jamie L. Whitten Building,
USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Room 107–A, Washington, DC
20250.
Documents related to the 41st Session
of the CCFL will be accessible via the
World Wide Web at the following
address: https://
www.codexalimentarius.org/meetingsreports/en/.
The U.S. Delegate to the 41st Session
of the CCFL invites U.S. interested
parties to submit their comments
electronically to the following email
address: ccfl@fda.hhs.gov.
Call-In Number:
If you wish to participate in the
public meeting for the 41st Session of
the CCFL, by conference call, please use
the call in number and participant code
listed below:
Call-in Number: 1–888–858–2144.
Participant code: 6208658.
For Further Information About the
41st Session of the CCFL: Contact:
Office of Nutrition, Labeling, and
Dietary Supplements, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA,
5100 Paint Branch Parkway (HFS–800),
College Park, MD 20740, Email:
ccfl@fda.hhs.gov.
For Further Information About the
Public Meeting Contact: Doreen ChenMoulec, U.S. Codex Office, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Room 4861,
Washington, DC 20250, Telephone:
(202) 205–7760, Fax: (202) 720–3157,
Email: uscodex@fsis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Codex was established in 1963 by two
United Nations organizations, the Food
and Agriculture Organization and the
World Health Organization. Through
adoption of food standards, codes of
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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 fair practices in the food
trade.
The CCFL is responsible for:
(a) Drafting provisions on labeling
applicable to all foods;
(b) Considering, amending if
necessary, and endorsing draft specific
provisions on labeling prepared by the
Codex Committees drafting standards,
codes of practice and guidelines;
(c) Studying specific labeling
problems assigned to it by Codex; and
(d) Studying problems associated with
the advertisement of food with
particular reference to claims and
misleading descriptions.
The Committee is hosted by Canada.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public
Meeting
The following items on the agenda for
the 41st Session of the CCFL will be
discussed during the public meeting:
• Matters referred to the CCFL.
• Consideration of labeling provisions
in draft Codex standards.
• Implementation of the World
Health Organization Global Strategy on
Diet, Physical Activity and Health.
(a) Proposed draft revision of the
Guidelines on Nutrition and Health
Claims concerning Non-Addition of
Sodium Salts
• Guidelines for the Production,
Processing, Labeling and Marketing of
Organically Produced Foods.
(a) Use of ethylene as sprouting
inhibitor for onions and potatoes.
(b) Organic aquaculture.
• Discussion Paper on Issues Related
to Date Marking.
• Discussion Paper on Labeling of
Food Derived from Crops Biofortified by
Natural Selection
• Other Business and Future Work.
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 these documents (see
ADDRESSES).
Public Meeting
At the April 17, 2013, 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 41st Session of the CCFL (see
ADDRESSES). Written comments should
state that they relate to activities of the
41st Session of the CCFL.
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Additional Public Notification
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FSIS will announce this notice online
through the FSIS Web page located at
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/
regulations_&_policies/
Federal_Register_Notices/index.asp.
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. 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_&_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 accounts.
Forest Service
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
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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
status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to
all programs.) Persons with disabilities
who require alternative means for
communication of program information
(Braille, large print, or audiotape.)
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.
Done at Washington, DC on January 24,
2013.
Mary Frances Lowe,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
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Information Collection: Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge Recreation Visitor
Study—2013
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
organizations on the new information
collection, Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge Recreation Visitor Study—2013.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before April 1, 2013 to be
assured of consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
notice should be addressed to Alan E.
Watson, Aldo Leopold Wilderness
Research Institute, USDA Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Research Station, 790
E. Beckwith Ave., Missoula, MT 59801.
Comments also may be submitted via
facsimile to (406) 542–4196 or by email
to: awatson@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments
received at the Aldo Leopold
Wilderness Research Institute, USDA
Forest Service Rocky Mountain Station,
790 E. Beckwith Ave., Missoula, MT
59801 during normal business hours.
Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to
(406) 542–4197 to facilitate entry to the
building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alan E. Watson, Aldo Leopold
Wilderness Research Institute, (406)
542–4197.
Individuals who use TDD may call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–
877–8339, 24 hours a day, every day of
the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Recreation Visitor Study—2013.
OMB Number: 0596–NEW.
Expiration Date of Approval: Not
applicable.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: The Aldo Leopold
Wilderness Research Institute in
Missoula, Montana, works under an
interagency agreement with the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Department
of the Interior, to provide information in
support of public wild lands
management planning. The management
of specific refuges is directed by laws,
policies, and Comprehensive
Conservation Plans. The Wilderness Act
of 1964 directs the management of the
National Wilderness Preservation
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System to protect natural wilderness
conditions and provide outstanding
opportunities for the public to find
solitude or primitive and unconfined
types of recreational experiences. The
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge contains
8,000,000 acres of federally protected
wilderness, Molly Beattie Wilderness,
and over 11,000,000 acres of land and
water managed for multiple values (e.g.
subsistence, wildlife, water quality,
scenic values, etc.). The wildlife refuge
is also mandated to provide recreation
experiences to visitors under the
following laws: (1) The National
Wildlife Refuge System Administration
Act, as amended by the National
Wildlife Refuge System Improvement
Act, (2) The Refuge Recreation Act, and
(3) The Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act.
Scientists at the Aldo Leopold
Wilderness Research Institute
periodically monitor and report visitor
use, user characteristics, and visitor
feedback on federal land management
actions, to managers and the public, to
help meet federal mandates related to
visitor use management planning.
Agency personnel use the collected
information to ensure visitor
recreational activity does not harm the
natural resources of the refuge and to
guarantee the protection of wildernesstype recreation experiences. The Agency
intent is to compare 2013’s recorded
visitor responses to the previous survey
responses, dated in 1977 before Refuge
status and Wilderness designation.
Additionally, the Agency will expand
the scope of the survey to include
visitor feedback to understand major
dimensions of visitor experiences there
and factors that influence those
experiences. Potential factors of
influence could include encounters
with other visitors, subsistence users,
researchers, and agency personnel, and
information sources used to plan the
trip. The data from this information
collection will be stored at the Aldo
Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
in Missoula, Montana. Scientists
working at the Research Institute will
conduct the data analysis.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
will use information from this collection
to:
1. Understand changes in visitor
demographics, frequency of visits, and
residence,
2. Understand changes in visit
characteristics, such as whether they are
hunting, river floating, method of
access, size of group, difficulty in
finding campsites, evaluations of
conditions encountered, and feedback
on information available for trip
planning,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2013-0001]
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Food Labeling
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 Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), are sponsoring a public meeting on April 17, 2013. 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 41st Session of the Codex Committee on Food
Labeling (CCFL) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), which
will be held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada from May
14-17, 2013. The Under Secretary for Food Safety and FDA recognize the
importance of providing interested parties the opportunity to obtain
background information on the 41st Session of the CCFL, and to address
items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 17, 2013,
from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Jamie L. Whitten
Building, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 107-A, Washington,
DC 20250.
Documents related to the 41st Session of the CCFL will be
accessible via the World Wide Web at the following address: https://www.codexalimentarius.org/meetings-reports/en/.
The U.S. Delegate to the 41st Session of the CCFL invites U.S.
interested parties to submit their comments electronically to the
following email address: ccfl@fda.hhs.gov.
Call-In Number:
If you wish to participate in the public meeting for the 41st
Session of the CCFL, by conference call, please use the call in number
and participant code listed below:
Call-in Number: 1-888-858-2144.
Participant code: 6208658.
For Further Information About the 41st Session of the CCFL:
Contact: Office of Nutrition, Labeling, and Dietary Supplements, Center
for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway
(HFS-800), College Park, MD 20740, Email: ccfl@fda.hhs.gov.
For Further Information About the Public Meeting Contact: Doreen
Chen-Moulec, U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room
4861, Washington, DC 20250, Telephone: (202) 205-7760, Fax: (202) 720-
3157, Email: uscodex@fsis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Codex was established in 1963 by two United Nations organizations,
the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health
Organization. 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 fair practices in the food
trade.
The CCFL is responsible for:
(a) Drafting provisions on labeling applicable to all foods;
(b) Considering, amending if necessary, and endorsing draft
specific provisions on labeling prepared by the Codex Committees
drafting standards, codes of practice and guidelines;
(c) Studying specific labeling problems assigned to it by Codex;
and
(d) Studying problems associated with the advertisement of food
with particular reference to claims and misleading descriptions.
The Committee is hosted by Canada.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting
The following items on the agenda for the 41st Session of the CCFL
will be discussed during the public meeting:
Matters referred to the CCFL.
Consideration of labeling provisions in draft Codex
standards.
Implementation of the World Health Organization Global
Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health.
(a) Proposed draft revision of the Guidelines on Nutrition and
Health Claims concerning Non-Addition of Sodium Salts
Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labeling and
Marketing of Organically Produced Foods.
(a) Use of ethylene as sprouting inhibitor for onions and potatoes.
(b) Organic aquaculture.
Discussion Paper on Issues Related to Date Marking.
Discussion Paper on Labeling of Food Derived from Crops
Biofortified by Natural Selection
Other Business and Future Work.
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 these documents (see ADDRESSES).
Public Meeting
At the April 17, 2013, 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 41st
Session of the CCFL (see ADDRESSES). Written comments should state that
they relate to activities of the 41st Session of the CCFL.
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Additional Public Notification
FSIS will announce this notice online through the FSIS Web page
located at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&_policies/Federal_Register_Notices/index.asp.
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. 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_&_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 accounts.
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 status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for
communication of program information (Braille, large print, or
audiotape.) 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.
Done at Washington, DC on January 24, 2013.
Mary Frances Lowe,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
[FR Doc. 2013-02108 Filed 1-30-13; 8:45 am]
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