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Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2017–0006]
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Codex Committee on Pesticide
Residues (CCPR)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE
PUBLIC MEETING CONTACT: Marie Maratos,
Office of Food Safety, USDA.
Notice of public meeting and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Office of Food Safety,
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),
Food Safety and Inspection Service
(FSIS), and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) are sponsoring
a public meeting on April 4, 2017. The
objective of the public meeting is to
provide information and receive public
comments on agenda items and draft
United States (U.S.) positions to be
discussed at the 49th Session of the
Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues
(CCPR) of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission (Codex), taking place in
Beijing, China April 24–29, 2017. The
Administrator and Acting Deputy Under
Secretary, Office of Food Safety and the
EPA recognize the importance of
providing interested parties the
opportunity to obtain background
information on the 49th Session of the
CCPR and to address items on the
agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled
for Tuesday, April 4, 2017, from 1:30
p.m.–3:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will
take place at the United States
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE
49TH SESSION OF THE CCPR CONTACT:
Captain David Miller, Chief, Chemistry
& Exposure Branch and Acting Chief,
Toxicology & Epidemiology Branch,
Health Effects Division, Ariel Rios
Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460,
Telephone: (703) 305–5352, Fax: (703)
305–5147; Email: Miller.Davidj@
epa.gov.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SUMMARY:
Environmental Protection Agency,
Room S–7100, One Potomac Yard
South, 2777 South Crystal Drive,
Arlington, VA, 22202.
Documents related to the 49th Session
of the CCPR are accessible via Internet
at the following address: https://
www.codexalimentarius.org/meetingsreports/en/.
Captain David Miller, U.S. Delegate to
the 49th Session of the CCPR, and the
EPA and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, invite interested U.S.
parties to submit their comments
electronically to the following email
address: Miller.Davidj@epa.gov.
Call-In-Number: If you wish to
participate in the public meeting for the
49th Session of the CCPR by conference
call, please use the call-in-number and
participant listed below:
Call-in-Number: 1–888–844–9904.
Participant Code: 5125092.
U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Room 4861, Washington,
DC 20250, Telephone: (202) 205–7760,
Fax: (202) 720–3157, Email:
Marie.Maratos@fsis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The 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, the Codex seeks to protect
the health of consumers and ensure that
fair practices are used in trade.
The CCPR is responsible for
establishing maximum limits for
pesticide residues in specific food items
or in groups of food; establishing
maximum limits for pesticide residues
in certain animal feeding stuffs moving
in international trade where this is
justified for reasons of protection of
human health; preparing priority lists of
pesticides for evaluation by the Joint
FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide
Residues (JMPR); considering methods
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of sampling and analysis for the
determination of pesticide residues in
food and feed; considering other matters
in relation to the safety of food and feed
containing pesticide residues; and
establishing maximum limits for
environmental and industrial
contaminants showing chemical or
other similarity to pesticides, in specific
food items or groups of food.
The CCPR is hosted by China, The
United States attends this committee as
a member country of the Codex
Alimentarius.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public
Meeting
The following items on the Agenda
for the 49th Session of the CCPR will be
discussed during the public meeting:
• Matters referred to the Committee
Codex or other subsidiary bodies;
• Matters of interest arising from the
FAO and WHO;
• Matters of interest arising from
other international organizations;
• Report on items of general
consideration by the 2016 JMPR;
• Report on 2016 JMPR responses to
specific concerns raised by CCPR;
• Draft and proposed draft maximum
residue limits for pesticides in food and
feed at steps 7 and 4;
• Draft and proposed revision of the
Classification of Food and Feed at Steps
7 and 4: Vegetable commodity groups;
• Draft revision of the Classification
of Food and Feed at Step 7: Selected
commodity groups Group 020—Grasses
of cereal grains);
• Proposed draft revision of the
Classification of Food and Feed at Step
4: Selected commodity groups (Group
021—Grasses for sugars or syrup
production);
• Proposed draft revision of the
Classification of Food and Feed at Step
4: Selected commodity groups (Group
024—Seeds for beverages and sweets);
• Proposed draft Tables—Examples of
selection of representative commodities
(vegetable and other commodity groups)
(for inclusion in the Principles and
guidance for the selection of
representative commodities for the
extrapolation of maximum residue
limits for pesticides to commodity
groups) at Step 4;
• Draft Guidelines on performance
criteria for methods of analysis for the
determination of pesticide residues in
food at Step 7;
• Discussion paper on the possible
revision of the International Estimated
Short Term Intake equations;
• Establishment of Codex Schedules
and Priority Lists of Pesticides; and
• Other Business and Future Work.
Each issue listed will be fully
described in documents distributed, or
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to be distributed, by the Secretariat
before to the Meeting. Members of the
public may access or request copies of
these documents (see ADDRESSES).
Public Meeting
At the April 4, 2017 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 Captain David Miller,
U.S. Delegate for the 49th Session of the
CCPR. (see ADDRESSES). Written
comments should state that they relate
to activities of the 49th Session of the
CCPR.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of
rulemaking and policy development is
important. Consequently, FSIS will
announce this Federal Register
publication on-line through the FSIS
Web page located at: https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register.
FSIS also will make copies of this
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 available on the FSIS
Web page. Through the Web page, FSIS
is able to provide information to a much
broader, 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/subscribe.
Options range from recalls to export
information, regulations, directives, and
notices. Customers can add or delete
subscriptions themselves, and have the
option to password protect their
accounts.
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No agency, officer, or employee of the
USDA shall, on the grounds of race,
color, national origin, religion, sex,
gender identity, sexual orientation,
disability, age, marital status, family/
parental status, income derived from a
public assistance program, or political
beliefs, exclude from participation in,
deny the benefits of, or subject to
discrimination any person in the United
States under any program or activity
conducted by the USDA.
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Done at Washington, DC, on: March 2,
2017.
Paulo Almeida,
Acting U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2017–0009]
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Food Import and Export Inspection and
Certification Systems (CCFICS)
Office of Food Safety, USDA.
Notice of public meeting and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Office of Food Safety,
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),
Food Safety and Inspection Service
FSIS), is sponsoring a public meeting on
April 6, 2017. The objective of the
public meeting is to provide information
and receive public comments on agenda
items and draft United States (U.S.)
positions to be discussed at the 23rd
Session of the Codex Committee on
Food Import and Export Inspection and
Certification Systems (CCFICS) of the
Codex Alimentarius Commission
(Codex), taking place in Australia
between May 1 and 5, 2017. The
Administrator and Acting Deputy Under
Secretary, Office of Food Safety
recognizes the importance of providing
interested parties the opportunity to
obtain background information on the
23rd Session of the CCFICS and to
address items on the agenda.
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The public meeting is scheduled
for Thursday, April 6, 2017, from 1:00
p.m.–3:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will
take place at the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA),
Jamie L. Whitten Building, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Room 107–
A, Washington, DC 20250. Documents
related to the 23rd Session of the
CCFICS will be accessible via the
Internet at the following address: https://
www.codexalimentarius.org/meetingsreports/en
Mary Stanley, U.S. Delegate to the
23rd Session of the CCFICS invites U.S.
interested parties to submit their
comments electronically to the
following email address: Mary.Stanley@
fsis.usda.gov.
Call-In-Number: If you wish to
participate in the public meeting for the
23rd Session of the CCFICS by
conference call, please use the call-innumber and participant code listed
below:
Call-In-Number: 1–888–844–9904.
The participant code will be posted
on the Web page below: https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/
topics/international-affairs/us-codexalimentarius/public-meetings.
REGISTRATION: Attendees may register to
attend the public meeting by emailing
Kenneth.Lowery@fsis.usda.gov by April
4, 2017. Early registration is encouraged
because it will expedite entry into the
building. The meeting will take place in
a Federal building. Attendees should
bring photo identification and plan for
adequate time to pass through the
security screening systems. Attendees
who are not able to attend the meeting
in person, but who wish to participate,
may do so by phone, as discussed
above.
DATES:
To file a complaint of discrimination,
complete the USDA Program
Discrimination Complaint Form, which
may be accessed online at https://
www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/
docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_
12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you
or your authorized representative.
Send your completed complaint form
or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email.
Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–9410.
Fax: (202) 690–7442.
Email: program.intake@usda.gov.
Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means for communication
(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.)
should contact USDA’s TARGET Center
at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD).
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE
23RD SESSION OF THE CCFICS CONTACT:
Mary Stanley, Director, Office of
International Coordination, Food Safety
and Inspection Service, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Room 2925, South
Agriculture Building, Washington, DC
20250, Phone: (202) 720–0287, Fax:
(202) 720–4929, Email: Mary.Stanley@
fsis.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE
PUBLIC MEETING CONTACT: Kenneth
Lowery, U.S. Codex Office, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Room 4861,
South Agriculture Building,
Washington, DC 20250 Phone: (202)
690–4042, Fax: (202) 720–3157, Email:
Kenneth.Lowery@fsis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2017-0006]
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Codex Committee on Pesticide
Residues (CCPR)
AGENCY: Office of Food Safety, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are sponsoring a public meeting
on April 4, 2017. The objective of the public meeting is to provide
information and receive public comments on agenda items and draft
United States (U.S.) positions to be discussed at the 49th Session of
the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) of the Codex
Alimentarius Commission (Codex), taking place in Beijing, China April
24-29, 2017. The Administrator and Acting Deputy Under Secretary,
Office of Food Safety and the EPA recognize the importance of providing
interested parties the opportunity to obtain background information on
the 49th Session of the CCPR and to address items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 4, 2017, from
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will take place at the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, Room S-7100, One Potomac Yard South,
2777 South Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA, 22202.
Documents related to the 49th Session of the CCPR are accessible
via Internet at the following address: https://www.codexalimentarius.org/meetings-reports/en/.
Captain David Miller, U.S. Delegate to the 49th Session of the
CCPR, and the EPA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, invite
interested U.S. parties to submit their comments electronically to the
following email address: Miller.Davidj@epa.gov.
Call-In-Number: If you wish to participate in the public meeting
for the 49th Session of the CCPR by conference call, please use the
call-in-number and participant listed below:
Call-in-Number: 1-888-844-9904.
Participant Code: 5125092.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE 49th SESSION OF THE CCPR CONTACT:
Captain David Miller, Chief, Chemistry & Exposure Branch and Acting
Chief, Toxicology & Epidemiology Branch, Health Effects Division, Ariel
Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460,
Telephone: (703) 305-5352, Fax: (703) 305-5147; Email:
Miller.Davidj@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC MEETING CONTACT: Marie
Maratos, U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 4861,
Washington, DC 20250, Telephone: (202) 205-7760, Fax: (202) 720-3157,
Email: Marie.Maratos@fsis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The 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, the
Codex seeks to protect the health of consumers and ensure that fair
practices are used in trade.
The CCPR is responsible for establishing maximum limits for
pesticide residues in specific food items or in groups of food;
establishing maximum limits for pesticide residues in certain animal
feeding stuffs moving in international trade where this is justified
for reasons of protection of human health; preparing priority lists of
pesticides for evaluation by the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide
Residues (JMPR); considering methods of sampling and analysis for the
determination of pesticide residues in food and feed; considering other
matters in relation to the safety of food and feed containing pesticide
residues; and establishing maximum limits for environmental and
industrial contaminants showing chemical or other similarity to
pesticides, in specific food items or groups of food.
The CCPR is hosted by China, The United States attends this
committee as a member country of the Codex Alimentarius.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting
The following items on the Agenda for the 49th Session of the CCPR
will be discussed during the public meeting:
Matters referred to the Committee Codex or other
subsidiary bodies;
Matters of interest arising from the FAO and WHO;
Matters of interest arising from other international
organizations;
Report on items of general consideration by the 2016 JMPR;
Report on 2016 JMPR responses to specific concerns raised
by CCPR;
Draft and proposed draft maximum residue limits for
pesticides in food and feed at steps 7 and 4;
Draft and proposed revision of the Classification of Food
and Feed at Steps 7 and 4: Vegetable commodity groups;
Draft revision of the Classification of Food and Feed at
Step 7: Selected commodity groups Group 020--Grasses of cereal grains);
Proposed draft revision of the Classification of Food and
Feed at Step 4: Selected commodity groups (Group 021--Grasses for
sugars or syrup production);
Proposed draft revision of the Classification of Food and
Feed at Step 4: Selected commodity groups (Group 024--Seeds for
beverages and sweets);
Proposed draft Tables--Examples of selection of
representative commodities (vegetable and other commodity groups) (for
inclusion in the Principles and guidance for the selection of
representative commodities for the extrapolation of maximum residue
limits for pesticides to commodity groups) at Step 4;
Draft Guidelines on performance criteria for methods of
analysis for the determination of pesticide residues in food at Step 7;
Discussion paper on the possible revision of the
International Estimated Short Term Intake equations;
Establishment of Codex Schedules and Priority Lists of
Pesticides; and
Other Business and Future Work.
Each issue listed will be fully described in documents distributed,
or
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to be distributed, by the Secretariat before to the Meeting. Members of
the public may access or request copies of these documents (see
ADDRESSES).
Public Meeting
At the April 4, 2017 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 Captain David Miller, U.S.
Delegate for the 49th Session of the CCPR. (see ADDRESSES). Written
comments should state that they relate to activities of the 49th
Session of the CCPR.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy
development is important. Consequently, FSIS will announce this Federal
Register publication on-line through the FSIS Web page located at:
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register.
FSIS also will make copies of this 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 available on the FSIS Web page. Through the
Web page, FSIS is able to provide information to a much broader, 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/subscribe. Options range from recalls to export
information, regulations, directives, and notices. Customers can add or
delete subscriptions themselves, and have the option to password
protect their accounts.
USDA Non-Discrimination Statement
No agency, officer, or employee of the USDA shall, on the grounds
of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual
orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status,
income derived from a public assistance program, or political beliefs,
exclude from participation in, deny the benefits of, or subject to
discrimination any person in the United States under any program or
activity conducted by the USDA.
How To File a Complaint of Discrimination
To file a complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program
Discrimination Complaint Form, which may be accessed online at https://www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you or your
authorized representative.
Send your completed complaint form or letter to USDA by mail, fax,
or email.
Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of
Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-9410.
Fax: (202) 690-7442.
Email: program.intake@usda.gov.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for
communication (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact
USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
Done at Washington, DC, on: March 2, 2017.
Paulo Almeida,
Acting U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
[FR Doc. 2017-04451 Filed 3-6-17; 8:45 am]
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