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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2017–0019]
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission
Office of the Deputy Under
Secretary for Food Safety, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
Title: Tobacco Reports.
OMB Control Number: 0581–0004.
Summary of Collection: Authority for
the mandatory collection of information
on form TB–26 ‘‘Tobacco Stocks
Report’’ is the Tobacco Statistics Act of
1929 (7 U.S.C. 501–508). The Act
provides for the collection and
publication of statistics of tobacco by
USDA with regard to quantity of leaf
tobacco in all forms in the United States
and Puerto, owned by or in the
possession of dealers, manufacturers,
growers’ cooperative associations, and
others with the exception of the original
growers of the tobacco. The information
furnished under the provisions of this
Act is used only for statistical purposes
for which it is supplied.
Need and Use of the Information: The
basic purpose of the information
collection is to ascertain the total supply
of unmanufactured tobacco available to
domestic manufacturers and to calculate
the amount consumed in manufactured
tobacco products. This data is also used
for the calculation of production quotas
for individual types of tobacco and for
price support calculations. Without the
information, USDA would not be able to
disseminate marketing information as
directed and authorized in the Act.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 30.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours: 104.
SUMMARY:
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
If you wish to participate in the
public meeting for the 40th Session of
the CAC by conference call, please use
the call-in-number and the participant
code listed below:
Call-in-Number: 1–888–844–9904.
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The Office of the Deputy
Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), is
sponsoring a public meeting on June 26,
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 40th
Session of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission (CAC) taking place in
Geneva, Switzerland, between July 17
and 22, 2017. The Administrator of the
Food Safety and Inspection Service and
Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Office
of Food Safety, recognize the
importance of providing interested
parties the opportunity to obtain
background information on the 40th
Session of the CAC and to address items
on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled
for Monday, June 26, 2017, from 1:00
p.m.–4:00 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 40th Session of the CAC
will be accessible via the Internet at the
following address: https://
www.codexalimentarius.org/meetingsreports/en/.
The U.S. Delegate to the 40th Session
of the CAC invites U.S. interested
parties to submit their comments
electronically to the following email
address: uscodex@fsis.usda.gov.
Call-In-Number
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Issues To Be Discussed at the Public
Meeting
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 uscodex@
fsis.usda.gov by June 22, 2017. Early
registration is encouraged as it will
expedite entry into the building. The
meeting will be held in a Federal
building. Attendees should bring photo
identification and plan for adequate
time to pass through security screening
systems. Attendees who are not able to
attend the meeting in person, but wish
to participate may do so by phone, as
discussed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
About the 40th session of the CAC:
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.
About the meeting: Jasmine Curtis,
U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Room 4865, Washington,
DC 20250, Telephone: (202) 205–7760,
Fax: (202) 720–3157, Email:
Jasmine.Curtis@fsis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The CAC 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 CAC seeks to protect
the health of consumers and ensure fair
practices in the food trade; promotes
coordination of all food standards work
undertaken by international
governmental and non-governmental
organizations; determines priorities and
initiates and guides the preparation of
draft standards through and with the aid
of appropriate organizations; finalizes
the standards elaborated and publishes
them in a Codex Alimentarius (food
code) either as regional or worldwide
standards, together with international
standards already finalized by other
bodies, wherever this is practicable; and
amends published standards, as
appropriate, in the light of new
developments.
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The following items on the Agenda
for the 40th Session of the CAC will be
discussed during the public meeting:
• Reports of the 72nd and 73rd
Sessions of the Executive Committee;
• Reports of the FAO/WHO
Coordinating Committees;
• Amendments to the Procedural
Manual;
• Final adoption of Codex texts;
• Adoption of Codex texts at Step 5;
• Revocation of Codex texts;
• Proposals for New Work;
• Discontinuation of Work;
• Amendments to Codex Standards
and Related Texts;
• Regular Review of Codex Work
Management (Electronic Working
Groups);
• Matters arising from the Reports of
the Commission, the Executive
Committee, and the Subsidiary Bodies;
• Codex Budgetary and Financial
Matters;
• FAO/WHO Scientific Support to
Codex: Report on Activities and Future
Work;
• FAO/WHO Scientific Support to
Codex: Budgetary and Financial
Matters;
• Matters Arising from FAO and
WHO: Policy and Related Matters;
• Matter Arising from FAO and WHO:
Capacity Development Activities;
• Relations between the CAC and
other International Organizations;
• Election of the Chairperson, ViceChairpersons, and Members of the
Executive Committee elected on a
Geographical Basis and Appointment of
the Coordinators;
• Designation of Countries
responsible for Appointing the
Chairpersons of Codex Subsidiary
Bodies; and
• Other Business.
Each issue listed will be fully
described in documents distributed, or
to be distributed, by the Secretariat
before the Meeting. Members of the
public may access or request copies of
these documents (see ADDRESSES).
Public Meeting
At the June 26, 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 the U.S. Delegate for
the 40th Session of the CAC (see
ADDRESSES). Written comments should
state that they relate to activities of the
40th Session of the CAC.
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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
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should contact USDA’s TARGET Center
at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD).
Done at Washington, DC, on May 12, 2017.
Mary Frances Lowe,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
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Advisory Committee
U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights.
ACTION: Announcement of meeting.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights (Commission) and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act that
the Florida Advisory Committee will
hold a meeting on Tuesday, June 6,
2017, for the purpose of holding an
orientation and discussing potential
project topics.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 12:00 p.m.
EST.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be by
teleconference. Toll-free call-in number:
888–389–5988, conference ID: 3393414.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Hinton, DFO, at jhinton@usccr.gov or
404–562–7006
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members
of the public can listen to the
discussion. This meeting is available to
the public through the following tollfree call-in number: 888–389–5988,
conference ID: 3393414. Any interested
member of the public may call this
number and listen to the meeting.
Callers can expect to incur charges for
calls they initiate over wireless lines,
and the Commission will not refund any
incurred charges. Callers will incur no
charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free
telephone number. Persons with hearing
impairments may also follow the
proceedings by first calling the Federal
Relay Service at 1–800–977–8339 and
providing the Service with the
conference call number and conference
ID number.
Members of the public are also
entitled to submit written comments;
the comments must be received in the
regional office by July 6, 2017. Written
comments may be mailed to the
Southern Regional Office, U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights, 61 Forsyth
Street, Suite 16T126, Atlanta, GA 30303.
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They may also be faxed to the
Commission at (404) 562–7005, or
emailed to Regional Director, Jeffrey
Hinton at jhinton@usccr.gov. Persons
who desire additional information may
contact the Southern Regional Office at
(404) 562–7000.
Records generated from this meeting
may be inspected and reproduced at the
Southern Regional Office, as they
become available, both before and after
the meeting. Records of the meeting will
be available via www.facadatabase.gov
under the Commission on Civil Rights,
Florida Advisory Committee link.
Persons interested in the work of this
Committee are directed to the
Commission’s Web site, https://
www.usccr.gov, or may contact the
Southern Regional Office at the above
email or street address.
Agenda
Welcome and Call to Order
Elizabeth Foley, Florida SAC
Chairman
Jeff Hinton, Regional Director
Regional Update—Jeff Hinton
Ethics Training requirement
New Business: Elizabeth Foley, Florida
Chairman
1. Introductions of members:
2. Potential topics for discussion and
consideration
Public Participation
Adjournment
Dated: May 11, 2017.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
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Commission on Civil Rights.
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AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights (Commission), and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), that a planning meeting of the
New Mexico Advisory Committee to the
Commission will convene at 3:00 p.m.
(MDT) on Thursday, June 15, 2017, via
teleconference. The purpose of the
meeting is to discuss the progress made
on the report on elder abuse and next
steps.
DATES: Thursday, June 15, 2017, at 3:00
p.m. (MDT)
ADDRESSES: To be held via
teleconference:
SUMMARY:
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Conference Call Toll-Free Number: 1–
877–852–6579, Conference ID: 1301259.
TDD: Dial Federal Relay Service 1–
800–977–8339 and give the operator the
above conference call number and
conference ID.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Malee V. Craft, DFO, mcraft@usccr.gov,
303–866–1040
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members
of the public may listen to the
discussion by dialing the following
Conference Call Toll-Free Number: 1–
877–877–852–6579; Conference ID:
1301259. Please be advised that before
being placed into the conference call,
the operator will ask callers to provide
their names, their organizational
affiliations (if any), and an email
address (if available) prior to placing
callers into the conference room. Callers
can expect to incur charges for calls
they initiate over wireless lines, and the
Commission will not refund any
incurred charges. Callers will incur no
charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free phone
number.
Persons with hearing impairments
may also follow the discussion by first
calling the Federal Relay Service (FRS)
at 1–800–977–8339 and provide the FRS
operator with the Conference Call TollFree Number: 1–877–877–852–6579,
Conference ID: 1301259. Members of the
public are invited to submit written
comments; the comments must be
received in the regional office by
Monday, April 10, 2017. Written
comments may be mailed to the Rocky
Mountain Regional Office, U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights, 1961 Stout
Street, Suite 13–201, Denver, CO 80294,
faxed to (303) 866–1050, or emailed to
Evelyn Bohor at ebohor@usccr.gov.
Persons who desire additional
information may contact the Rocky
Mountain Regional Office at (303) 866–
1040.
Records and documents discussed
during the meeting will be available for
public viewing as they become available
at https://database.faca.gov/committee/
meetings.aspx?cid=264 and clicking on
the ‘‘Meeting Details’’ and ‘‘Documents’’
links. Records generated from this
meeting may also be inspected and
reproduced at the Rocky Mountain
Regional Office, as they become
available, both before and after the
meeting. Persons interested in the work
of this advisory committee are advised
to go to the Commission’s Web site,
www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Rocky
Mountain Regional Office at the above
phone number, email or street address.
Agenda
• Welcome and Roll-Call
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2017-0019]
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission
AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), is sponsoring a public meeting on
June 26, 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 40th Session of
the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) taking place in Geneva,
Switzerland, between July 17 and 22, 2017. The Administrator of the
Food Safety and Inspection Service and Acting Deputy Under Secretary,
Office of Food Safety, recognize the importance of providing interested
parties the opportunity to obtain background information on the 40th
Session of the CAC and to address items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 26, 2017, from
1:00 p.m.-4:00 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 40th Session of the CAC will be accessible via the
Internet at the following address: https://www.codexalimentarius.org/meetings-reports/en/.
The U.S. Delegate to the 40th Session of the CAC invites U.S.
interested parties to submit their comments electronically to the
following email address: uscodex@fsis.usda.gov.
Call-In-Number
If you wish to participate in the public meeting for the 40th
Session of the CAC by conference call, please use the call-in-number
and the participant code listed below:
Call-in-Number: 1-888-844-9904.
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The participant code will be posted on the Web page below: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/international-affairs/us-codex-alimentarius/public-meetings.
Registration
Attendees may register to attend the public meeting by emailing
uscodex@fsis.usda.gov by June 22, 2017. Early registration is
encouraged as it will expedite entry into the building. The meeting
will be held in a Federal building. Attendees should bring photo
identification and plan for adequate time to pass through security
screening systems. Attendees who are not able to attend the meeting in
person, but wish to participate may do so by phone, as discussed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
About the 40th session of the CAC: 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.
About the meeting: Jasmine Curtis, U.S. Codex Office, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Room 4865, Washington, DC 20250, Telephone:
(202) 205-7760, Fax: (202) 720-3157, Email:
Jasmine.Curtis@fsis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The CAC 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
CAC seeks to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair practices
in the food trade; promotes coordination of all food standards work
undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental
organizations; determines priorities and initiates and guides the
preparation of draft standards through and with the aid of appropriate
organizations; finalizes the standards elaborated and publishes them in
a Codex Alimentarius (food code) either as regional or worldwide
standards, together with international standards already finalized by
other bodies, wherever this is practicable; and amends published
standards, as appropriate, in the light of new developments.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting
The following items on the Agenda for the 40th Session of the CAC
will be discussed during the public meeting:
Reports of the 72nd and 73rd Sessions of the Executive
Committee;
Reports of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committees;
Amendments to the Procedural Manual;
Final adoption of Codex texts;
Adoption of Codex texts at Step 5;
Revocation of Codex texts;
Proposals for New Work;
Discontinuation of Work;
Amendments to Codex Standards and Related Texts;
Regular Review of Codex Work Management (Electronic
Working Groups);
Matters arising from the Reports of the Commission, the
Executive Committee, and the Subsidiary Bodies;
Codex Budgetary and Financial Matters;
FAO/WHO Scientific Support to Codex: Report on Activities
and Future Work;
FAO/WHO Scientific Support to Codex: Budgetary and
Financial Matters;
Matters Arising from FAO and WHO: Policy and Related
Matters;
Matter Arising from FAO and WHO: Capacity Development
Activities;
Relations between the CAC and other International
Organizations;
Election of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons, and
Members of the Executive Committee elected on a Geographical Basis and
Appointment of the Coordinators;
Designation of Countries responsible for Appointing the
Chairpersons of Codex Subsidiary Bodies; and
Other Business.
Each issue listed will be fully described in documents distributed,
or to be distributed, by the Secretariat before the Meeting. Members of
the public may access or request copies of these documents (see
ADDRESSES).
Public Meeting
At the June 26, 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 the U.S. Delegate for the 40th
Session of the CAC (see ADDRESSES). Written comments should state that
they relate to activities of the 40th Session of the CAC.
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
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(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET
Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
Done at Washington, DC, on May 12, 2017.
Mary Frances Lowe,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
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