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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 240 / Friday, December 15, 2017 / Notices
Notice of public meeting and
request for comments.
ACTION:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Agricultural Research Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Agricultural Research Service, intends
to grant to Oregon State University of
Corvallis, Oregon, an exclusive license
to the variety of blackberry described in
U.S. Plant Patent Application Serial No.
15/731,503, ‘‘BLACKBERRY PLANT
NAMED ‘ECLIPSE’,’’ filed on June 20,
2017.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be received on
or before January 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA,
ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174,
Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian T. Nakanishi of the Office of
Technology Transfer at the Beltsville
address given above; telephone: 301–
504–5989.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Government’s patent rights in
this plant variety are assigned to the
United States of America, as represented
by the Secretary of Agriculture. The
prospective exclusive license will be
royalty-bearing and will comply with
the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C.
209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective
exclusive license may be granted unless,
within thirty (30) days from the date of
this published Notice, the Agricultural
Research Service receives written
evidence and argument which
establishes that the grant of the license
would not be consistent with the
requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37
CFR 404.7.
DATES:
Mojdeh Bahar,
Assistant Administrator.
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Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2017–0046]
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Food Additives
Office of the Deputy Under
Secretary for Food Safety, USDA.
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The Office of the Deputy
Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), and
the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services are sponsoring a public
meeting on February 13, 2018. 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 50th Session of the
Codex Committee on Food Additives
(CCFA) of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission (Codex), taking place in
Xiamen, Fujian, Province China, March
26–30, 2018. The Deputy Under
Secretary for Food Safety and the FDA
recognize the importance of providing
interested parties with the opportunity
to obtain background information on the
50th Session of the CCFA and to address
items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled
for Tuesday, February 13, 2018, from
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will
take place at the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), Harvey Wiley
Federal Building, 5001 Campus Drive,
Rooms 1A–001 and 1A–002, College
Park, MD 20740.
Documents related to the 50th Session
of the CCFA will be accessible via the
internet at the following address: https://
www.codexalimentarius.org/meetingsreports/en/.
Paul Honigfort, U.S. Delegate to the
50th Session of the CCFA and the FDA
invite U.S. interested parties to submit
their comments electronically to the
following email address: ccfa@
fda.hhs.gov.
Registration: Attendees may register
to attend the public meeting by emailing
ccfa@fda.hhs.gov by February 9, 2018.
Early registration is encouraged as it
will expedite entry into the building
and parking area. If you require parking,
please include the vehicle make and tag
number when you register. The meeting
will be held 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 wish to participate, may do so by
phone. Attendees who plan to
participate by phone should request the
call-in number and participant code
when they register for the meeting.
For Further Information About the 50th
Session of the CCFA Contact:
Paul Honigfort, Ph.D., Consumer
Safety Officer, Division of Food Contact
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Notifications, Office of Food Additive
Safety, FDA, 5001 Campus Drive,
College Park, MD 20740, Telephone:
(240) 402–1206, Fax: (301) 436–2965,
Email: Paul.Honigfort@fda.hhs.gov.
For Further Information About the
Public Meeting Contact: Daniel E.
Folmer, Ph.D., Review Chemist,
Division of Petition Review, Office of
Food Additive Safety, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA,
HFS–265, 5001 Campus Drive, College
Park, MD 20740, Telephone: (240) 402–
1269, Fax: (301) 436–2972, Email:
daniel.folmer@fda.hhs.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 CCFA establishes or endorses
permitted maximum levels for
individual food additives; prepares
priority lists of food additives for risk
assessment by the Joint FAO/WHO
Expert Committee on Food Additives
(JECFA); assigns functional classes and
International Numbering System (INS)
numbers to individual food additives;
recommends specifications of identity
and purity for food additives for
adoption by Codex; considers methods
of analysis for the determination of
additives in food; and considers and
elaborates standards or codes for related
subjects, such as labeling of food
additives when sold as such. The CCFA
is hosted by China.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public
Meeting
The following items on the agenda for
the 50th Session of the CCFA will be
discussed during the public meeting:
• Matters referred by the Codex and
other subsidiary bodies;
• Matters of Interest arising from
FAO/WHO and from the 84th Meeting
of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert
Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
• Proposed draft specifications for
identity and purity of food additives
arising from the 84th JECFA meeting
• Endorsement and/or revision of
maximum levels for food additives and
processing aids in Codex Standards
• Alignment of the food additive
provisions of commodity standards/
Report of the EWG on Alignment;
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License
AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Oregon
State University of Corvallis, Oregon, an exclusive license to the
variety of blackberry described in U.S. Plant Patent Application Serial
No. 15/731,503, ``BLACKBERRY PLANT NAMED `ECLIPSE','' filed on June 20,
2017.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4-1174, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-5131.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian T. Nakanishi of the Office of
Technology Transfer at the Beltsville address given above; telephone:
301-504-5989.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Government's patent rights in
this plant variety are assigned to the United States of America, as
represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. The prospective exclusive
license will be royalty-bearing and will comply with the terms and
conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective exclusive
license may be granted unless, within thirty (30) days from the date of
this published Notice, the Agricultural Research Service receives
written evidence and argument which establishes that the grant of the
license would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209
and 37 CFR 404.7.
Mojdeh Bahar,
Assistant Administrator.
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