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Mary Lowe,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
U.S. Codex Office
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Contaminants in Foods
U.S. Codex Office, USDA.
Notice of public meeting and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S Codex Office is
sponsoring a public meeting on April 1,
2019. The objective of the public
meeting is to provide information and
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receive public comments on agenda
items and draft United States (U.S.)
positions to be discussed at the 13th
Session of the Codex Committee on
Contaminants in Foods (CCCF) of the
Codex Alimentarius Commission, in
Yogyakarta, Indonesia, April 29–May 3,
2019. The U.S. Manager for Codex
Alimentarius and the Under Secretary
for Trade and Foreign Agricultural
Affairs recognize the importance of
providing interested parties the
opportunity to obtain background
information on the 13th Session of the
CCCF and to address items on the
agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled
for April 1, 2019, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00
p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will
take place in Meeting Room 1A003 at
the Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, 5001 Campus Drive,
College Park, MD, 20740–3835.
Documents related to the 13th Session
of the CCCF will be accessible via the
internet at the following address: https://
www.fao.org/fao-whocodexalimentarius/meetings-reports/en.
Dr. Lauren Posnick Robin, U.S.
Delegate to the 13th Session of the
CCCF, invites U.S. interested parties to
submit their comments electronically to
the following email address: henry.kim@
fda.hhs.gov.
Call-In-Number: If you wish to
participate in the public meeting for the
13th Session of the CCCF by conference
call, please register in advance by
emailing henry.kim@fda.hhs.gov. To
call in, you may use the call-in-number:
1–877–465–7975 and participant code
906 083 160.
You may also join by Webex, using
the link: Join Webex meeting; meeting
number/access code: 906 083 160; and
meeting password: rTEQAMG4.
Registration: Attendees may register
to attend the public meeting by emailing
henry.kim@fda.hhs.gov by March 25,
2019. 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 or Web, as
discussed above.
For Further Information about the
13th Session of the CCCF: Please contact
Henry Kim, Ph.D., FDA, at henry.kim@
fda.hhs.gov, or Doreen Chen-Moulec,
U.S. Codex Office, at
doreen.chenmoulec@osec.usda.gov.
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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 fair practices in the food
trade.
The Codex Committee on
Contaminants in Foods (CCCF) is
responsible for
(a) Establishing or endorsing
permitted maximum levels and where
necessary, revising existing guideline
levels, for contaminants and naturally
occurring toxicants in food and feed;
(b) Preparing priority lists of
contaminants and naturally occurring
toxicants for risk assessment by the joint
FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food
Additives (JEFCA).
(c) Considering and elaborating
methods of analysis and sampling for
the determination of contaminants and
naturally occurring toxicants in food
and feed;
(d) Considering and elaborating
standards or codes of practice for related
subjects; and
(e) Considering other matters assigned
to it by the Codex Alimentarius
Commission in relation to contaminants
and naturally occurring toxicants in
food and feed.
The Committee is chaired by the
Netherlands.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public
Meeting
The following items on the Agenda
for the 13th Session of the CCCF will be
discussed during the public meeting:
• Matters referred to CCCF by the Codex
Alimentarius Commission and its
subsidiary bodies
• Matters of interest arising from FAO and
WHO (including JECFA)
• Matters of interest arising from other
international organizations
• Proposed draft maximum levels (MLs) for
lead in selected commodities in the
General Standard for Contaminants and
Toxins in Food and Feed (GSCTFF) (CXS
193–1995)
• Proposed draft MLs for cadmium in
chocolate and cocoa-derived products
• Draft Code of practice for the reduction of
3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol esters (3–
MCPDEs) and glycidyl esters (GEs) in
refined oils and food products made with
refined oils
• Proposed draft MLs for total aflatoxins in
ready-to-eat peanuts and associated
sampling plan
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• Proposed draft MLs for total aflatoxins and
ochratoxin A in nutmeg, dried chili and
paprika, ginger, pepper and turmeric and
associated sampling plans
• Draft Guidelines for risk analysis of
instances of contaminants in food where
there is no regulatory level or risk
management framework established
• Establishment of new MLs for lead in
commodities according to a prioritization
approach
• Lead and cadmium in quinoa
• Revision of the Code of Practice for the
Prevention and Reduction of Lead
Contamination in Foods (CXC 56–2004)
• Development of a code of practice for the
prevention and reduction of cadmium
contamination in cocoa
• Establishment of MLs for methylmercury
in additional fish species
• Establishment of MLs for HCN in cassava
and cassava-based products and
occurrence of mycotoxins in these
products
• Establishment of MLs for total aflatoxins in
cereals (wheat, maize, sorghum and rice),
flour and cereal-based foods for infants and
young children
• General guidance on data analysis for ML
development
• Priority list of contaminants and naturally
occurring toxicants for evaluation by
JECFA
• Follow-up work to the outcome of JECFA
evaluations
• Forward workplan for CCCF
• Other business and future work
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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 February 13,
2019.
Mary Lowe,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of
rulemaking and policy development is
important. Consequently, the U.S.
Codex Office will announce this Federal
Register publication on-line through the
USDA Codex web page located at:
https://www.usda.gov/codex, a link that
also offers an email subscription service
providing access to information related
to Codex. Customers can add or delete
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the option to password protect their
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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
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Program No. 10.904, Watershed Protection
and Flood Prevention. Executive Order 12372
regarding State and local clearinghouse
review of Federal and federally assisted
programs and project is applicable.
Signed this 11th day of February, 2019, in
Richmond, Virginia.
John A. Bricker,
VA State Conservationist, Natural Resources
Conservation Service.
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Public Meeting
At the April 1, 2019, 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 Henry Kim at
henry.kim@fda.hhs.gov.
improvement for the Lick Creek
Watershed project will not be installed.
The sponsoring local organizations have
concurred in this determination and
agree that Federal funding should be
deauthorized for the project.
Information regarding this
determination may be obtained from
John Bricker, Virginia State
Conservationist, at the above address
and telephone number.
No administrative action on
implementation of the proposed
deauthorization will be taken until 60
days after the date of this publication in
the Federal Register.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Materials Processing Equipment
Technical Advisory Committee; Notice
of Open Meeting
[Docket No. NRCS–2018–0012]
Lick Creek Watershed, Russell,
Dickenson and Wise Counties, Virginia
Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice of deauthorization of
Federal funding.
AGENCY:
NRCS gives notice of the
deauthorization of Federal funding for
the Lick Creek Watershed project,
Russell, Dickenson and Wise Counties,
Virginia.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact John
Bricker, VA State Conservationist,
NRCS, 1606 Santa Rosa Road, Suite 209,
Richmond, Virginia 23229, (804) 287–
1691 or Jack.Bricker@va.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Act of 1954 (Pub. L. 83–566)
and the Natural Resources Conservation
Service Guidelines (7 CFR part 622),
and John Bricker, VA State
Conservationist, a determination has
been made that the proposed works of
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The Materials Processing Equipment
Technical Advisory Committee
(MPETAC) will meet on March 5, 2019,
9:00 a.m., Room 3884, in the Herbert C.
Hoover Building, 14th Street between
Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues
NW, Washington, DC. The Committee
advises the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Export Administration
with respect to technical questions that
affect the level of export controls
applicable to materials processing
equipment and related technology.
Agenda
Open Session
1. Opening remarks and
introductions.
2. Presentation of papers and
comments by the Public.
3. Discussions on results from last,
and proposals from last Wassenaar
meeting.
4. Report on proposed and recently
issued changes to the Export
Administration Regulations.
5. Other business.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
U.S. Codex Office
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Contaminants in Foods
AGENCY: U.S. Codex Office, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S Codex Office is sponsoring a public meeting on April
1, 2019. 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 13th Session of the Codex
Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF) of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, April 29-May 3, 2019. The U.S.
Manager for Codex Alimentarius and the Under Secretary for Trade and
Foreign Agricultural Affairs recognize the importance of providing
interested parties the opportunity to obtain background information on
the 13th Session of the CCCF and to address items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for April 1, 2019, from 1:00
p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will take place in Meeting Room 1A003 at
the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, 5001 Campus Drive, College Park, MD, 20740-3835.
Documents related to the 13th Session of the CCCF will be accessible
via the internet at the following address: https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/meetings-reports/en.
Dr. Lauren Posnick Robin, U.S. Delegate to the 13th Session of the
CCCF, invites U.S. interested parties to submit their comments
electronically to the following email address: henry.kim@fda.hhs.gov.
Call-In-Number: If you wish to participate in the public meeting
for the 13th Session of the CCCF by conference call, please register in
advance by emailing henry.kim@fda.hhs.gov. To call in, you may use the
call-in-number: 1-877-465-7975 and participant code 906 083 160.
You may also join by Webex, using the link: Join Webex meeting;
meeting number/access code: 906 083 160; and meeting password:
rTEQAMG4.
Registration: Attendees may register to attend the public meeting
by emailing henry.kim@fda.hhs.gov by March 25, 2019. 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 or
Web, as discussed above.
For Further Information about the 13th Session of the CCCF: Please
contact Henry Kim, Ph.D., FDA, at henry.kim@fda.hhs.gov, or Doreen
Chen-Moulec, U.S. Codex Office, at doreen.chenmoulec@osec.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 fair practices in the
food trade.
The Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF) is responsible
for
(a) Establishing or endorsing permitted maximum levels and where
necessary, revising existing guideline levels, for contaminants and
naturally occurring toxicants in food and feed;
(b) Preparing priority lists of contaminants and naturally
occurring toxicants for risk assessment by the joint FAO/WHO Expert
Committee on Food Additives (JEFCA).
(c) Considering and elaborating methods of analysis and sampling
for the determination of contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants
in food and feed;
(d) Considering and elaborating standards or codes of practice for
related subjects; and
(e) Considering other matters assigned to it by the Codex
Alimentarius Commission in relation to contaminants and naturally
occurring toxicants in food and feed.
The Committee is chaired by the Netherlands.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting
The following items on the Agenda for the 13th Session of the CCCF
will be discussed during the public meeting:
Matters referred to CCCF by the Codex Alimentarius
Commission and its subsidiary bodies
Matters of interest arising from FAO and WHO (including
JECFA)
Matters of interest arising from other international
organizations
Proposed draft maximum levels (MLs) for lead in selected
commodities in the General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in
Food and Feed (GSCTFF) (CXS 193-1995)
Proposed draft MLs for cadmium in chocolate and cocoa-
derived products
Draft Code of practice for the reduction of 3-
monochloropropane-1,2-diol esters (3-MCPDEs) and glycidyl esters
(GEs) in refined oils and food products made with refined oils
Proposed draft MLs for total aflatoxins in ready-to-eat
peanuts and associated sampling plan
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Proposed draft MLs for total aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in
nutmeg, dried chili and paprika, ginger, pepper and turmeric and
associated sampling plans
Draft Guidelines for risk analysis of instances of
contaminants in food where there is no regulatory level or risk
management framework established
Establishment of new MLs for lead in commodities according
to a prioritization approach
Lead and cadmium in quinoa
Revision of the Code of Practice for the Prevention and
Reduction of Lead Contamination in Foods (CXC 56-2004)
Development of a code of practice for the prevention and
reduction of cadmium contamination in cocoa
Establishment of MLs for methylmercury in additional fish
species
Establishment of MLs for HCN in cassava and cassava-based
products and occurrence of mycotoxins in these products
Establishment of MLs for total aflatoxins in cereals
(wheat, maize, sorghum and rice), flour and cereal-based foods for
infants and young children
General guidance on data analysis for ML development
Priority list of contaminants and naturally occurring
toxicants for evaluation by JECFA
Follow-up work to the outcome of JECFA evaluations
Forward workplan for CCCF
Other business and future work
Public Meeting
At the April 1, 2019, 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 Henry Kim at
henry.kim@fda.hhs.gov.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy
development is important. Consequently, the U.S. Codex Office will
announce this Federal Register publication on-line through the USDA
Codex web page located at: https://www.usda.gov/codex, a link that also
offers an email subscription service providing access to information
related to Codex. Customers can add or delete their 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 February 13, 2019.
Mary Lowe,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
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