National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee; Meeting, 38202-38203 [2019-16758]
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection
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[Docket No. APHIS–2019–0045]
National Wildlife Services Advisory
Committee; Meeting
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
We are giving notice of a
meeting of the National Wildlife
Services Advisory Committee.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
September 18 and 19, 2019 from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. each day.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Jamie L. Whitten Building. 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20250, in Room 104–A.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Carrie Joyce, Designated Federal Officer,
Wildlife Services, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 87, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 851–3999.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Wildlife Services Advisory
Committee (the Committee) advises the
Secretary of Agriculture concerning
policies, program issues, and research
needed to conduct the Wildlife Services
(WS) program. The Committee also
serves as a public forum enabling those
affected by the WS program to have a
voice in the program’s policies.
The meeting will focus on operational
and research activities conducted by the
Wildlife Services Program. The
committee will discuss pertinent WS
operational and research activities and
programs and how to increase their
effectiveness, as well as ensuring WS
remains an active participant in the goal
of agricultural protection.
The meeting will be open to the
public. Attendees should arrive between
8 and 8:30 a.m. Picture identification is
required to gain access to the Whitten
Building.
Due to time constraints, the public
will not be allowed to participate in the
SUMMARY:
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discussions during the meeting. Written
statements on meeting topics may be
filed with the Committee before or after
the meeting by sending them to the
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. Written
statements may also be filed at the
meeting. Please refer to Docket No.
APHIS–2019–0045 when submitting
your statements.
This notice of meeting is given
pursuant to section 10 of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act.
Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of
July 2019.
Cikena Reid,
Committee Management Officer, USDA.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2018–0044]
Changes to the Campylobacter
Verification Testing Program: Revised
Performance Standards for
Campylobacter in Not-Ready-To-Eat
Comminuted Chicken and Turkey and
Related Agency Procedures
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing
and requesting comments on revised
pathogen reduction performance
standards for Campylobacter in notready-to-eat (NRTE) comminuted
chicken and turkey products based on a
microbiological method change from
direct-plating to enrichment. The
Agency is taking this step because the
enrichment method more effectively
recovers Campylobacter in
contaminated poultry samples as
compared to the direct-plating method.
FSIS will consider comments received
on this notice before announcing the
final standards in the Federal Register
and assessing whether establishments
are meeting the standards.
After collecting sufficient data, FSIS
plans to propose and request comments
on revised pathogen reduction
performance standards for
Campylobacter in young chicken and
turkey carcasses and in raw chicken
parts, also based on the enrichment
method.
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SUMMARY:
Submit comments on or before
October 7, 2019.
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FSIS invites interested
persons to submit comments on this
notice. Comments may be submitted by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This
website provides commenters the ability
to type short comments directly into the
comment field on the web page or to
attach a file for lengthier comments. Go
to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions at that site for
submitting comments.
• Mail, including CD–ROMs, etc.:
Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Food Safety and
Inspection Service, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Mailstop 3758, Room 6065,
Washington, DC 20250–3700.
• Hand- or Courier-Delivered
Submittals: Deliver to 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 6065,
Washington, DC 20250–3700.
Instructions: All items submitted by
mail or electronic mail must include the
Agency name and docket number FSIS–
2018–0044. Comments received in
response to this docket will be made
available for public inspection and
posted without change, including any
personal information, to https://
www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to background
documents or comments received, call
(202) 720–5627 to schedule a time to
visit the FSIS Docket Room at 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 6065,
Washington, DC 20250–3700.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Roberta Wagner, Assistant
Administrator, Office of Policy and
Program Development by telephone at
(202) 205–0495.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FSIS is
responsible for verifying that the
nation’s commercial supply of meat,
poultry, and egg products is safe,
wholesome, and properly labeled and
packaged.
Campylobacter is the most common
bacterial cause of foodborne illness in
the United States. The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
estimate Campylobacter infections affect
1.3 million people every year in the
United States.1 During 2018, CDC’s
Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance
Network, or FoodNet,2 reported that the
incidence of foodborne infection was
highest for Campylobacter (19.5 per
100,000 population).3 Most non-dairy,
outbreak-associated Campylobacter
illnesses are attributed to the
ADDRESSES:
1 https://www.cdc.gov/Campylobacter/faq.html.
2 https://www.cdc.gov/foodnet/.
3 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/
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consumption of poultry.4 Campylobacter
outbreaks are not commonly identified
considering how often people get sick
from this bacteria, but the frequency of
outbreaks has been increasing.5
Poultry Carcasses and Raw Chicken
Parts
FSIS finalized and announced
Campylobacter performance standards
for establishments that produce young
chicken carcasses and turkey carcasses
on May 14, 2010 (75 FR 27288). FSIS
initially proposed to use the results
from both the 1-mL direct-plating
analytical method and the 30-mL
enrichment analytical method to assess
whether establishments were meeting
the Campylobacter performance
standards for young chicken and turkey
carcasses.6 However, on March 21,
2011, after further analysis and in
response to public comments, FSIS
announced that it would: Only use the
direct-plating method results to assess
whether young chicken and turkey
slaughter establishments were meeting
the performance standards; also
concurrently analyze young chicken and
turkey carcass rinsates using the
enrichment method; and conduct an
internal analysis of all of these results—
direct-plating and enrichment method
generated results—to develop additional
policy options (76 FR 15282). In July
2011, FSIS began compiling sample
sets 7 to generate data to assess whether
young chicken and turkey slaughter
establishments were meeting the
Campylobacter standards. Poultry
slaughter establishments subject to the
Campylobacter performance standards
were assessed against the standards
based solely on the results generated
using the direct-plating method.
However, samples collected as part of
these sample sets were analyzed
concurrently using the enrichment
method.
After FSIS completed two sample sets
for nearly 90 percent of the young
chicken and turkey slaughter
establishments, the results generated
using both the 1-mL direct-plating and
4 https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/ifsac/pdf/P192016-report-TriAgency-508.pdf.
5 https://www.cdc.gov/Campylobacter/outbreaks/
outbreaks.html.
6 FSIS’s direct-plating and enrichment analytical
methods are described in the Microbiology
Laboratory Guidebook, Chapter 41; at https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/0273bc3d2363-45b3-befb-1190c25f3c8b/MLG-41.pdf?
MOD=AJPERES.
7 At the time, FSIS inspection program personnel
were collecting poultry carcass samples over a
defined number of sequential days of production to
complete a sample set. In May 2015, FSIS began
testing poultry carcasses using a continuous
sampling program and discontinued the previous
set-based verification projects.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2019-0045]
National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee; Meeting
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: We are giving notice of a meeting of the National Wildlife
Services Advisory Committee.
DATES: The meeting will be held on September 18 and 19, 2019 from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Jamie L. Whitten Building.
1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250, in Room 104-A.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Carrie Joyce, Designated Federal
Officer, Wildlife Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 87, Riverdale,
MD 20737; (301) 851-3999.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Wildlife Services Advisory
Committee (the Committee) advises the Secretary of Agriculture
concerning policies, program issues, and research needed to conduct the
Wildlife Services (WS) program. The Committee also serves as a public
forum enabling those affected by the WS program to have a voice in the
program's policies.
The meeting will focus on operational and research activities
conducted by the Wildlife Services Program. The committee will discuss
pertinent WS operational and research activities and programs and how
to increase their effectiveness, as well as ensuring WS remains an
active participant in the goal of agricultural protection.
The meeting will be open to the public. Attendees should arrive
between 8 and 8:30 a.m. Picture identification is required to gain
access to the Whitten Building.
Due to time constraints, the public will not be allowed to
participate in the
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discussions during the meeting. Written statements on meeting topics
may be filed with the Committee before or after the meeting by sending
them to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Written statements may also be filed at the meeting. Please refer to
Docket No. APHIS-2019-0045 when submitting your statements.
This notice of meeting is given pursuant to section 10 of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of July 2019.
Cikena Reid,
Committee Management Officer, USDA.
[FR Doc. 2019-16758 Filed 8-5-19; 8:45 am]
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