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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
U.S. Codex Office
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Food Import and Export Inspection and
Certification Systems
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 March
25, 2020. 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 25th
Session of the Codex Committee on
Food Import and Export Inspection and
Certification Systems (CCFICS) of the
Codex Alimentarius Commission, in
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, April 27–
May 1, 2020. The U.S. Manager for
Codex Alimentarius and the Under
Secretary, Office of Trade and Foreign
Agricultural Affairs, recognize the
importance of providing interested
parties the opportunity to obtain
background information on the 25th
Session of the CCFICS and to address
items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled
for March 25, 2020, from 1:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will
take place in the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA),
South Building, Room 104–A, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20250. Documents related to the
25th Session of the CCFICS will be
accessible via the internet at the
following address: https://www.fao.org/
fao-who-codexalimentarius/meetings/
detail/en/?meeting=CCFICS&
session=25. Mary Stanley, U.S. Delegate
to the 25th Session of the CCFICS,
invites U.S. interested parties to submit
their comments electronically to the
following email address: mary.stanley@
usda.gov.
Call in number: If you wish to
participate in the public meeting for the
25th Session of the CCFICS by
conference call, please register by March
18, 2020 by emailing kristen.hendricks@
usda.gov.
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Registration: Attendees can register to
attend the public meeting in person by
emailing kristen.hendricks@usda.gov by
March 18, 2020. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information about the public
meeting please contact Kristen
Hendricks, U.S. Codex Office, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 4865,
South Building, Washington, DC 20250.
Phone: (202) 720–2137, Fax: (202) 720–
3157, Email: Kristen.Hendricks@
usda.gov.
For specific questions about the 25th
session of CCFICS, contact Mary
Stanley, Senior Advisor, Office of
International Coordination, Food Safety
and Inspection Service, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Room 3151, South
Agriculture Building, Washington, DC
20250, Phone: (202) 720–0287, Fax:
(202) 690–3856, Email: Mary.Stanley@
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 CCFICS is responsible for:
(a) Developing principles and
guidelines for food import and export
inspection and certification systems,
with a view to harmonizing methods
and procedures that protect the health
of consumers, ensure fair trading
practices, and facilitate international
trade in foodstuffs;
(b) Developing principles and
guidelines for the application of
measures by the competent authorities
of exporting and importing countries to
provide assurance, where necessary,
that foodstuffs comply with
requirements, especially statutory
health requirements;
(c) Developing guidelines for the
utilization, as and when appropriate, of
quality assurance systems to ensure that
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foodstuffs conform with requirements
and to promote the recognition of these
systems in facilitating trade in food
products under bilateral/multilateral
arrangements by countries;
(d) Developing guidelines and criteria
with respect to format, declarations and
language of such official certificates as
countries may require with a view
towards international harmonization;
(e) Making recommendations for
information exchange in relation to food
import/export control;
(f) Consulting as necessary with other
international groups working on matters
related to food inspection and
certification systems; and
(g) Considering other matters assigned
to it by the Commission in relation to
food inspection and certification
systems.
The CCFICS is hosted by Australia,
and the meeting is attended by the
United States as a member country of
the Codex Alimentarius.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public
Meeting
The following items on the Agenda
for the 25th Session of the CCFICS will
be discussed during the public meeting:
• Adoption of the Agenda
• Matters arising from the Codex
Alimentarius Commission and its
subsidiary bodies
• Information on activities of FAO and
WHO and other International
Organizations relevant to the work of
CCFICS
• Draft Principles and guidelines for the
assessment and use of voluntary
Third Party Assurance (vTPA)
programmes
• Proposed draft Guidance on paperless
use of electronic certificates (revision
of the Guidelines for Design,
Production, Issuance and Use of
Generic Official Certificates—CXG
38–2001)
• Proposed draft guidelines on
recognition and maintenance of
equivalence of National Food Control
Systems (NFCS)
• Proposed draft consolidated Codex
Guidelines related to equivalence
• Discussion paper on role of CCFICS
with respect to tackling food fraud in
the context of food safety and fair
practices in food trade
• Review and update of Appendix A—
the list of emerging global emerging
issues
• Other Business
• Date and Place of Next Session
• Adoption of the Report
Each issue listed will be fully
described in documents distributed, or
to be distributed by the Codex
Secretariat before the Committee
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meeting. Members of the public may
access or request copies of these
documents from the U.S. Codex Office
or on the internet (see ADDRESSES).
Done at Washington, DC.
Mary Lowe,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
Public Meeting
At the March 25, 2020 public meeting,
the 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 Mary Stanley. Written
comments should state that they relate
to activities of the 25th Session of the
CCFICS.
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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.
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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting
of the District of Columbia Advisory
Committee
Commission on Civil Rights.
Announcement of meeting.
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 meeting of the District of
Columbia Advisory Committee to the
Commission will convene by conference
call, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) Thursday, April
2, 2020. The purpose of the planning
meeting is to discuss the draft report of
the Committee’s civil rights project on
the DC Mental Health Court.
DATES: Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 11:30
a.m. (EDT).
Public Call-In Information:
Conference call number: 1–877–260–
1479 and conference call ID number:
1929821.
SUMMARY:
Ivy
L. Davis, at ero@usccr.gov or by phone
at 202–376–7533.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested
members of the public may listen to the
discussion by calling the following tollfree conference call number: 1–877–
260–1479 and conference call ID
number: 1929821. Please be advised that
before placing them into the conference
call, the conference call operator may
ask callers to provide their names, their
organizational affiliations (if any), and
email addresses (so that callers may be
notified of future meetings). 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 herein.
Persons with hearing impairments
may also follow the discussion by first
calling the Federal Relay Service at 1–
800–877–8339 and providing the
operator with the toll-free conference
call number: 1–877–260–1479 and
conference call ID number: 1929821.
Members of the public are invited to
make statements during the Public
Comments section of the meeting or to
submit written comments. The
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comments must be received in the
regional office by Monday, May 4, 2020.
Comments may be mailed to the Eastern
Regional Office, U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights, 1331 Pennsylvania
Avenue, Suite 1150, Washington, DC
20425 or emailed to Evelyn Bohor at
ero@usccr.gov. Persons who desire
additional information may contact the
Eastern Regional Office at 202–376–
7533.
Records and documents discussed
during the meeting will be available for
public viewing as they become available
at: https://gsageo.force.com/FACA/
FACAPublicViewCommitteeDetails?id=
a10t0000001gzlKAAQ. Please click the
‘‘Meeting Details’’ and ‘‘Documents’’
links. Records generated from this
meeting may also be inspected and
reproduced at the Eastern 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 website, www.usccr.gov,
or to contact the Eastern Regional Office
at the above phone numbers, email or
street address.
Agenda
Thursday, April 2, 2020, at 11:30 a.m.
(EDT)
Rollcall
Welcome and
Planning Meeting
—discuss proposed report draft
Other Business
Next Planning Meeting
Public Comments
Adjourn
Dated: February 28, 2020.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
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Bureau of the Census
Request for Nominations of Members
To Serve on the Census Scientific
Advisory Committee
Bureau of the Census,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of request for
nominations.
AGENCY:
The Director of the Bureau of
the Census (Director) (Census Bureau) is
seeking nominations for the Census
Scientific Advisory Committee (CSAC).
The purpose of the CSAC is to provide
advice to the Director of the Census
Bureau on the full range of Census
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
U.S. Codex Office
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems
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 March
25, 2020. 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 25th Session of the Codex
Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification
Systems (CCFICS) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, in Hobart,
Tasmania, Australia, April 27-May 1, 2020. The U.S. Manager for Codex
Alimentarius and the Under Secretary, Office of Trade and Foreign
Agricultural Affairs, recognize the importance of providing interested
parties the opportunity to obtain background information on the 25th
Session of the CCFICS and to address items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for March 25, 2020, from 1:00
p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will take place in the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA), South Building, Room 104-A, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250. Documents related to the
25th Session of the CCFICS will be accessible via the internet at the
following address: https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/meetings/detail/en/?meeting=CCFICS&session=25. Mary Stanley, U.S.
Delegate to the 25th Session of the CCFICS, invites U.S. interested
parties to submit their comments electronically to the following email
address: [email protected].
Call in number: If you wish to participate in the public meeting
for the 25th Session of the CCFICS by conference call, please register
by March 18, 2020 by emailing [email protected].
Registration: Attendees can register to attend the public meeting
in person by emailing [email protected] by March 18, 2020.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about the
public meeting please contact Kristen Hendricks, U.S. Codex Office,
1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 4865, South Building, Washington, DC
20250. Phone: (202) 720-2137, Fax: (202) 720-3157, Email:
[email protected]
For specific questions about the 25th session of CCFICS, contact
Mary Stanley, Senior Advisor, Office of International Coordination,
Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 3151, South Agriculture Building,
Washington, DC 20250, Phone: (202) 720-0287, Fax: (202) 690-3856,
Email: [email protected]
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 CCFICS is responsible for:
(a) Developing principles and guidelines for food import and export
inspection and certification systems, with a view to harmonizing
methods and procedures that protect the health of consumers, ensure
fair trading practices, and facilitate international trade in
foodstuffs;
(b) Developing principles and guidelines for the application of
measures by the competent authorities of exporting and importing
countries to provide assurance, where necessary, that foodstuffs comply
with requirements, especially statutory health requirements;
(c) Developing guidelines for the utilization, as and when
appropriate, of quality assurance systems to ensure that foodstuffs
conform with requirements and to promote the recognition of these
systems in facilitating trade in food products under bilateral/
multilateral arrangements by countries;
(d) Developing guidelines and criteria with respect to format,
declarations and language of such official certificates as countries
may require with a view towards international harmonization;
(e) Making recommendations for information exchange in relation to
food import/export control;
(f) Consulting as necessary with other international groups working
on matters related to food inspection and certification systems; and
(g) Considering other matters assigned to it by the Commission in
relation to food inspection and certification systems.
The CCFICS is hosted by Australia, and the meeting is attended by
the United States as a member country of the Codex Alimentarius.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting
The following items on the Agenda for the 25th Session of the
CCFICS will be discussed during the public meeting:
Adoption of the Agenda
Matters arising from the Codex Alimentarius Commission and its
subsidiary bodies
Information on activities of FAO and WHO and other
International Organizations relevant to the work of CCFICS
Draft Principles and guidelines for the assessment and use of
voluntary Third Party Assurance (vTPA) programmes
Proposed draft Guidance on paperless use of electronic
certificates (revision of the Guidelines for Design, Production,
Issuance and Use of Generic Official Certificates--CXG 38-2001)
Proposed draft guidelines on recognition and maintenance of
equivalence of National Food Control Systems (NFCS)
Proposed draft consolidated Codex Guidelines related to
equivalence
Discussion paper on role of CCFICS with respect to tackling
food fraud in the context of food safety and fair practices in food
trade
Review and update of Appendix A--the list of emerging global
emerging issues
Other Business
Date and Place of Next Session
Adoption of the Report
Each issue listed will be fully described in documents distributed,
or to be distributed by the Codex Secretariat before the Committee
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meeting. Members of the public may access or request copies of these
documents from the U.S. Codex Office or on the internet (see
ADDRESSES).
Public Meeting
At the March 25, 2020 public meeting, the 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 Mary Stanley. Written
comments should state that they relate to activities of the 25th
Session of the CCFICS.
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: [email protected].
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.
Mary Lowe,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
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