National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods: Public Meeting, 68851-68853 [2024-19372]

Download as PDF khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 28, 2024 / Notices amending, or updating general licenses (GLs) authorizing the official business of the U.S. Government and the official business of certain international organizations and entities (87 FR 78470). OFAC’s GLs can be found in Subpart E of each sanctions program in 31 CFR subtitle B, chapter V or on OFAC’s website. The U.S. Government, including USAID and its interagency partners, continue to monitor and assess whether and to what extent the U.S. Government is (1) facilitating the delivery of humanitarian and development assistance, and (2) preventing unanticipated and undesirable benefits to sanctioned individuals and entities. USAID is considering whether and how to update provisions and contract clauses for USAID assistance and acquisition awards to include a new reporting mechanism for all humanitarian assistance and development work overseas conducted under a USAID award. This approach would (i) require USAID awardees to report on certain incidents involving sanctioned individuals and entities (e.g., payments or diversions) that take place under the awards; (ii) re-emphasize requirements for maintaining relevant records relating to transactions subject to OFAC’s sanctions programs, including transactions conducted pursuant to GLs; (iii) emphasize that USAID recipients and contractors must exercise reasonable due diligence to minimize the accrual of any impermissible benefits (in the form of payments or diversions) to any sanctioned individuals or entities; and (iv) provide data to USAID to inform impact assessments and for use in dialogue with the U.S. Government interagency, as well as the UNSC. Some illustrative examples of proposed reporting requirements for USAID recipients and contractors include: • Reporting itemized details regarding payments of funds under the award in the form of taxes, tolls, and fees to, or for the benefit of, sanctioned individuals or entities. For each payment, the awardee will make best efforts to include details about the amount paid, the approximate date and location of the payment, the name of the individual or entity receiving the payment, a description of how such payment facilitated the assistance activities, and remedial steps, if any, taken to address the issue. • Reporting itemized details regarding diversions of funds, supplies, or services under the award by sanctioned individuals or entities. For each diversion, the awardee will make best efforts to include details about the VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:13 Aug 27, 2024 Jkt 262001 circumstances of the diversion, the name of the individual or entity causing the diversion, estimated value diverted, the approximate date and location of the diversion, description and intended destination, and remedial steps, if any, taken to address the issue. For USAID’s assistance awards, updates could take the form of revisions to the mandatory standard provisions M12, M14, and M5 (‘‘Preventing Transactions with, or the Provision of Resources or Support to, Sanctioned Groups and Individuals’’) found in ADS 303maa, ADS 303mab, ADS 303mat, respectively. For USAID’s acquisition awards, a new Agency-specific clause may be required, such as to supplement FAR 52.225–13 (‘‘Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases’’). Additional updates may be required to 22 CFR 228 and/or ADS 310. B. Request for Information This RFI is intended to solicit feedback on the following: (1) Considerations USAID should take into account when updating the sanctions-related provisions and contract clauses for its assistance and acquisition awards. (2) Types of information and details that recipients and contractors can report under their award for activities that are subject to OFAC’s sanctions, regarding (a) payments of funds to, or for the benefit of, sanctioned individuals or entities; and (b) diversions of funds, supplies, or services by sanctioned individuals or entities. (3) Constraints that recipients and contractors may face in reporting information regarding (a) payments of funds to, or for the benefit of, sanctioned individuals or entities; and (b) diversions of funds, supplies, or services by sanctioned individuals or entities. Where possible, include specific examples. (4) Estimates of the burden on individual recipients and contractors in complying with any reporting requirement. (5) Considerations USAID should consider regarding the flowdown of requirements to subrecipients and subcontractors. (6) Recommendations on ways USAID can obtain data from recipients and contractors in order to assess the impact of GLs on the delivery of legitimate humanitarian assistance and other development activities to the most vulnerable people, while achieving U.S. national security objectives, including how USAID can collect such information on an aggregated basis from recipients and contractors. PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 68851 (7) Recommendations on the frequency and method of reporting. Responses to this RFI are not limited to the items in the above list. Commenters may provide feedback on other factors they deem relevant to USAID’s updating of sanctions-related award provisions and contract clauses. Jami J. Rodgers, Chief Acquisition Officer. [FR Doc. 2024–19357 Filed 8–27–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6116–01–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food Safety and Inspection Service [FSIS–2024–0020] National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods: Public Meeting Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), Department of Agriculture (USDA). ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: This notice is announcing that the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) will hold a public meeting of the full Committee and Subcommittees from September 24, 2024, to September 26, 2024. The Committee will provide updates on FSIS’ Genomics charge and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Cronobacter spp. in Powdered Infant Formula charge. DATES: The full Committee will hold an in-person and virtual public meeting on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and on Thursday, September 26, 2024, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Subcommittees on Genomics and on Cronobacter spp. in Powdered Infant Formula will hold concurrent Subcommittee meetings on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Subcommittee meetings are open to members of the public by virtual attendance only. Attendance to all meetings is free but pre-registration by Wednesday, September 18, 2024, is requested. Persons interested in providing oral comments at the Tuesday, September 24, 2024, public meeting of the full Committee should indicate so when registering. Oral comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker. FSIS will do its best to accommodate all registered persons who request to provide oral comments at the public meeting. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\28AUN1.SGM 28AUN1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 68852 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 28, 2024 / Notices The deadline to submit written comments is Wednesday, September 18, 2024. ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held in the USDA Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250. In-person attendees will be escorted to the meeting room upon arrival. Virtual attendees will be provided details on how to access the full Committee and Subcommittee meetings upon registration. In-person attendees must show valid photo identification and will be required to pass through the security screening systems and escorted to the respective conference rooms. Please allow adequate time for this process. Attendees must pre-register at https:// events.intellor.com/?do=register&t= 7&p=509550 to receive a join link, dialin number, access code, and unique Attendee ID for the public meeting. An American Sign Language interpreter will be present online during the public meeting and attendees will also have the option to turn on closed captions. For more information on the NACMCF charges, visit: https:// www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/advisorycommittees/national-advisorycommittee-microbiological-criteriafoods-nacmcf. Written comments may be submitted by one of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: This website provides the ability to type short comments directly into the comment field on the web page or attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions at that site for submitting comments. Mail: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Mailstop 3758, Washington, DC 20250–3700. Hand- or Courier-Delivered Submittals: Deliver to 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Jamie L. Whitten Building, Room 350–E, Washington, DC 20250–3700. Instructions: All items submitted by mail or electronic mail must include the agency name and docket number FSIS– 2024–0020. Comments made in response to the 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 202–720–5046 to schedule a time to visit the FSIS Docket Room at 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:13 Aug 27, 2024 Jkt 262001 Agenda: The Committee meeting will discuss updates on FSIS’ Genomics charge and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Cronobacter spp. in Powdered Infant Formula charge. FSIS will finalize an agenda on or before the meeting date and post it on the FSIS web page at https:// www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/ newsroom/meetings. Please note that the meeting agenda is subject to change; thus, sessions could end earlier or later than anticipated. Please plan accordingly if you would like to attend this meeting or participate in the oral public comment period. The official transcripts of the September 24–26, 2024, public meetings, when they become available, will be posted on FSIS’ website at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/ fsis/topics/data-collectionand-reports/ nacmcf/meetings/nacmcfmeetings. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristal Southern, USDA, FSIS, Office of Public Health Science, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 1128, Washington, DC 20250; Phone: 202– 937–4162; Email: NACMCF@usda.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The NACMCF was established in 1988, in response to a recommendation of the National Academy of Sciences for an interagency approach to microbiological criteria for foods, and in response to a recommendation of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, as expressed in the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 1988. The NACMCF provides impartial scientific advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on public health issues relative to the safety and wholesomeness of the U.S. food supply, including the development of microbiological criteria and review and evaluation of epidemiological and risk assessment data and methodologies for assessing microbiological hazards in foods. The Committee also provides scientific advice and recommendations to the Departments of Commerce and Defense. The Committee reports to the Secretary of Agriculture through the Under Secretary for Food Safety, the Committee’s Chair, and to the Secretary of Health and Human Services through the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Committee’s Vice-Chair. Currently, Dr. Emilio Esteban, Under Secretary for Food Safety, USDA, is the Committee Chair; Dr. Donald Prater, Acting Director of the Food and Drug Administration’s PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), is the Vice-Chair; and Dr. Kristal Southern, USDA FSIS, is the Director of the NACMCF Executive Secretariat and Designated Federal Officer. The NACMCF charter is available for viewing at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/ policy/advisory-committees/nationaladvisory-committee-microbiologicalcriteria-foods-nacmcf. NACMCF documents and comments posted on the FSIS website are electronic conversions from a variety of source formats. In some cases, document conversion may result in character translation or formatting errors. The original document is the official, legal copy. To meet the electronic and information technology accessibility standards in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, NACMCF may add alternate text descriptors for nontext elements (graphs, charts, tables, multimedia, etc.). These modifications only affect the internet copies of the documents. Copyrighted documents will not be posted on FSIS’ website but will be available for inspection in the FSIS Docket Room. Additional Public Notification Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy development is important. Consequently, FSIS will announce this Federal Register publication online 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 Constituent Update is available on the FSIS web page. Through the web page, FSIS can 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. 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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[FSIS-2024-0020]


National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for 
Foods: Public Meeting

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), Department of 
Agriculture (USDA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice is announcing that the National Advisory Committee 
on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) will hold a public 
meeting of the full Committee and Subcommittees from September 24, 
2024, to September 26, 2024. The Committee will provide updates on 
FSIS' Genomics charge and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's 
(FDA's) Cronobacter spp. in Powdered Infant Formula charge.

DATES: The full Committee will hold an in-person and virtual public 
meeting on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 
and on Thursday, September 26, 2024, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The 
Subcommittees on Genomics and on Cronobacter spp. in Powdered Infant 
Formula will hold concurrent Subcommittee meetings on Wednesday, 
September 25, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Subcommittee meetings 
are open to members of the public by virtual attendance only. 
Attendance to all meetings is free but pre-registration by Wednesday, 
September 18, 2024, is requested.
    Persons interested in providing oral comments at the Tuesday, 
September 24, 2024, public meeting of the full Committee should 
indicate so when registering. Oral comments will be limited to three 
minutes per speaker. FSIS will do its best to accommodate all 
registered persons who request to provide oral comments at the public 
meeting.

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    The deadline to submit written comments is Wednesday, September 18, 
2024.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held in the USDA Whitten Building, 1400 
Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250. In-person attendees will be 
escorted to the meeting room upon arrival. Virtual attendees will be 
provided details on how to access the full Committee and Subcommittee 
meetings upon registration.
    In-person attendees must show valid photo identification and will 
be required to pass through the security screening systems and escorted 
to the respective conference rooms. Please allow adequate time for this 
process.
    Attendees must pre-register at https://events.intellor.com/?do=register&t=7&p=509550 to receive a join link, dial-in number, 
access code, and unique Attendee ID for the public meeting.
    An American Sign Language interpreter will be present online during 
the public meeting and attendees will also have the option to turn on 
closed captions.
    For more information on the NACMCF charges, visit: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/advisory-committees/national-advisory-committee-microbiological-criteria-foods-nacmcf.
    Written comments may be submitted by one of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: This website provides the ability to 
type short comments directly into the comment field on the web page or 
attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions at that site for 
submitting comments.
    Mail: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food 
Safety and Inspection Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Mailstop 
3758, Washington, DC 20250-3700.
    Hand- or Courier-Delivered Submittals: Deliver to 1400 Independence 
Avenue SW, Jamie L. Whitten Building, Room 350-E, Washington, DC 20250-
3700.
    Instructions: All items submitted by mail or electronic mail must 
include the agency name and docket number FSIS-2024-0020. Comments made 
in response to the 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 202-720-5046 to schedule a time to visit the FSIS Docket Room at 
1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250.
    Agenda: The Committee meeting will discuss updates on FSIS' 
Genomics charge and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) 
Cronobacter spp. in Powdered Infant Formula charge. FSIS will finalize 
an agenda on or before the meeting date and post it on the FSIS web 
page at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/newsroom/meetings. 
Please note that the meeting agenda is subject to change; thus, 
sessions could end earlier or later than anticipated. Please plan 
accordingly if you would like to attend this meeting or participate in 
the oral public comment period.
    The official transcripts of the September 24-26, 2024, public 
meetings, when they become available, will be posted on FSIS' website 
at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/data-collectionand-reports/nacmcf/meetings/nacmcfmeetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristal Southern, USDA, FSIS, Office 
of Public Health Science, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 1128, 
Washington, DC 20250; Phone: 202-937-4162; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The NACMCF was established in 1988, in response to a recommendation 
of the National Academy of Sciences for an interagency approach to 
microbiological criteria for foods, and in response to a recommendation 
of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, as 
expressed in the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies 
Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 1988. The NACMCF provides impartial 
scientific advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture 
and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on public health issues 
relative to the safety and wholesomeness of the U.S. food supply, 
including the development of microbiological criteria and review and 
evaluation of epidemiological and risk assessment data and 
methodologies for assessing microbiological hazards in foods. The 
Committee also provides scientific advice and recommendations to the 
Departments of Commerce and Defense. The Committee reports to the 
Secretary of Agriculture through the Under Secretary for Food Safety, 
the Committee's Chair, and to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services through the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Committee's 
Vice-Chair. Currently, Dr. Emilio Esteban, Under Secretary for Food 
Safety, USDA, is the Committee Chair; Dr. Donald Prater, Acting 
Director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), is the Vice-Chair; and Dr. Kristal 
Southern, USDA FSIS, is the Director of the NACMCF Executive 
Secretariat and Designated Federal Officer.
    The NACMCF charter is available for viewing at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/advisory-committees/national-advisory-committee-microbiological-criteria-foods-nacmcf.
    NACMCF documents and comments posted on the FSIS website are 
electronic conversions from a variety of source formats. In some cases, 
document conversion may result in character translation or formatting 
errors. The original document is the official, legal copy. To meet the 
electronic and information technology accessibility standards in 
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, NACMCF may add alternate text 
descriptors for non-text elements (graphs, charts, tables, multimedia, 
etc.). These modifications only affect the internet copies of the 
documents. Copyrighted documents will not be posted on FSIS' website 
but will be available for inspection in the FSIS Docket Room.

Additional Public Notification

    Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy 
development is important. Consequently, FSIS will announce this Federal 
Register publication online 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 Constituent 
Update is available on the FSIS web page. Through the web page, FSIS 
can 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

    In accordance with Federal civil rights law and USDA civil rights 
regulations and policies, USDA, its

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Mission Areas, agencies, staff offices, employees, and institutions 
participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from 
discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 
gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, 
disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived 
from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or 
retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity 
conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). 
Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.
    Program information may be made available in languages other than 
English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of 
communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large 
print, audiotape, American Sign Language) should contact the 
responsible Mission Area, agency, or staff office; the USDA TARGET 
Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY); or the Federal Relay Service 
at (800) 877-8339.
    To file a program discrimination complaint, a complainant should 
complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, 
which can be obtained online at https://www.usda.gov/forms/electronic-forms, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a 
letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant's 
name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the 
alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the 
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date 
of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or 
letter must be submitted to USDA by:
    (1) Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 
20250-9410;
    (2) Fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
    (3) Email: [email protected].
    USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender. Equal 
opportunity practices in accordance with USDA's policies will be 
followed in all member appointments to the committee. To ensure that 
the recommendations of the committee consider the needs of the diverse 
groups served by USDA, membership shall include, to the extent 
practicable, individuals with demonstrated ability to represent the 
many communities, identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, 
abilities, cultures, and beliefs of the American people, including 
underserved communities.

Cikena Reid,
Committee Management Officer.
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