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electronically to the following email
address: uscodex@usda.gov or
ken.lowery@usda.gov. Comments
should state that they relate to the
activities of the 34th Session of the
CCGP.
Registration: Attendees may register
to attend the public meeting at the
following link: https://
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7Lxx6JqcQKm7hW3cTh7mrA. After
registering, you will receive a
confirmation email containing
information about joining the meeting.
For further information about the 34th
Session of the CCGP, contact Mr. Ken
Lowery of the U.S. Codex Office, Office
of the Under Secretary for Trade and
Foreign Agricultural Affairs, U.S
Department of Agriculture, at:
ken.lowery@usda.gov. For additional
information regarding the public
meeting, contact the U.S. Codex Office
by email at: uscodex@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The Codex Alimentarius Commission
was established in 1963. 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 Terms of Reference for the Codex
Committee on General Principles
(CCGP) are:
To deal with such procedural and
general matters as are referred to it by
the Codex Alimentarius Commission,
including:
(a) the review or endorsement of
procedural provisions/texts forwarded
by other subsidiary bodies for inclusion
in the Procedural Manual of the Codex
Alimentarius Commission; and
(b) the consideration and
recommendation of other amendments
to the Procedural Manual.
France hosts the CCGP. The United
States attends the CCGP as a member
country of Codex.
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At the May 1, 2025, public meeting,
agenda items will be described and
attendees will have the opportunity to
pose questions and offer comments.
Written comments may be offered at the
meeting or sent to the U.S. Codex Office
at: uscodex@usda.gov or to Ken Lowery
of the U.S. Codex Office at ken.lowery@
usda.gov. Written comments should
state that they relate to activities of the
34th Session of the CCGP.
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.
Done at Washington, DC, on March 20,
2025.
Julie A. Chao,
Deputy U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
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The following items from the agenda
for the 34th Session of the CCGP will be
discussed during the public meeting:
• Matters arising from the Codex
Alimentarius Commission and its
subsidiary bodies
• Codex Procedural Manual: Review of
inconsistencies in language and
superseded content
Æ Codex Procedural Manual: Review
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of the procedures in Section 3:
Guidelines for subsidiary bodies
Æ Codex Procedural Manual: Review
of inconsistencies in language and
superseded content, apart from
Section 3
Codex Procedural Manual: Update to
the Guide to the procedure for the
amendment and revision of Codex
standards and related texts
Proposed amendment to the
principles concerning the
participation of international nongovernmental organizations in the
work of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission
Codex Procedural Manual: Review of
the potential use of existing
provisions to promote more resourceefficient practices in the review of
new-work proposals which do not fall
within the remit of an active Codex
committee
Review of the application of the
Criteria and procedural guidelines for
Codex committees and ad hoc
intergovernmental task forces working
by correspondence
Other Business
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
U.S. Codex Office
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Contaminants in Foods
U.S. Codex Office, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA).
AGENCY:
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Notice of public meeting and
request for comments.
ACTION:
The U.S. Codex Office is
sponsoring a public meeting on May 29,
2025. The objective of the public
meeting is to provide information and
receive public comments on agenda
items to be discussed at the 18th
Session of the Codex Committee on
Contaminants in Foods (CCCF18) of the
Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC).
CCCF18 will be held in Bangkok,
Thailand, from June 23–27, 2025. 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 18th
Session of the CCCF and to address
items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled
for May 29, 2025, from 1–4 p.m. ET.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will
take place via Video Teleconference
only. Documents related to the 18th
Session of the CCCF will be accessible
via the internet at the following address:
https://www.fao.org/fao-whocodexalimentarius/meetings/detail/en/
?meeting=CCCF&session=18.
Dr. Lauren Posnick Robin, U.S.
Delegate to the 18th Session of the
CCCF, invites interested U.S. parties to
submit their comments electronically to
the following email address: QuynhAnh Nguyen, quynh-anh.nguyen@
fda.hhs.gov. Comments should state that
they relate to activities of the 18th
Session of the CCCF.
Registration: Attendees may register
to attend the public meeting at the
following link: https://
www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/
OWbV16_zQPWdyBTZAoFFcA. After
registering, you will receive a
confirmation email containing
information about joining the meeting.
For further information about the 18th
Session of the CCCF, contact U.S.
Delegate, Dr. Lauren Posnick Robin,
Acting Director, Division of Chemical
Contaminants, Office of Post Market
Assessment, Office of Food Chemical
Safety, Dietary Supplements, and
Innovation, Human Foods Program, U.S.
Food and Drug Administration, at
lauren.robin@fda.hhs.gov. For
additional information regarding the
public meeting, contact the U.S. Codex
Office by email at: uscodex@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
The Codex Alimentarius Commission
was established in 1963. Through
adoption of food standards, codes of
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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 Terms of Reference of the Codex
Committee on Contaminants in Foods
(CCCF) are:
(a) to establish or endorse permitted
maximum levels or guidelines levels for
contaminants and naturally occurring
toxicants in food and feed;
(b) to prepare priority lists of
contaminants and naturally occurring
toxicants for risk assessment by the Joint
Expert Committee on Food Additives;
(c) to consider methods of analysis
and sampling for the determination of
contaminants and naturally occurring
toxicants in food and feed;
(d) to consider and elaborate
standards or codes of practice for related
subjects; and
(e) to consider other matters assigned
to it by the Commission in relation to
contaminants and naturally occurring
toxicants in food and feed.
The Netherlands hosts the CCCF and
is co-hosting the 18th Session of the
CCCF with Thailand. The United States
attends the CCCF as a member country
of Codex.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public
Meeting
The following items from the agenda
for the 18th Session of the CCCF will be
discussed during the public meeting:
• Matters referred to the Committee by
the Codex Alimentarius Commission
and/or its subsidiary bodies
• Matters of interest arising from the
Joint Expert Committee on Food
Additives
• Matters of interest arising from other
international organizations
• Maximum levels for lead in certain
food categories
• Code of practice for the prevention
and reduction of cadmium
contamination in foods
• Sampling plans for total aflatoxins
and ochratoxin A in certain spices
• Maximum level and associated
sampling plan for total aflatoxins in
ready-to-eat peanuts
• Revision of the Code of practice for
the prevention and reduction of
aflatoxin contamination in peanuts
(CXC 55–2004)
• Review of the Code of practice for
weed control to prevent and reduce
pyrrolizidine alkaloid contamination
in food and feed (CXC 74–2014)
• Guidance on sampling and analysis
performance characteristics for the
collection of data for submission to
the GEMS/Food database
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• Review of the Code of practice for the
reduction of acrylamide in foods (CXC
67–2009)
• Review of the Code of practice for the
reduction of aflatoxin B1 in raw
materials and supplemental feeding
stuffs for milk-producing animals
(CXC 45–1997)
• Development of a Code of practice for
the prevention and reduction of
tropane alkaloids in food and feed
• Guidance on data analysis for the
development of maximum levels and
for improved data collection
• Review of numeric performance
criteria for methods of analysis for
total aflatoxins utilizing the sum of
components concept in relevant
sampling plans
• Application of maximum levels to
multi-ingredient products
• Analysis of occurrence data of lead in
spice mixtures
• Analysis of occurrence data of
aflatoxins in cereals
• Review of Codex standards for
contaminants
• Follow-up work on the outcomes of
JECFA evaluations and expert
consultations
• Priority list of contaminants for
evaluation by JECFA
• Other business
Public Meeting
At the May 29, 2025, public meeting,
agenda items will be described and
attendees will have the opportunity to
pose questions and offer comments.
Written comments may be offered at the
meeting or sent to Quynh-Anh Nguyen
at quynh-anh.nguyen@fda.hhs.gov.
Written comments should state that they
relate to activities of the 18th Session of
the CCCF.
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.
Done at Washington, DC, on March 20,
2025.
Julie Chao,
Deputy U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
[Docket #: RUS–24–AGENCY–0015]
Notice of Publication of RUS List of
Eligible Countries
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Rural Utilities Service
(RUS), a Rural Development Agency of
the United States Department of
Agriculture is issuing this notice to
revise the list of eligible countries for
purchases made by RUS
Telecommunications and Electric
Program awardees by adding Japan to
the list of RUS Eligible Countries
published on May 23, 2024, and to
reflect the November 2023 RUS Eligible
Countries published by the Office of the
United States Trade Representative
(USTR) as detailed in the
Supplementary Information Section of
this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For Electric Program matters: Donald
Junta, Deputy Assistant Administrator,
Office of Customer Service and
Technical Assistance, RUS, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, STOP 1569,
1400 Independence Ave. SW,
Washington, DC 20250–1569.
Telephone number (202) 720–1900,
Email: ElectricProgramCustomer
Service@rd.usda.gov.
For Telecommunications Program
matters: La’Kenya Walter, Deputy
Assistant Administrator, Policy and
Outreach Division, RUS, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, STOP 1590,
1400 Independence Ave. SW,
Washington, DC 20250–1590.
Telephone number (202) 720–0733,
Email: TelecomPODEB@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: RUS published a notice
in the Federal Register on February 18,
1997, at 62 FR 7205 that the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act, (108 Stat. 4954,
Pub. L. 103–465, December 8, 1994),
amended the ‘‘Buy American’’
provision, (7 U.S.C. 903 note) of the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) (the ‘‘RE
Act’’). Under the amendment, the USTR
is authorized to determine which
countries are eligible to have their
products receive the same treatment as
manufactured and unmanufactured
products produced in the United States.
RUS publishes a new notice in the
Federal Register to reflect any updates
by the USTR. The last notice to update
the list was published May 23, 2024, at
89 FR 45629.
SUMMARY:
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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, U.S. Department of Agriculture (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 May
29, 2025. The objective of the public meeting is to provide information
and receive public comments on agenda items to be discussed at the 18th
Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF18) of the
Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). CCCF18 will be held in Bangkok,
Thailand, from June 23-27, 2025. 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 18th Session of the
CCCF and to address items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for May 29, 2025, from 1-4 p.m.
ET.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will take place via Video Teleconference
only. Documents related to the 18th Session of the CCCF will be
accessible via the internet at the following address: https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/meetings/detail/en/?meeting=CCCF&session=18.
Dr. Lauren Posnick Robin, U.S. Delegate to the 18th Session of the
CCCF, invites interested U.S. parties to submit their comments
electronically to the following email address: Quynh-Anh Nguyen, [email protected]. Comments should state that they relate to
activities of the 18th Session of the CCCF.
Registration: Attendees may register to attend the public meeting
at the following link: https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/OWbV16_zQPWdyBTZAoFFcA. After registering, you will receive a
confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
For further information about the 18th Session of the CCCF, contact
U.S. Delegate, Dr. Lauren Posnick Robin, Acting Director, Division of
Chemical Contaminants, Office of Post Market Assessment, Office of Food
Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements, and Innovation, Human Foods
Program, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, at
[email protected]. For additional information regarding the
public meeting, contact the U.S. Codex Office by email at:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Codex Alimentarius Commission was established in 1963. Through
adoption of food standards, codes of
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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 Terms of Reference of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in
Foods (CCCF) are:
(a) to establish or endorse permitted maximum levels or guidelines
levels for contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants in food and
feed;
(b) to prepare priority lists of contaminants and naturally
occurring toxicants for risk assessment by the Joint Expert Committee
on Food Additives;
(c) to consider methods of analysis and sampling for the
determination of contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants in food
and feed;
(d) to consider and elaborate standards or codes of practice for
related subjects; and
(e) to consider other matters assigned to it by the Commission in
relation to contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants in food and
feed.
The Netherlands hosts the CCCF and is co-hosting the 18th Session
of the CCCF with Thailand. The United States attends the CCCF as a
member country of Codex.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting
The following items from the agenda for the 18th Session of the
CCCF will be discussed during the public meeting:
Matters referred to the Committee by the Codex Alimentarius
Commission and/or its subsidiary bodies
Matters of interest arising from the Joint Expert Committee on
Food Additives
Matters of interest arising from other international
organizations
Maximum levels for lead in certain food categories
Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of cadmium
contamination in foods
Sampling plans for total aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in
certain spices
Maximum level and associated sampling plan for total
aflatoxins in ready-to-eat peanuts
Revision of the Code of practice for the prevention and
reduction of aflatoxin contamination in peanuts (CXC 55-2004)
Review of the Code of practice for weed control to prevent and
reduce pyrrolizidine alkaloid contamination in food and feed (CXC 74-
2014)
Guidance on sampling and analysis performance characteristics
for the collection of data for submission to the GEMS/Food database
Review of the Code of practice for the reduction of acrylamide
in foods (CXC 67-2009)
Review of the Code of practice for the reduction of aflatoxin
B1 in raw materials and supplemental feeding stuffs for milk-producing
animals (CXC 45-1997)
Development of a Code of practice for the prevention and
reduction of tropane alkaloids in food and feed
Guidance on data analysis for the development of maximum
levels and for improved data collection
Review of numeric performance criteria for methods of analysis
for total aflatoxins utilizing the sum of components concept in
relevant sampling plans
Application of maximum levels to multi-ingredient products
Analysis of occurrence data of lead in spice mixtures
Analysis of occurrence data of aflatoxins in cereals
Review of Codex standards for contaminants
Follow-up work on the outcomes of JECFA evaluations and expert
consultations
Priority list of contaminants for evaluation by JECFA
Other business
Public Meeting
At the May 29, 2025, public meeting, agenda items will be described
and attendees will have the opportunity to pose questions and offer
comments. Written comments may be offered at the meeting or sent to
Quynh-Anh Nguyen at [email protected]. Written comments
should state that they relate to activities of the 18th Session of the
CCCF.
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.
Done at Washington, DC, on March 20, 2025.
Julie Chao,
Deputy U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
[FR Doc. 2025-05088 Filed 3-25-25; 8:45 am]
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