[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 115 (Thursday, September 3, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S9942]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARING


                PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs, will hold a hearing entitled ``The Safety of Food Imports: 
Fraud and Deception In The Food Import Process.'' This hearing is the 
third in a series of hearings the Subcommittee has scheduled as part of 
an in-depth investigation into the safety of food imports. The upcoming 
hearing will address specific fraud and deceptive techniques used by 
unscrupulous individuals to import food products illegally into the 
United States.
  This hearing will take place on Thursday, September 10, 1998, at 9:30 
a.m., in Room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. For further 
information, please contact Timothy J. Shea of the Subcommittee staff 
at 224-3721.

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