[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 28566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13388]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Docket No. 95-027N]


National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for 
Foods; Subcommittee Meeting

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria 
for Foods' Subcommittee on Codex will be holding a meeting on 
Wednesday, June 14, 1995, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., and on Thursday, June 
15, 1995, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Room 614, 300 12th Street, SW., 12th and C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20250-3700.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Marvin A. Norcross, U.S. Coordinator for Codex Alimentarius, USDA, 
Food Safety and Inspection Service, Room 311, West End Court, 
Washington, DC 20250-3700, telephone (202) 254-2517; fax (202) 254-
2530.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Codex Alimentarius Food Standards 
Programme has asked the International Commission on Microbiological 
Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) to develop a document on general 
principles for the establishment and application of microbiological 
criteria for foods. The ICMSF has drafted a document titled 
``Principles for Establishment and Application of Microbiological 
Specifications for Foods.'' In April 1995, the U.S. Delegate to the 
Codex Committee on Food Hygiene asked the National Advisory Committee 
on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) to critique the ICMSF 
draft document.
    The Subcommittee's work is under the auspices of the full 
Committee, which provides advice and recommendations to the Secretaries 
of Agriculture, and Health and Human Services concerning the 
development of microbiological criteria by which the safety and 
wholesomeness of food can be assessed, including criteria pertaining to 
microorganisms that indicate whether food has been processed using food 
manufacturing processes.
    The Subcommittee meeting is open to the public on a space available 
basis. Interested persons may file comments prior to and following the 
meeting. Comments should be addressed to: Mr. Craig Fedchock, Advisory 
Committee Specialist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and 
Inspection Service, Room 311, West End Court Building, Washington, DC 
20250-3700. To receive copies of the background materials, including 
the ICMSF draft document, contact Mr. Fedchock on (202) 254-2517. 
Background materials may also be inspected in the Docket Clerk's 
Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection 
Service, Room 4352, South Agriculture Building, 14th Street & 
Independence Ave., SW., Washington DC 20250-3700.

    Done at Washington, DC, on May 26, 1995.
Michael R. Taylor,
Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 95-13388 Filed 5-31-95; 8:45 am]
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