[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 235 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62867-62868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29767]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Grassroots Regulatory Partnership Meeting; Southeast Region, New 
Orleans and Nashville Districts; Seafood Industry

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (Office of External 
Affairs, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Office of the Southeast Region, 

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New Orleans and Nashville Districts, and Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition) is announcing a free public meeting as a followup to 
a meeting held in April 1995. The New Orleans and Nashville Offices of 
FDA will meet with interested persons in the States of Alabama, 
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee to address specific issues of 
concern to the seafood processing industry, other stakeholders, and 
FDA. Because the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference addressed 
the issue of Vibrio vulnificus in raw oysters, this meeting will not 
cover that issue. Any other seafood issue will be open for discussion. 
The agency is holding this meeting to promote the President's 
initiative for a partnership approach between front-line regulators and 
the people affected by the work of regulatory agencies, and to create 
local partnerships.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on Friday, January 19, 1996, 
from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Grand Casino Hotel 
Gulfport, 3305 West Beach Blvd., Gulfport, MS 39501, 601-870-7770 or 1-
800-354-2450.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra S. Baxter, FDA Nashville 
District, 297 Plus Park Blvd., Nashville, TN 37217, 615-781-5372, FAX 
615-781-5383.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of April 20, 1995 
(60 FR 19753), FDA announced that a series of Grassroots Regulatory 
Partnership Meetings would be held. This document announces a followup 
meeting to the one held on April 25, 1995, in Atlanta, GA. Those 
persons interested in attending this public meeting should FAX or send 
their registration, and comments or questions desired to be addressed 
to the meeting to the above contact person by January 5, 1996. There is 
no registration fee for this meeting. However, due to space 
limitations, early registration is required. The goal of this meeting 
is to listen to concerns and ideas of the regulated seafood industry 
and other stakeholders, and to identify possible next steps for the 
agency.

    Dated: December 1, 1995.
William B. Schultz,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 95-29767 Filed 12-6-95; 8:45 am]
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