[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 7468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4040]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service


Title: FNB Workshop on Folate, Vitamin B-12, and Choline

AGENCY: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, HHS.

ACTION: Food and Nutrition Board Workshop on Folate, B-12, and Choline; 
notice of meeting and request for information.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Nutrition Board (FNB), Institute of Medicine, 
National Academy of Sciences, under the auspices of the Standing 
Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes, 
will hold an open workshop to address the nutrients folate, vitamin B-
12, and choline.

DATES: The open meeting will be held from 12:30 until 5:30 p.m. E.S.T. 
on March 3, 1997, and from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. E.S.T. on March 4, 
1997, at the Jefferson Auditorium, U.S. Department of Agriculture South 
Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. The 
meeting is open to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Diane Johnson, Program Assistant, 
Food and Nutrition Board, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 
D.C. 20418, (202) 334-1312, or send an e-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Speakers have been invited to present 
evidence bearing on requirements and adverse effects, if any, of high 
levels of intake of folate, vitamin B-12, and choline. Information 
presented will be considered by the committee in its development of 
Dietary Reference Intakes for these nutrients. Interested individuals 
and organizations are encouraged to provide written scientific 
information for the committee's use. Those wishing to be considered for 
a brief oral presentation should submit an abstract with references to 
FNB, 2101 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20418, by February 24, 
1997. The study for which this meeting is being held is supported by 
the Department of Health and Human Services (Office of Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and Science; 
the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for 
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention; and the Office of Dietary Supplements, National 
Institutes of Health).
    The meeting is open to the public; however seating is limited. If 
you will require a sign language interpreter, please call Diane Johnson 
(202) 334-1312 by 4:30 p.m. E.S.T. on February 21, 1997.

    Dated: February 6, 1997.
Claude Earl Fox,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion), Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 97-4040 Filed 2-18-97; 8:45 am]
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