[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 12835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6709]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service


Second Food and Nutrition Board Workshop on B Vitamins

AGENCY: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Public 
Health Service, DHHS.

ACTION: Second Food and Nutrition Board Workshop on B Vitamins; 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 thiamin, 
riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B-6, pantothenic acid, and biotin.

DATES: The open meeting will be held from 12:30 until 5:30 p.m. P.D.T. 
on May 20, 1997, and from 8:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. P.D.T. on March 
21, 1997, at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center Auditorium, National 
Academy of Sciences and Engineering, 100 Academy Drive, Irvine, 
California. The meeting is open to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diane Johnson, Program Assistant, Food and Nutrition Board, 2101 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 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 thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B-6, 
pantothenic acid, and biotin. 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 May 2, 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; Division of Nutrition 
and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention 
and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and 
Office of Dietary Supplements, Office of Disease Prevention, 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 at (202) 334-1312 by 4:30 p.m. E.D.T. on May 
12, 1997.
Claude Earl Fox,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 97-6709 Filed 3-17-97; 8:45 am]
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