[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 14390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7582]


      
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 97-023N]


National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for 
Foods; Meeting

    The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for 
Foods (NACMCF) will hold meetings on April 2, 1997, from 2:00 to 5:00 
p.m., on April 3, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on April 4, from 
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Plenary sessions will be held on April 2 and 4, 
and concurrent meetings of six subcommittees will be held on April 3. 
The meetings will be held in the back of the cafeteria of the South 
Agriculture Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20250-3700.
    NACMCF 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 addressed. This includes criteria pertaining to microorganisms 
that indicate whether food has been produced and transported using good 
manufacturing practices.
    Topics to be discussed at the meetings include (1) new subcommittee 
assignments (2) the National Institute for Standards and Technology 
Accreditation Program for Food Microbiology Laboratories and Analysts, 
and (3) the President's National Food Safety Initiative.
    The meetings are open to the public on a space available basis. 
Interested persons may file comments before and after the meeting. 
Comments should be addressed to: Dr. Bonnie Rose, Staff Officer, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 311 
Cotton Annex Building, 300 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3700. 
Background materials and the meeting agenda are available for review by 
contacting Dr. Rose on (202) 205-0212.

    Done at Washington, DC, on March 20, 1997.
    Thomas J. Billy,
    Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-7582 Filed 3-25-97; 8:45 am]
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