[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 119 (Friday, June 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33583-33584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16391]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 97-042N]


HACCP-Based Meat and Poultry Inspection Concepts; Public Meeting 
Time and Date Extension

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is seeking 
comments on new inspection models for meat and poultry establishments 
where Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) Systems are 
being implemented. Because members of the public have expressed a high 
level of interest in participating in the public meeting scheduled to 
be held on this subject, FSIS is extending the meeting an additional 
half day.

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for June 24, 1997, from 8 a.m. 
to 5 p.m. and for June 25, 1997, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in Galleries 1, 2, and 3 of 
the Arlington Hilton Hotel, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 
22203. Comments are welcome at any time. Please submit written comments 
to Ms. Patricia Stolfa, Assistant Deputy Administrator, Office of 
Policy, Program Development and Evaluation, Room 402 Cotton Annex, 300 
12th Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-3700. Comments may also be 
provided by facsimile (202-401-1760).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register for the public meeting, 
contact Ms. Mary Gioglio at (202) 501-7244, (202) 501-7138, or FAX 
(202) 501-7642. Persons wishing to speak at the public meeting are 
requested to submit an advance written summary of their remarks. Please 
submit written summaries pertaining to in-plant and/or in distribution 
inspection concepts to Ms. Patricia Stolfa, (see ADDRESSES).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FSIS recently published a Federal Register 
notice concerning a public meeting to discuss the development of new 
inspection models (62 FR 31533; June 10, 1997). The public meeting was 
originally scheduled to begin and end on one day, June 24, 1997. Since 
publication of the notice, FSIS has received numerous comments from 
members of the public expressing interest in attending and 
participating in discussions at the meeting. FSIS has decided that, to 
better accommodate participants, the meeting should be

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extended for an additional half day, to run through the morning hours 
of June 25, 1997.
    Even though the time for the meeting is being extended, FSIS is 
aware of concerns among those planning to attend that there still may 
not be enough time for presentations on inspection-related topics. 
Accordingly, meeting participants are requested to limit the duration 
of their oral remarks to 5 minutes. The official transcript of the 
meeting will be held open for the inclusion of participants' written 
remarks.
    FSIS will make available at the meeting copies of short papers 
representing the Agency's current thinking on a number of topics 
relating to HACCP-based meat and poultry inspection. Comments or 
information on the ideas presented in these papers will be welcome.

    Done, at Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1997.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-16391 Filed 6-18-97; 2:33 pm]
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