[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 132 (Thursday, July 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 37012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18080]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 97-043 N]


Meeting; Fresh Produce Subcommittee of the National Advisory 
Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Fresh Produce Subcommittee of the National Advisory 
Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods will hold a public 
meeting on July 24 and 25, 1997, to discuss detection and control of 
Cyclospora, a pathogen found on fresh fruits and vegetables.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on July 24 
and 25, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Marriott Hotel at Metro 
Center, 775 12th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005; telephone (202) 737-
2200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Interested persons may file comments 
before and after the meeting. Address all comments to Dr. Richard L. 
Ellis, Director, Scientific Research Oversight Staff, Department of 
Agriculture, FSIS, Suite 6913 Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th Street 
NW, Washington, DC 20250-3700 or FAX to (202) 501-7628.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subcommittee will be discussing 
Cyclospora on fresh produce and the draft white paper on foodborne 
outbreaks related to raspberries, lettuce, and other produce that the 
subcommittee is preparing. A final research paper will be presented at 
the next full session of the Committee in August 1997. The Subcommittee 
meeting is open to the public on a space available basis.
    The Committee provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary 
of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
concerning the development of microbiological criteria by which the 
safety and wholesomeness of food can be assessed.

    Done at Washington, DC, on July 7, 1997.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-18080 Filed 7-9-97; 8:45 am]
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