[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22854]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory 
committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will 
be open to the public.
    Name of Committee: Food Advisory Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and 
recommendations to the agency on FDA regulatory issues.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on September 25 and 26, 
1997, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: Holiday Inn--Eisenhower Metro Center, Eisenhower Station 
Ballroom, 2460 Eisenhower Ave., Alexandria, VA.
    Contact Person: Lynn A. Larsen, Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition (HFS-5), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW., 
Washington, DC 20204, 202-205-4727, or Catherine M. DeRoever, Advisory 
Committee Staff (HFS-22), 202-205-4251, FAX 202-205-4970, or FDA 
Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in 
the Washington, DC area), code 10564. Please call the Information Line 
for up-to-date information on this meeting.
    Agenda: The committee will be conducting an informational meeting 
during which it will be receiving updates on past issues that were 
referred to the committee and on other activities related to food 
safety. There will also be briefings by the current working groups 
formed to discuss the Final Report from the Keystone National Policy 
Dialogue on Food, Nutrition, and Health, as well as simultaneous 
working group sessions. Two working groups are expected to have work 
products for committee discussion.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or 
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. 
Written submissions may be made to the contact person by September 17, 
1997. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on September 25, 1997. Time allotted 
for each presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal 
oral presentations should notify the contact person before September 
17, 1997, and submit a brief statement of the general nature of the 
evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of 
proposed participants, and an indication of the approximate time 
requested to make their presentation.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: August 21, 1997.
Michael A. Friedman,
Deputy Commissioner for Operations.
[FR Doc. 97-22854 Filed 8-27-97; 8:45 am]
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