[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 46244]
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[FR Doc No: 97-23250]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 97-044N]


National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection; 
Public Meeting

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection 
will meet to plan Committee activities for FY 1998 and consider three 
policy issues: (1) interstate shipment of State-inspected product; (2) 
hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) inspection models; 
and (3) inspection resource management in a HACCP environment. The 
third topic includes the issues of inspection coverage at 
establishments with HACCP systems and overtime, second-shift, and 
holiday inspection service at such establishments. The Committee also 
will consider issues to be addressed at future meetings.
    All interested parties are welcome to attend the meeting and to 
submit written comments and suggestions concerning issues the Committee 
might consider.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 9 and 10, 1997, from 9 
a.m. until 3 p.m., and on September 11, 1997, from 9 a.m. till 12 noon.
    COMMENTS: Please send written comments on topics the Committee 
might consider during FY 1998 to the Food Safety and Inspection Service 
(FSIS) Docket Clerk: DOCKET 97-044N, Room 102 Cotton Annex Building, 
300 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20250. Comments may also be sent 
by facsimile (202-205-0381). The comments and the official transcript 
of the meeting, when it becomes available, will be kept in the Docket 
Clerk's office.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Washington Plaza Hotel, 
10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005 (202) 842-1300.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register for the meeting, contact 
Michael N. Micchelli at (202) 720-6269, FAX (202) 690-1030, or E-mail 
Michael.M[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 12, 1997, the Secretary of 
Agriculture renewed the charter for the Advisory Committee on Meat and 
Poultry Inspection. The Committee provides advice and recommendations 
to the Secretary of Agriculture pertaining to Federal and State meat 
and poultry inspection programs pursuant to sections 7(c), 24, 205, 301 
(a)(3), and 301(c) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) and 
sections 5(a)(3), 5(c), 8(b), and 11(e) of the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act (PPIA).
    The Administrator of FSIS is the chairperson of the Committee. 
Membership of the Committee is drawn from representatives of consumer 
groups, producers, processors, and marketers from the meat and poultry 
industry, and State government officials. The current members of the 
National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection are:

Dr. Deloran M. Allen, Excel Corporation
Dr. William L. Brown, ABC Research Corporation
Terry Burkhardt, Wisconsin Bureau of Meat Safety and Inspection
Caroline Smith-DeWaal, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Nancy Donley, Safe Tables Our Priority
Carol Tucker Foreman, Safe Food Coalition
Michael J. Gregory, Hudson Foods Inc.
Dr. Cheryl Hall, Foster Farms, Inc.
Dr. Margaret Hardin, National Pork Producers
Alan Janzen, Circle Five Feedyards, Inc.
Dr. Daniel E. LaFontaine, South Carolina Meat-Poultry Inspection 
Department
Dr. Dale Morse, New York Office of Public Health; Rosemary Mucklow, 
National Meat Association
William Rosser, Texas Department of Public Health
J. Myron Stoltzfus, Stoltzfus Meats
Dr. David M. Theno, Jr., Foodmaker Inc.

    At the public meeting, the Committee will organize itself to study 
the issues before it. The Committee may decide to form subcommittees to 
deliberate on specific issues and make recommendations to the whole 
Committee and the Secretary of Agriculture.
    The three principal topics that the Committee will consider at the 
meeting are: (1) Interstate shipment of State-inspected product; (2) 
the development of HACCP-based inspection models; and (3) inspection 
resource management in a HACCP environment. The third topic concerns, 
among other matters, establishment reimbursement of FSIS for overtime, 
second-shift, and holiday inspection service.
    For some time after January 26, 1998, when HACCP-based inspection 
is implemented in large establishments, FSIS will continue assigning as 
many inspectors per establishment as it does currently. FSIS also will 
continue charging establishments for second-shift and overtime 
inspection service on the same basis as at present. However, FSIS 
realizes that new patterns of inspection coverage will be necessary as 
inspection task priorities change in establishments operating HACCP 
systems. From the experience gained in administering HACCP-based 
inspection, and through public discussions, the Agency expects to 
develop a policy on inspection coverage of establishments. The Agency 
expects the Committee's recommendations to weigh heavily in any final 
decisions on this matter.
    In addition to discussion of the major topics identified for this 
meeting, the Committee will consider issues to be discussed in future 
meetings.
    The meeting is open to the public on a space-available basis. 
Interested persons will have an opportunity to discuss issues relating 
to the activities of the committee and may file comments with the 
Committee in the manner described above in COMMENTS.
    Done in Washington, DC: August 26, 1997.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator, Food Safety Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 97-23250 Filed 8-27-97; 3:24 pm]
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