[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 54119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27528]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Veterinary Medicine 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: Veterinary Medicine 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 November 12 and 13, 
1997, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    Location: Holiday Inn, Goshen Room, Two Montgomery Village Ave., 
Gaithersburg, MD.
    Contact Person: Jacquelyn L. Pace, Center for Veterinary Medicine 
(HFV-200), Food and Drug Administration, 7500 Standish Pl., Rockville, 
MD 20855, 301-594-5920, FAX 301-594-4512, or FDA Advisory Committee 
Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC 
area), code 12546. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date 
information on this meeting.
    Agenda: The committee will discuss veterinary medical issues 
related to the quality standards for the manufacture of animal drugs, 
such as current good manufacturing practices. Requests for the 
tentative questions for committee discussion may be addressed to the 
contact person (address above).
    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 November 5, 
1997. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on November 12, 1997. Time allotted for 
each presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral 
presentations should notify the contact person before November 5, 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: October 9, 1997.
Michael A. Friedman,
Deputy Commissioner for Operations.
[FR Doc. 97-27528 Filed 10-16-97; 8:45 am]
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