[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16245-16246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8653]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Docket No. 98-013N]


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 continue its consideration of Hazard Analysis and Critical 
Control Point (HACCP) inspection models and the roles of Federal, 
State, and local governments in farm-to-table food safety. The 
Committee will begin discussion on five new issues: (1) voluntary and 
mandatory inspection, including exemptions; (2) policy and procedures 
for the recall of food; (3) review of Department of Agriculture 
research policy and budget; (4) the Agency's strategic plan; and (5) 
hands-off lamb inspection. The meeting is open to the public. Written 
comments and suggestions on issues the Committee might consider may be 
submitted to the FSIS Docket Clerk at the above address.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 12, 13, and 14, 1998. 
Subcommittees will meet on May 12 from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. to continue 
work on addressing HACCP inspection models and the roles of governments 
at all levels in farm-to-table food safety. The full Committee will 
meet on May 13, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Subcommittees will 
meet on May 13 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. to continue work on the five new 
issues discussed during the full Committee session. The full Committee 
will meet again from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on May 14, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency On Capitol 
Hill Hotel, 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC; telephone (202) 
737-1234. The full Committee will meet in the Capitol room; 
subcommittees will meet in the Grand Teton, Yosemite, and Glacier 
rooms.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public will be required 
to register at the meeting; no pre-registration is required. For 
further information, contact Michael N. Micchelli at (202) 720-6269, by 
FAX at (202) 690-1030, or e-mail Michael.M[email protected]. A schedule 
of events is available on the FSIS Homepage at http//www.usda.gov/
agency/fsis/homepage.htm. This schedule also is available by FAST FAX, 
FSIS' automated FAX retrieval system at (800) 238-8281 or (202) 690-
3754. The reference number to access FAST FAX is 4000. Send comment on 
issues to be discussed at the May meeting to the FSIS Docket Clerk, 
Docket #98-013N, Room 102, Cotton Annex Building, 300 12th Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20250-3700. Please provide three copies of the comments. 
All comments and the official transcript of the meeting, when it 
becomes available, will be available for review in the Docket Clerk's 
office from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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 recommendation to

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the Secretary on Federal and State meat and poultry programs pursuant 
to sections 7(c), 24, 205, 301(c) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act 
and sections 5(a)(3), 5(c), 8(b), and 11(e) of the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act. The FSIS Administrator is the Committee Chair. 
Committee membership 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 Committee 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
Michael J. Gregory, Tyson's Foods Inc.
Dr. Cheryl Hall, Zacky Farms, Inc.
Dr. Margaret Hardin, National Pork Producers
Alan Janzen, Circle Give 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 Stolzfus, Stolzfus Meats
Dr. David M. Theno, Jr., Foodmaker Inc.

    The Committee has three standing subcommittees to deliberate on 
specific issues and make recommendations to the whole Committee and the 
Secretary of Agriculture. The Committee encourages interested persons 
to attend and submit comments. Space is available on a first-come, 
first-served basis.

    Done in Washington, DC, on: March 26, 1998.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-8653 Filed 4-1-98; 8:45 am]
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