[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 149 (Tuesday, August 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41540-41541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20695]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 98-042N]


Meeting on Surviving in a HACCP World

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is co-
sponsoring, with the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
Extension Service (CSREES) and the Livestock Conservation Institute's 
Education Fund for Animal Agriculture (LCI), three one-day workshops on 
``Surviving in a HACCP World.'' This notice provides information of the 
dates and locations of these workshops.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dan Vitiello, Domestic Program 
Manager, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection 
Service, Room 0002 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20250-3700. Telephone: (202) 690-2683.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FSIS and the CSREES are cosponsoring a 
series of one-day workshops with the Livestock Conservation Institute's 
Education Fund for Animal Agriculture (LCI), entitled ``Surviving in a 
HACCP World.'' These workshops will assist those involved in livestock 
production to better understand the complex issues associated with the 
implementation of the FSIS Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point 
Systems (HACCP)/Pathogen Reduction final rule in slaughter 
establishments and its potential effects on the animal production 
community. The intended audience includes animal producers and those 
who communicate regularly with producers, especially small producers, 
to provide information regarding the potential effects of the FSIS 
HACCP/Pathogen Reduction rule on the marketing of livestock.
    The one-day workshops will include discussions on: the Advent of 
HACCP and its Impact on Food Animal Production; an Overview of HACCP 
Implementation; Interpreting the Consumer Response to Food Safety; 
Achieving Buyer Expectation; Creating State-Level Partnerships for 
Producer Food Safety Programs; and Applying Good Management Practices 
in Food Animal Production. A registration fee will be charged--$125.00 
pre-registration and $150.00 on site.
    To pre-register contact the LCI at: LCI Food Safety Workshops, 1910 
Lyda Drive, Bowling Green, KY 42104, Telephone: (502) 782-9798, FAX: 
(502) 782-0188, E-mail: [email protected].
    The one-day workshops will be held as follows:

August 25, 1998
    Columbus, Ohio, Radisson Airport Hotel & Conference Center, 1375 N. 
Cassady Avenue, Phone (614) 475-7551.
August 26, 1998
    Omaha, Nebraska, Embassy Suites Downtown/Old Market, 555 10th 
Street, (402) 346-9000.
August 27, 1998
    Denver, Colorado, Doubletree Hotel Denver, 3203 Quebec Street, 
(303) 321-3333.

    LCI has reserved rooms for the workshop. The cutoff for room 
reservations is August 10, 1998 in Columbus and Omaha and August 12, 
1998 in Denver.
    Done in Washington, DC on: July 28, 1998.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-20695 Filed 8-4-98; 8:45 am]
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