[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 1024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-329]


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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's regulatory issues.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on January 25 and 26, 1999, 
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Location: Holiday Inn, Ballroom, Two Montgomery Village Ave., 
Gaithersburg, MD.
    Contact: Jon F. Scheid, Center for Veterinary Medicine (HFV-12), 
Food and Drug Administration, 7500 Standish Pl., Rockville, MD 20855, 
301-827-6514, 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 a proposed framework on how to 
evaluate the potential public health hazard from resistant pathogens 
and resistance genes associated with the use of antimicrobials in food 
animals.
    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 January 15, 
1999. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on January 26, 1999. Time allotted for 
each presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral 
presentations should notify the contact person before January 15, 1999, 
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: December 31, 1998.
Michael A. Friedman,
Deputy Commissioner for Operations.
[FR Doc. 99-329 Filed 1-6-99; 8:45 am]
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