[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3962]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Docket No. 99-007N]


National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria 
for Foods (NACMCF) will hold a public meeting on February 24-26, 1999 
to review and discuss ongoing and completed issues on meat and poultry, 
fresh produce, and Codex.

DATES: The full committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. on February 24, 1999. 
On February 25, the subcommittees will meet, and the full committee 
will reconvene on February 26.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Doubletree Hotel Park 
Terrace on Embassy Row, 1515 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons interested in making a 
presentation, submitting technical papers, or providing comments should 
contact Ms. Amelia L. Wright, Advisory Committee Specialist, Scientific 
Research Oversight Staff, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 
Department of Agriculture, Suite 6913, Franklin Court, 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700, by mail or FAX 
(202) 501-7366. Comments and requests may be provided by E-mail to 
[email protected]. Written comments may be submitted to the FSIS 
Docket Clerk, 102 Cotton Annex Building, 300 12th Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20250-3700. Persons requiring a sign language 
interpreter or other special accommodations should notify Ms. Wright by 
February 15, 1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In addition to reviewing issues regarding 
meat, poultry, fresh produce, and Codex, the Committee will receive new 
requests from the sponsoring agencies. Dr. I. Kaye Wachsmuth, Deputy 
Administrator, Office of Public Health and Science, FSIS, will be the 
Committee Chair.
    NACMCF provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the 
development of microbiological safety and wholesomeness of food by 
assessing available data as it relates to the human health consequences 
of food safety. The Committee also provides guidance to the Departments 
of Commerce and Defense.

    Done at Washington, DC, on February 11, 1999.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-3962 Filed 2-17-99; 8:45 am]
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