[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 12927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6343]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 99-019N]


National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Fresh Produce Subcommittee of the National Advisory 
Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) will hold a 
public meeting on March 29, 1999, to review and discuss its ongoing 
work on sprouts.

DATES: The Fresh Produce Subcommittee will meet at 9:00 a.m. on March 
29, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in Room 1813 Federal Office 
Building 8, 200 C Street, SW, Washington, DC 20240. 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, or by 
FAX 202-501-7366. Comments and requests may be provided by e-mail to 
[email protected]. Submit one original and two copies of comments 
to the FSIS Docket Clerk, Docket No. 99-019N, Room 102, Cotton Annex, 
300 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700. All comments submitted 
in response to this notice will be considered part of the public record 
and will be available for viewing in the Docket Room between 8:30 a.m. 
and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Persons requiring a sign language 
interpreter or other special accommodations should notify Ms. Wright by 
March 24, 1999. All meeting rooms will be wheelchair accessible.
    This meeting is open to the public; however, space is limited and 
will be on a first-come first-serve basis. Please register by March 24, 
1999, by contacting Ms. Catherine M. DeRoever, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, by FAX 202-205-
4970 or by e-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amelia L. Wright, Advisory 
Committee Specialist, Scientific Research Oversight Staff, Food Safety 
and Inspection Service at the address given above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    NACMCF provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the 
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.
    The Fresh Produce Subcommittee will be editing and revising its 
white paper on sprouts. Dr. Robert L. Buchanan, Senior Science Advisor, 
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug 
Administration, will be the subcommittee chair.

    Done at Washington, DC, on March 9, 1999.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-6343 Filed 3-15-99; 8:45 am]
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