[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 176 (Monday, September 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 54856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23163]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Food 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: Food 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 September 26, 2000, 8:30 
a.m. to 5 p.m. and September 27, 2000, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
    Location: Hilton Towers (Ballston Metro Stop), Gallery I and II, 
950 North Stafford St., Arlington, VA.
    Contact Person: Catherine M. DeRoever, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition (HFS-6), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW., 
Washington, DC 20204, 202-205-4251, FAX 202-205-4970, or e-mail: 
[email protected]., or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 
1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 10564. 
Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this 
meeting.
    Agenda: On September 26 and 27, 2000, the committee will meet to 
discuss existing information and needs with respect to probiotics.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or 
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee 
(such as the use of probiotics in foods, probiotics and the immune 
system, probiotics and infants, etc). Written submissions may be made 
to the contact person by September 20, 2000. Oral presentations from 
the public will be scheduled between approximately 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 
p.m. on September 26, 2000. Time allotted for each presentation may be 
limited. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify 
the contact person before September 20, 2000, 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: August 29, 2000.
Linda A. Suydam,
Senior Associate Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 00-23163 Filed 9-8-00; 8:45 am]
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