[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81876-81877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33021]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) 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). At least one 
portion of the meeting will be closed to the public.
    Name of Committee: Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) 
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 18, 2001, 8:30 
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and January 19, 2001, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
    Location: Holiday Inn, Versailles Ballrooms I and II, 8120 
Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD.
    Contact Person: William Freas or Sheila D. Langford, Center for 
Biologics Evaluation and Research (HFM-71), Food and Drug 
Administration, 1401 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, 301-827-0314, 
or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-
0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 12392. Please call the 
Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.
    Agenda: On January 18, 2001, the committee will discuss whether 
recent information about new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (nvCJD) 
in France and bovine spongiform encephalopathy in France and other 
European countries suggests a need to reconsider FDA policies on 
suitability of blood donors who lived or traveled in those countries. 
In the afternoon, the committee will discuss the risks of Creutzfeldt-
Jakob disease (CJD) and vCJD transmission by human cells, tissues and 
cellular and tissue-based products intended for implantation, 
transplantation, infusion, or transfer that are currently or proposed 
to be regulated by FDA, and the possible deferral of donors who have 
resided in the United Kingdom. On January 19, 2001, the committee will 
discuss issues related to deer and elk infected with or exposed to 
chronic wasting disease in the United States and potential for human 
exposure. In the afternoon, the committee will discuss whether a 
history of possible exposure to various animal transmissible spongiform 
encephalopathy agents should be considered by FDA in determining 
suitability of blood donors.
    Procedure: On January 18, 2001, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 
January 19, 2001, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the meeting is open to 
the public. 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 12, 2001. Oral 
presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 
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a.m. to 10:50 a.m., and 3 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. on January 18, 2001; and 
between 10:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m., and 3 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. on January 
19, 2001. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. Those 
desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact 
person before January 12, 2001, 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.
    Closed Committee Deliberations: On January 18, 2001, from 5 p.m. to 
5:30 p.m., the meeting will be closed to permit discussion and review 
of trade secret and/or confidential information (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)). 
This portion of the meeting will be closed to permit discussion of this 
material.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: December 18, 2000.
Linda A. Suydam,
Senior Associate Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 00-33021 Filed 12-26-00; 8:45 am]
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