[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16257-16267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7241]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[FDA 225-01-8001]


Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States Food and 
Drug Administration and National Fisheries Service, Ministry of 
Economy, Development, and Reconstruction, Republic of Chile Covering 
the Sanitary Control of Fresh and Frozen Molluscan Shellfish Exported 
From the Republic of Chile to the United States

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of 
a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between FDA, Department of Health 
and Human Services, United States of America and the National Fisheries 
Service, Ministry of Economy, Development, and Reconstruction, Republic 
of Chile. This agreement renews the cooperative work arrangement 
concerning the safety and wholesomeness of fresh and frozen oysters, 
clams, and mussels exported to the United States from Chile, which 
expired by its terms on May 18, 1999. The purpose of this agreement is 
to assist in assuring aquacultural fresh or frozen molluscan shellfish 
exported from Chile and offered for import into the United States will 
continue to be safe and wholesome, and will be harvested, processed, 
transported, and labeled in accordance with the sanitation principles 
of the United States National Shellfish Sanitation Program and the U.S. 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and other related public health 
laws.

DATES: The agreement became effective February 23, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angel M. Suarez, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-628), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-401-7338.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 21 CFR 20.108(c), which 
states that all written agreements and MOU's between FDA and others 
shall be published in the Federal Register the agency is publishing 
notice of this MOU.

    Dated: March 14, 2001.
Ann M. Witt,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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[FR Doc. 01-7241 Filed 3-22-01; 8:45 am]
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