[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 155 (Friday, August 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 42233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20160]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Veterinary Medicine 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: Veterinary Medicine 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 13 and 14, 
2001, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: The DoubleTree Hotel, Plaza Rooms I, II, and III, 1750 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD.
    Contact: Aleta Sindelar, Center for Veterinary Medicine (HFV-3), 
Food and Drug Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., Rockville, MD 20855, 
301-827-4515, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-
8138 (301-443-0572) in the Washington, DC area), code 12546. Please 
call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.
    Agenda: On September 13 and 14, 2001, the committee will seek 
recommendations on the issue of import tolerances under the provisions 
of the Animal Drug Availability Act of 1996 (ADAA). The ADAA authorizes 
FDA to establish drug residue tolerances (import tolerances) for 
imported food products of animal origin for drugs that are used in 
exporting countries, but that are unapproved new animal drugs in the 
United States. Food products of animal origin that are in compliance 
with the import tolerance may be imported into the United States. 
Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, FDA is publishing an 
advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that details the 
consideration of proposing a regulation for establishing import 
tolerances. The agency intends to consider the comments made at the 
advisory committee meeting and the written comments received in 
response to the ANPRM in drafting the proposed regulation. The comments 
should be sent to Docket No. 01N-0284. Background information including 
the legislative history for import tolerances, the domestic regulation 
of drug residues, and enforcement issues will be made available to the 
Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee members and the public in 
advance of the meeting and posted on the Center for Veterinary Medicine 
home page (http://www.fda.gov/cvm). A limited number of paper copies of 
the background information will be available at the registration table 
on September 13, 2001.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or 
views, orally or in writing, on the import tolerance issue pending 
before the committee. Written submissions may be made to the contact 
person by August 31, 2001. Oral presentations from the public are 
tentatively scheduled for the afternoon of September 14, 2001. The time 
allotted for each presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make 
oral presentations should notify the contact person before August 31, 
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. You will be notified of your 
allotted time prior to the meeting. Your entire statement should be 
submitted for the record.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: July 13, 2001.
Bonnie H. Malkin,
Special Assistant to the Senior Associate Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 01-20160 Filed 8-8-01; 11:44 am]
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