[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66418-66423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31576]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Cooperative Arrangement Between the United States Departments of 
Health and Human Services and Agriculture and the Secretariats of 
Health and Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fish, and Food of 
the United Mexican States Regarding Cooperative Activities to Enhance 
the Safety of Food for Human Consumption

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY:  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of 
a cooperative arrangement between the Department of Health and Human 
Services and the Department of Agriculture of the United States of 
America and the Secretariat of Health and the Secretariat of 
Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fish, and Food of the United 
Mexican States. The purpose of this arrangement is to strengthen 
existing scientific and public health protection cooperative activities 
related to the regulation of the safety of food to achieve a reduction 
in the incidence of foodborne illnesses in both countries.

DATES:  The arrangement became effective September 4, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Camille Brewer, International 
Activities Coordinator for Food, Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition (HFS-032), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW., 
Washington, DC 20204, 202-260-2314. (After December 14, 2001, the 
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's address will be 5100 
Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This cooperative arrangement is being 
published in accordance with 21 CFR 20.108(c) which states that all 
written agreements and memoranda of understanding between FDA and 
others shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: December 13, 2001.
Margaret M. Dotzel,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
    The arrangement is set forth in its entirety as follows:
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