[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6708-6709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3180]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. 02-103-2]


Public Meeting; Veterinary Biologics

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of cancellation of meeting.

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SUMMARY: We are advising producers and users of veterinary biologics, 
and other interested individuals, that our planned 12th public meeting 
on veterinary biologics, which was scheduled to be held March 31 
through April 2, 2003, is canceled.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Richard E. Hill, Jr., Director, 
Center for Veterinary Biologics, Veterinary Services, APHIS, 510 South 
17th Street, Suite 104, Ames, IA 50010-8197; phone (515) 232-5785, fax 
(515) 232-7120, or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a document published in the Federal 
Register on November 26, 2002 (67 FR 70714, Docket No. 02-103-1), we 
gave notice that we would be holding a public meeting March 31 through 
April 2, 2003, in Ames, IA. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss 
regulatory and

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policy issues related to the manufacture, distribution, and use of 
veterinary biological products. Due to an outbreak of exotic Newcastle 
disease in commercial and non-commercial poultry flocks in Southern 
California and Nevada, Center for Veterinary Biologics personnel have 
been detailed to those States to assist with efforts to control the 
spread of the outbreak, and this has interfered with our ability to 
finalize the meeting agenda. We are, therefore, canceling the meeting 
that had been scheduled for March 31 through April 2, 2003. We regret 
any inconvenience caused by this cancellation.

    Done in Washington, DC this 4th day of February 2003.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 03-3180 Filed 2-7-03; 8:45 am]
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