[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40373-40376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13707]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[FDA 225-05-2001]


Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Contaminants in Fish 
and Shellfish, Between the United States Food and Drug Administration, 
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water

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's Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Water (OW). The purpose of this MOU 
is to establish a greater collaboration between CFSAN and OW regarding 
environmental contaminants in fish and shellfish and the safety of fish 
and shellfish for consumption by U.S. consumers.

DATES: The agreement became effective June 8, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For CFSAN: Karen Carson, Center for 
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-022), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, 301-
436-1664, e-mail: [email protected].
    For EPA: Jeffrey D. Bigler, National Fish and Wildlife 
Contamination Program, USEPA-4305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, 202-566-0389, FAX: 202-566-0409, e-mail: 
[email protected].

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

    Dated: July 6, 2005.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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