[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 149 (Friday, August 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 43287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15048]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


ODS Analytical Methods and Reference Materials Program 
Stakeholders' Meeting Notice

    Notice is hereby given of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 
Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) Analytical Methods and Reference 
Materials Program Stakeholders' Meeting to be held Monday, September 
10, 2007, in the Lister Hill Auditorium on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and will be open to 
the public.
    In fiscal year (FY) 2002, Congress addressed the need for support 
of analytical methods and reference materials development related to 
dietary supplements. The congressional appropriations language 
supported an increased ODS budget for several topics, including 
analytical methods and reference materials. The Senate language called 
for ``ODS to allocate sufficient funds to speed up an ongoing 
collaborative effort to develop and disseminate validated analytical 
methods and reference materials for the most commonly used botanicals 
and other dietary supplements.''
    On February 8, 2002, ODS held a public meeting to solicit comments 
to assist ODS in designing an overall strategy for implementing the 
congressional mandate to foster development and validation of 
analytical methods and reference materials for dietary supplements.
    In FY 2004 and 2005, Congress again used similar language 
supporting the Analytical Methods and Reference Materials (AMRM) 
program in the ODS appropriations.
    The purpose of the proposed meeting on September 10, 2007, is to 
state the progress that has been made by the AMRM program since its 
inception five years ago and to receive comments on directions for the 
next five years. The meeting is intended to seek stakeholder comments 
that will assist us with the continued implementation of an overall 
strategy for research, development, validation, and dissemination of 
analytical methods and standard reference materials for dietary 
supplement ingredients. The sponsor of this meeting is the NIH Office 
of Dietary Supplements.
    Registration: Ms. Channet Williams of the American Institutes of 
Research will be coordinating the registration for this meeting. To 
register, please forward your name and complete mailing address, 
including phone number, via e-mail to [email protected]. If you don't 
have access to e-mail, please call Ms. Williams at 301-592-2130. 
American Institutes for Research's mailing address is 10720 Columbia 
Pike, Silver Spring, Maryland 20901. Registration information, as well 
as background information about the AMRM program, is available at 
http://www.ods.od.nih.gov.
    If you wish to make an oral presentation during the meeting, you 
must indicate this when you register and submit the following 
information: (1) A brief written statement of the general nature of the 
statement that you wish to present, (2) the names and addresses of the 
person(s) who will give the presentation, and (3) the approximate 
length of time that you are requesting for your presentation. Depending 
on the number of people who register to make presentations, we may have 
to limit the time allotted for each presentation.

    Please Note: The NIH has instituted new security measures to 
ensure the safety of NIH employees and property. All visitors must 
be prepared to show a photo ID upon request. Visitors may be 
required to pass through a metal detector and have bags, backpacks, 
or purses inspected or x-rayed as they enter NIH buildings. For more 
information about the new security measures at NIH, please visit the 
Web site at http://www.nih.gov/about/visitorsecurity.htm.


    Dated: July 25, 2007.
Elias A. Zerhouni,
Director, National Institutes of Health.
 [FR Doc. E7-15048 Filed 8-2-07; 8:45 am]
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