[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 118 (Friday, June 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35372-35373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15124]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2015-N-0001]


Announcement of Food and Drug Administration Demo Day for the 
2014 Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Challenge; Public Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

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ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing a 
public meeting entitled ``Demo Day for the 2014 FDA Food Safety 
Challenge.'' The 2014 FDA Food Safety Challenge (http://www.foodsafetychallenge.com) is a prize competition under the America 
COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 which granted us (and other 
federal Agencies) broad authority to conduct prize competitions to spur 
innovation, solve tough problems, and advance our core mission. The 
purpose of the public meeting is for each of the five challenge 
finalists to present their concepts to the judges for selection of one 
or more winners.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on July 7, 2015, from 1 p.m. to 
5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., Wiley Building 
Auditorium (Rm. 1A003-AR), College Park, MD 20740. Parking is extremely 
limited, so we encourage public meeting participants to use public 
transportation (Metro: College Park-U of MD station on the Green Line). 
Entrance for the public meeting participants (non-FDA employees) is 
through the main entrance of the Wiley Building where routine security 
check procedures will be performed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chad P. Nelson, Office of Foods and 
Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire 
Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-4643, FAX: 301-847-3534, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The 2014 FDA Food Safety Challenge is a prize competition under the 
America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-358) which 
granted us (and other federal Agencies) broad authority to conduct 
prize competitions to spur innovation, solve tough problems, and 
advance our core mission. In the 2014 FDA Food Safety Challenge, we 
asked for potential breakthrough ideas on how to find disease-causing 
organisms--especially Salmonella--in food. We encouraged food safety 
experts, such as scientists, academics, entrepreneurs, and innovators, 
to participate in the challenge and to develop concepts specifically to 
address the detection of Salmonella in minimally processed fresh 
produce and the ability of a solution to address testing for other 
microbial pathogens and in other foods. The panel of food safety and 
pathogen detection experts from FDA, the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture will judge the 
finalists' concepts and select a winner or winners.

II. Registration and Webcast Information

    If you are interested in attending the meeting, submit your online 
registration information (including name, title, firm name, address, 
telephone number, and email) by June 29, 2015 at: http://www.foodsafetychallenge.com/demoday/. There is no registration fee for 
the public meeting. Early registration is recommended because seating 
is limited. There will be no onsite registration.
    If you need special accommodations due to disability, please 
contact Chad Nelson (see Contact Person) at least 7 days in advance.
    For those who are unable to attend in person, the public meeting 
will also be Webcast. Information about how to register to view the 
live Webcast of this meeting will be provided on the Challenge Web site 
at http://foodsafetychallenge.com/demoday/.

    Dated: June 16, 2015.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-15124 Filed 6-18-15; 8:45 am]
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