[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45944-45945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18876]
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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 170 / Tuesday, September 3, 2019 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
U.S. Codex Office
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Food Hygiene
AGENCY: U.S. Codex Office, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S Codex Office is sponsoring a public meeting on
September 26, 2019. The objective of the public meeting is to provide
information and receive public comments on agenda items and draft
United States (U.S.) positions to be discussed at the 51st Session of
the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission, in Cleveland, Ohio, November 4-8, 2019. The U.S. Manager
for Codex Alimentarius and the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign
Agricultural Affairs recognize the importance of providing interested
parties the opportunity to obtain background information on the 51st
Session of the CCFH and to address items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for September 26, 2019, from
1:00-4:00 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will take place in Meeting Room 107-A of
the Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20250.
Documents related to the 51st Session of the CCFH will be accessible
via the internet at the following address: http://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/meetings/en/.
Ms. Jenny Scott, U.S. Delegate to the 51st Session of the CCFH,
invites U.S. interested parties to submit their comments electronically
to the following email address: [email protected].
Call-In-Number: If you wish to participate in the public meeting
for the 51st Session of the CCFH by conference call, please use the
call-in-number: 888-844-9904 and participant code 5126092.
Registration: Attendees may register to attend the public meeting
by emailing [email protected] by September 23, 2019. Early registration
is encouraged because it will expedite entry into the building. The
meeting will take place in a Federal building. Attendees should bring
photo identification and plan for adequate time to pass through the
security screening systems. Attendees who are not able to attend the
meeting in person, but who wish to participate, may do so by phone, as
discussed above.
For Further Information about the 51st Session of the CCFH, contact
U.S. Delegate, Ms. Jenny Scott, Senior Advisor, Office of Food Safety,
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, 5001 Campus Drive (HFS-300), Room 3B-014, College Park,
MD 20740, Phone: +1 (240) 402-2166, Fax: +1 (301) 436-2632,
[email protected].
For Further Information about the public meeting Contact: U.S.
Codex Office, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 4861, South Agriculture
Building, Washington, DC 20250. Phone (202) 720 7760, Fax: (202) 720-
3157, Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Codex was established in 1963 by two United Nations organizations,
the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health
Organization (WHO). Through adoption of food standards, codes of
practice, and other guidelines developed by its committees, and by
promoting their adoption and implementation by governments, Codex seeks
to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair practices in the
food trade.
The Terms of Reference of the Codex Committee on CCFH are:
(a) Developing basic provisions on food hygiene, applicable to all
food or to specific food types;
(b) Considering and amending or endorsing provisions on food
hygiene contained in Codex commodity standards and codes of practice
developed by Codex commodity committees;
(c) Considering specific food hygiene problems assigned to it by
the Commission;
(d) Suggesting and prioritizing areas where there is a need for
microbiological risk assessment at the international level and
developing questions to be addressed by the risk assessors; and
(e) Considering microbiological risk management matters in relation
to food hygiene and in relation to the FAO/WHO risk assessments.
The CCFH is hosted by the United States. The United States attends
the CCFH as a member country of Codex.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting
The following items on the Agenda for the 51st Session of the CCFH
will be discussed during the public meeting:
Matters referred by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and/or
other Codex Subsidiary Bodies to the Committee
Matters arising from the Work of FAO and WHO
Information from the World Organisation for Animal Health
(OIE)
Proposed draft code of practice on food allergen management
for food business operators
[cir] Comments in reply to CL 2019/69-FH
Proposed draft revision of the General Principles of Food
Hygiene (CXC 1-1969) and its HACCP Annex
[cir] Comments in reply to CL 2019/70-FH
Proposed draft guidance for the management of biological
foodborne outbreaks
[cir] Comments in reply to CL 2019/71-FH
Proposed draft guidelines for the control of Shiga toxin-
producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in beef, unpasteurized milk and
cheese produced from unpasteurized milk, leafy greens, and sprouts
[cir] Comments in reply to CL 2019/72-FH
Discussion paper on principles for the safe use of water in
food processing
Other Business and Future Work:
[cir] (a) New Work/Forward Workplan (Proposals in reply to CL 2019/50-
FH)
Public Meeting
At the September 26, 2019, public meeting, draft U.S. positions on
the agenda items will be described and discussed, and attendees will
have the opportunity to pose questions and offer comments. Written
comments may be offered at the meeting or sent to Ms. Jenny Scott, U.S.
Delegate for the 51st Session of the CCFH (see ADDRESSES).
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Written comments should state that they relate to activities of the
51st Session of the CCFH.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy
development is important. Consequently, the U.S. Codex Office will
announce this Federal Register publication on-line through the USDA web
page located at: http://www.usda.gov/codex, a link that also offers an
email subscription service providing access to information related to
Codex. Customers can add or delete their subscription themselves and
have the option to password protect their accounts.
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to USDA by mail, fax, or email.
Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of
Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410.
Fax: (202) 690-7442, Email: [email protected].
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for
communication (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact
USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
Done at Washington DC, on August 21,2019.
Mary Lowe,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
[FR Doc. 2019-18876 Filed 8-30-19; 8:45 am]
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