[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58054-58055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22829]
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 200 / Wednesday, October 20, 2021 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2021-0024]
National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice is announcing a public meeting of the full
Committee and Subcommittees from November 17, 2021 to November 19,
2021. The Committee will discuss the following two new charges:
Enhancing Salmonella Control in Poultry Products and Cyclospora
cayetanensis Contamination.
DATES: The full Committee will hold an open meeting on Wednesday,
November 17, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST. The Subcommittees
on Enhancing Salmonella Control in Poultry Products and Cyclospora
cayetanensis Contamination, will hold concurrent open Subcommittee
meetings on Wednesday, November 17, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.;
Thursday November 18, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST.; and
Friday, November 19, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The Committee meetings will be held virtually. Attendees
must pre-register at https://ems8.intellor.com?do=register&t=1&p=841219
to receive a link for the meeting, dial-in number, access code, and
unique Attendee ID for the Wednesday November 17, 2021 plenary meeting.
There will be an opportunity to provide oral comments during the public
meeting. Speakers are limited to three minutes during the public
comment period. Attendees must notify FSIS during registration of their
wish to speak at the meeting. FSIS will do its best to accommodate all
registered persons who request to provide oral comments. Attendees
should also indicate if they are interested in attending any of the
Subcommittee meetings so FSIS can provide links for those meetings.
The NACMCF charges to be presented will be available at: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/federal-register-rulemaking/federal-register-notices.
Agenda: FSIS will finalize an agenda on or before the meeting date
and post it on FSIS' website at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/news-events/events-meetings.
Please note that the meeting agenda is subject to change due to the
time required to present and discuss new charges; thus, sessions could
end earlier or later than anticipated. Please plan accordingly if you
would like to attend this meeting. Also, the official transcript of the
November 17, 2021 full Committee meeting, when it becomes available,
will be available on FSIS' website at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/news-events/events-meetings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons with additional questions
should contact Dr. Evelyne Mbandi: Phone: (202) 690-6537; Email:
[email protected]. Sign Language Interpretation: Persons requiring a sign
language interpreter or other special accommodations should notify Dr.
Mbandi by November 3, 2021.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The NACMCF was established in 1988, in response to a recommendation
of the National Academy of Sciences for an interagency approach to
microbiological criteria for foods, and in response to a recommendation
of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, as
expressed in the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies
Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 1988. The charter for the NACMCF is
available for viewing on FSIS' website at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/advisory-committees/national-advisory-committee-microbiological-criteria-foods-nacmcf. The NACMCF provides scientific advice and
recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services on public health issues relative to the
safety and wholesomeness of the U.S. food supply, including development
of microbiological criteria and review and evaluation of
epidemiological and risk assessment data and methodologies for
assessing microbiological hazards in foods. The Committee also provides
scientific advice and recommendations to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and the Departments of Commerce and Defense. Ms.
Sandra Eskin, Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, USDA, is the
Committee Chair; Dr. Susan T. Mayne, Director of the Food and Drug
Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN),
is the Vice-Chair; and Mr. John J. Jarosh, FSIS, is the Director of the
NACMCF Secretariat and Designated Federal Officer. Charges reviewed and
approved by NACMCF Executive Committee deliberations will be made
available by FSIS to the public prior to the Plenary Session on FSIS'
website.
Disclaimer: NACMCF documents and comments posted on FSIS' website
are electronic conversions from a variety of source formats. In some
cases, document conversion may result in character translation or
formatting errors. The original document is the official, legal copy.
To meet the electronic and information technology accessibility
standards in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, NACMCF may add
alternate text descriptors for non-text elements (graphs, charts,
tables, multimedia, etc.). These modifications only affect the internet
copies of the documents. Copyrighted documents will not be posted on
FSIS' website, but will be available for inspection in the FSIS Docket
Room. FSIS will announce this Federal Register publication on-line
through the FSIS web page located at: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/federal-register-rulemaking/federal-register-notices. FSIS also will
make copies of this publication available through the FSIS Constituent
Update, which is used to provide information regarding FSIS policies,
procedures, regulations, Federal Register notices, FSIS public
meetings, and other types of information that could affect or would be
of interest to our constituents and stakeholders. The Constituent
Update is available on the FSIS web page. Through the web page, FSIS is
able to provide information to a much broader, more diverse audience.
In addition, FSIS offers an email subscription service which provides
automatic and customized access to selected food safety news and
information. This
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service is available at: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/news-events/news-press-releases/news-feeds-subscriptions. Options range from recalls to
export information, regulations, directives, and notices. Customers can
add or delete subscriptions themselves and have the option to password
protect their accounts.
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[email protected].
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
Dated: October 15, 2021.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
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