5120 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 22 / Tuesday, February 3, 2004 / Notices 

at (202) 720–9113. To be added to the 

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Done at Washington, DC, on January 29, 

2004. 

F. Edward Scarbrough, 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.

[FR Doc. 04–2133 Filed 2–2–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. 03–046N] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Sixth Session of the Codex Committee 

on Milk and Milk Products

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection, 

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Under 

Secretary for Food Safety, and the 

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), 

of the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA), and the Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA), of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (DHHS), are sponsoring a 

public meeting on April 13, 2004, to 

review the technical content of the 

agenda item documents and receive 

comments on all issues coming before 

the Sixth Session of the Codex 

Committee on Milk and Milk Products, 

which will be held in Auckland, New 

Zealand, April 26–30, 2004.

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Tuesday, April 13, 2004, from 9 a.m. 

to 12 noon.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held in Room 3501, South Agriculture 

Building, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 14th Street and 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. 

To receive copies of documents 

relevant to this notice, contact the Food 

Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) 

Docket Room, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, FSIS, Room 102, Cotton 

Annex, 300 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–3700. The 

documents will also become accessible 

via the World Wide Web at the 

following address: http://www.fao.org/

codexalimentarius.net. Send comments, 

in triplicate, to the FSIS Docket Room 

and reference Docket #03–046N. All 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be available for public 

inspection in the FSIS Docket Room 

between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Syed Amjad Ali, International Issues 

Analyst; Telephone: (202) 205–7760; 

Fax: (202) 720–3157. Persons requiring 

a sign language interpreter or other 

special accommodations should notify 

Mr. Ali at the above number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background 

Codex was established in 1962 by two 

United Nations organizations, the Food 

and Agriculture Organization and the 

World Health Organization. Codex is the 

major international organization for 

encouraging fair international trade in 

food and protecting the health and 

economic interests of consumers. 

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 ensure that the world’s food 

supply is sound, wholesome, free from 

adulteration and correctly labeled. 

The Codex Committee on Milk and 

Milk Products was established to 

elaborate codes and standards for Milk 

and Milk Products. The Government of 

New Zealand hosts this committee and 

will chair the committee meeting. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following specific issues will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

1. Matters referred by the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission and other 

Codex committees. 

2. Review of the Proposed Draft and 

Draft Revised Standards: Dairy Spreads; 

Processed Cheese; Individual Cheeses; 

and Whey Cheeses. 

3. Proposed Standards for Products in 

Which Milkfat is Substituted for by 

Vegetable Fat. 

4. Model Export Certificate for Milk 

Products. 

5. Review of Proposals for New 

Standards for ‘‘Parmesan’’, Fermented 

Milk Drinks/Products, ‘‘Cheese 

Specialities’’, and a proposal to revise 

the Codex Standard for Extra Hard 

Grating Cheese. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, in an effort to 

better ensure that minorities, women, 

and persons with disabilities are aware 

of this notice, FSIS will announce it and 

make copies of this Federal Register

publication available through the FSIS 

Constituent Update. FSIS provides a 

weekly Constituent Update, which is 

communicated via Listserv, a free e-mail 

subscription service. In addition, the 

update is available on-line through the 

FSIS web page located at http://

www.fsis.usda.gov. The update is used 

to provide information regarding FSIS 

policies, procedures, regulations, 

Federal Register notices, FSIS public 

meetings, recalls, and any other types of 

information that could affect or would 

be of interest to our constituents/

stakeholders. The constituent Listserv 

consists of industry, trade, and farm 

groups, consumer interest groups, allied 

health professionals, scientific 

professionals, and other individuals that 

have requested to be included. Through 

the Listserv and web page, FSIS is able 

to provide information to a much 

broader, more diverse audience. 

For more information contact the 

Congressional and Public Affairs Office, 

at (202) 720–9113. To be added to the 

free e-mail subscription service 

(Listserv) go to the ‘‘Constituent 

Update’’ page on the FSIS web site at 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/update/

update.htm. Click on the ‘‘Subscribe to 

the Constituent Update Listserv’’ link, 

then fill out and submit the form.

Done at Washington, DC, on January 29, 

2004. 

F. Edward Scarbrough, 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.

[FR Doc. 04–2134 Filed 2–2–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. 03–047N] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 36th 

Session of the Codex Committee on 

Food Additives and Contaminants

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Under 

Secretary for Food Safety, United States 

Department of Agriculture, and the 

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, are sponsoring a public 

meeting on February 9, 2004, to provide 

information and receive public 

comments on agenda items that will be 

discussed at the meeting of the Codex 

Committee on Food Additives and 

Contaminants (CCFAC), which will be 

held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 

March 22–26, 2004. The Under