Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 22 / Tuesday, February 3, 2004 / Notices 5119

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. 03–045N] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Thirty-sixth Session of the Codex 

Committee on Food Hygiene

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, of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), and 

the Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA), of the Department of Health and 

Human Services, are sponsoring a 

public meeting on February 24, 2004, to 

present and receive comment on draft 

United States positions on all issues 

coming before the Thirty-sixth Session 

of the Codex Committee on Food 

Hygiene (CCFH), which will be held in 

Washington, DC, March 29–April 3, 

2004.

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Tuesday, February 24, 2004, from 1 

p.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held in the Harvey Wiley Federal 

Building, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, 

College Park, MD, 20740, in Conference 

Room 1A003. 

To receive copies of the documents 

relevant to this notice, contact the Food 

Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) 

Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, Room 102, Cotton Annex, 300 

12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20250–3700. The documents will also 

be accessible via the World Wide Web 

at the following address: http://

www.fao.org/codexalimentarius.net.

Send comments, (an original and two 

copies) to the FSIS Docket Clerk and 

reference Docket #03–045N. 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 A. Ali, International Issues 

Analyst, U.S. Codex Office, Food Safety 

and Inspection Service, Room 4861, 

South Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

3700, 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 numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background 

The Codex Alimentarius Commission 

(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 Food Hygiene was 

established to draft basic provisions on 

food hygiene for all foods. The 

Government of the United States 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/or Other 

Codex Committees to the Food Hygiene 

Committee. 

2. Endorsement of Hygiene Provisions 

in the Codex Standards and Codes of 

Practice: 

• Proposed Draft Code of Practice for 

Fish and Fishery Products: Section 2.2 

and 2.6 of Definitions, Section 6—

Aquaculture and Section 10—

Processing of Quick-Frozen Coated Fish 

Products. 

• Draft Standard for Salted Atlantic 

Herring and Salted Sprat.

3. Proposed Draft Code of Hygienic 

Practice for Milk and Milk Products at 

Step 7. 

4. Discussion Papers on the 

Management of the Work of the 

Committee: 

• Proposed Draft Process by which 

the Committee on Food Hygiene Could 

Undertake its Work in Microbiological 

Risk Assessment/Risk Management. 

• Discussion Paper on the 

Development of Process, Procedures and 

Criteria to Establish Priorities for the 

Work of the Codex Committee on Food 

Hygiene. 

• Discussion Paper on the 

Development of Options for a CrossCommittee Interaction Process. 

5. Proposed Draft Principles and 

Guidelines for the Conduct of 

Microbiological Risk Management at 

Step 4. 

6. Proposed Draft Guidelines on the 

Application of General Principles of 

Food Hygiene to the [Management] of 

Listeria Monocytogenes in Foods at Step 

4. 

7. Proposed Draft Revision of the 

Code of Hygienic Practice for Egg 

Products (CAC/RCP 15–1976, amended 

1985) at Step 4. 

8. Proposed Draft Guidelines for the 

Validation of Food Hygiene Control 

Measures at Step 4. 

9. Reports of the ad hoc Expert 

Consultations on Risk Assessment of 

Microbiological Hazards in Food and 

Related Matters: 

• Discussion Paper on Risk 

Management Strategies for 

Campylobacter ssp. In Poultry. 

• Risk Profile for Enterohemorragic E. 

coli Including the Identification of the 

Commodities of Concern, Including 

Sprouts, Ground Beef and Pork. 

• Discussion Paper on Risk 

Management Strategies for Samonella

ssp. In Poultry. 

10. Discussion Paper on the Proposed 

Draft Revision of the Recommended 

International Code of Hygienic Practice 

for Foods for Infants and Children. 

• Risk Profile for E. sakazakii.

11. Proposed Draft Guidelines for the 

Hygienic Reuse of Processing Water in 

Food Plants. 

12. Discussion Paper on Proposed 

Draft Guidelines for Evaluating 

Objectionable Matter in Food. 

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 FSIS Constituent Update, which 

is communicated via Listserv, a free email 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, 

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

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. 04–2133 Filed 2–2–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P

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