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TABLE 2—REPORTING FOR STATE AGENCIES

Reporting burden per activity (b) 

Form No. 

(c) 

Number of 

respondents 

(d) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(e) 

Estimated total 

annual 

responses 

(c×d) 

(f) 

Hours per 

response 

(g) 

Total burden 

hours 

(e×f) 

State agency notice production ......... N/A 53 4,786 .2452 253, 671 .0167 4,236 .3057 

Responding to phone inquiries and 

informal appeals for State notice ... N/A 153 335 .03773 17,757 .25 4,439 .25 

Responding to formal appeals to 

State ............................................... N/A 53 28 .716981 1,522 .5 761 

Providing documents for formal appeals to FNS .................................. N/A 53 0 .3773584 20 .5 10 

Submit yearly certification letter ......... N/A 53 1 53 .5 26 .5 

System accountability file .................. N/A 53 1 53 11 .5 609 .5 

Address file ........................................ N/A 53 8 424 1 .6346 693 .0704 

Match/No match report ...................... N/A 53 8 424 6 .5 2,756 

Testing New system .......................... N/A 5 1 5 7 35 

State agency profile ........................... N/A 53 1 53 0 .25 13 .25 

Weekly Files ....................................... N/A 53 52 2,756 1 .5 4,134 

Weekly files—Post data ..................... N/A 53 52 2,756 1 .5 4,134 

Summary of Reporting Burden .......... ........................ 1 53 5,273 .4716 279,494 .......................... 21,847 .875 

1States counted once. 

The current reporting burden for 

individuals/households and State 

governments is 380,053 respondents 

and 68,921 hours. The proposed 

reporting burden, totaled from Tables 1 

and 2, is 253,724 respondents and 

48,715.153 hours. This reduction of 

20,205.847 reporting hours is due to a 

combination of fewer notices being 

mailed by States and acted on by 

individuals/households; a decrease in 

required documents and activities for 

State governments; and, changes due to 

agency adjustments. 

TOP places a recordkeeping burden 

on State governments which is 

contained in the following Table 3. 

There is no recordkeeping burden for 

individuals and households. 

TABLE 3—RECORDKEEPING FOR STATE AGENCIES

Recordkeeping burden per activity (b) 

Form No. 

(c) 

Number of 

respondents 

(d) 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

(e) 

Estimated total 

annual 

responses 

(c×d) 

(f) 

Hours per 

response 

(g) 

Total burden 

hours 

(e×f) 

Weekly Files ............................................. N/A 53 52 2,756 0.25 689 

Summary of Recordkeeping Burden ....... ........................ 1 53 52 2,756 ........................ 689 

1States counted once. 

The current recordkeeping burden is 

based on 53 respondents and 530 

burden hours. The proposed burden is 

for 53 respondents and 689 hours. This 

represents an increase of 159 

recordkeeping hours due to the way that 

responses are considered with a 

corresponding reduction in the time per 

response. 

Dated: August 11, 2009. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–19721 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2009–0023] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary 

Uses 

AGENCY: Office of the Acting Under 

Secretary for Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Acting 

Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), and 

the Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA), U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS), are sponsoring 

a public meeting on October 8, 2009. 

The objective of the public meeting is to 

provide information and receive public 

comments on agenda items and draft 

United States positions that will be 

discussed at the 31st Session of the 

Codex Committee on Nutrition and 

Foods for Special Dietary Uses 

(CCNFSDU) of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission (Codex), which will be 

held in Du ̈ sseldorf, Germany on 

November 2–November 6, 2009. In 

addition, a working group will meet on 

October 31st on the Development of 

Nutrient Reference Values for Nutrients 

Associated with Increased or Decreased 

Risk of Non-communicable Diseases. 

The Acting Under Secretary for Food 

Safety and FDA recognize the 

importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 31st 

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DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Thursday, October 8, 2009, from 1 

p.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held in the Auditorium (1A003), Food 

and Drug Administration, Harvey Wiley 

Federal Building, 5100 Paint Branch 

Parkway, College Park, MD 20740. 

Parking is adjacent to this building and 

will be available at no charge to 

individuals who pre-register by the date 

below (See Pre-Registration). In 

addition, the College Park metro station 

is across the street. Codex documents 

related to the 31st Session of the 

CCNFSDU will be accessible via the 

World Wide Web at the following 

address: http:// 

www.codexalimentarius.net/ 

current.asp. 

Pre-Registration: To gain admittance 

to this meeting, individuals must 

present a photo ID for identification and 

also are required to pre-register. In 

addition, no cameras or videotaping 

equipment will be permitted in the 

meeting room. To pre-register, please 

send the following information to this email address (nancy.crane@fda.hhs.gov) 

by October 1st, 2009: 

—Your Name. 

—Organization. 

—Mailing Address. 

—Phone number. 

—E-mail address. 

For Further Information about the 

31st Session of the CCNFSDU Contact: 

Nancy Crane, Assistant to the U.S. 

Delegate to the CCNFSDU, Office of 

Nutrition, Labeling and Dietary 

Supplements, Center for Food Safety 

and Applied Nutrition, FDA, 5100 Paint 

Branch Parkway (HFS–830), College 

Park, MD 20740, Phone: (301) 436–1450, 

Fax: (301) 436–2636, E-mail: 

nancy.crane@fda.hhs.gov. 

For Further Information about the 

Public Meeting Contact: Doreen ChenMoulec, Staff Officer, U.S. Codex Office, 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

(FSIS), Room 4861, South Building, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250, Phone: (202) 

720–4063, Fax: (202) 720–3157, e-mail: 

Doreen.chen-moulec@fsis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Codex Alimentarius Commission 

(Codex) was established in 1963 by two 

United Nations organizations, the Food 

and Agriculture Organization and the 

World Health Organization. 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 that fair practices are used 

in trade. 

The CCNFSDU was established to 

study specific nutritional problems 

assigned to it by the Codex and advise 

the Codex on general nutritional issues; 

to draft general provisions as 

appropriate, concerning the nutritional 

aspects of all foods; to develop 

standards, guidelines, or related texts 

for foods for special dietary uses, in 

cooperation with other committees 

when necessary; and to consider, amend 

if necessary, and endorse provisions on 

nutritional aspects proposed for 

inclusion in Codex standards, 

guidelines, and related texts. The 

Committee is hosted by the Federal 

Republic of Germany. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the agenda for 

the 31st Session of the Committee will 

be discussed during the public meeting: 

• Matters Referred to the Committee 

from Other Codex Bodies. 

• List of Methods for Dietary Fiber. 

• Proposed Draft Additional or 

Revised Nutrient Reference Values for 

Labeling Purposes in the Codex 

Guidelines on Nutrition Labeling. 

• Proposal for New Work to Amend 

the Codex General Principles for the 

Addition of Essential Nutrients to Foods 

(Revised). 

• Proposal for New Work to Establish 

a Standard for Processed Cereal-Based 

Foods for Underweight Infants and 

Young Children (Revised). 

• Proposal to Revise the Codex 

Guidelines on Formulated 

Supplementary Foods for Older Infants 

and Young Children (Revised). 

• Discussion Paper on Nutrient 

Reference Values for Nutrients 

Associated with Risk of 

Noncommunicable Diseases. 

Each issue listed will be fully 

described in documents distributed, or 

to be distributed, by the Secretariat prior 

to the meeting. Members of the public 

may access copies of these documents at 

http://www.codexalimentarius.net/ 

current.asp. 

Public Meeting 

At the October 8, 2009, public 

meeting, draft U.S. positions on these 

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 the U.S. 

Delegate for the 31st Session of the 

CCNFSDU, Dr. Barbara Schneeman, at 

CCNFSDU@fda.hhs.gov. Written 

comments should state that they relate 

to activities of the 31st Session of the 

CCNFSDU. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, in an effort to 

ensure that minorities, women, and 

persons with disabilities are aware of 

this notice, FSIS will announce it online 

through the FSIS Web page located at 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/ 

2009_Notices_Index/. FSIS will also 

make copies of this Federal Register 

publication available through the FSIS 

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provide information regarding FSIS 

policies, procedures, regulations, 

Federal Register notices, FSIS public 

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that could affect or would be of interest 

to constituents and stakeholders. The 

FSIS Constituent Update is 

communicated via Listserv, a free 

electronic mail subscription service for 

industry, trade groups, consumer 

interest groups, health professionals, 

and other individuals who have asked 

to be included. The FSIS Constituent 

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Web page, FSIS is able to provide 

information to a much broader and more 

diverse audience. In addition, FSIS 

offers an electronic mail subscription 

service which provides automatic and 

customized access to selected food 

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email_subscription/. Options range from 

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Done at Washington, DC on August 17, 

2009. 

Barbara McNiff, 

Acting U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

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Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and 

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Food for Peace; Announcement of 

Food for Peace Draft Title II Proposal 

Guidance and Program Policies Fiscal 

Year 2010; Notice 

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Development and Assistance Act of 

1954 (Pub. L. 480, as amended), notice 

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