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ground turkey, and turkey roasts. The

amounts of each item purchased will

depend on the prices the Department

must pay, as well as the quantity of each

item requested by the States. Changes in

agricultural market conditions may

result in the availability of additional

types of commodities or the nonavailability of one or more types listed

above. State officials will be responsible

for determining how to allocate the

commodities each State receives among

eligible organizations. States have full

discretion in determining the amount of

commodities that will be made available

to organizations for distribution to

needy households for use in homeprepared meals or for providing

prepared meals to the needy at

congregate feeding sites.

Dated: January 11, 2000.

Samuel Chambers, Jr.,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 00–1575 Filed 1–20–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 00–002N]

Codex Alimentarius: 4th Session of the

Codex Committee on Milk and Milk

Products

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting,

request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing

Service and the Food Safety and

Inspection Service (FSIS), U.S.

Department of Agriculture; and the

Food and Drug Administration, U.S.

Department of Health and Human

Services, are sponsoring a public

meeting on February 15, 2000, to

provide information and receive public

comments on agenda items that will be

discussed at the 4th Session of the

Codex Committee on Milk and Milk

Products, which will be held in

Wellington, New Zealand, on February

28–March 3, 2000.

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled

for Tuesday, February 15, 2000, from

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be

held in Room 0745, South Agriculture

Building, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, 14th Street and

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20250. To receive

copies of the documents referenced in

the notice contact the 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/waicent/faoinfo/economic/

esn/codex/ccmmp4/MM00 01E.htm.

When submitting comments, send an

original and two copies to the FSIS

Docket Clerk and reference the Docket #

00–002N and the appropriate document

number. All comments submitted will

be available for public inspection in the

Docket Clerk’s Office between 8:30 a.m.

and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Clerkin, Associate U.S.

Manager for Codex, FSIS, Room 4861,

South Agriculture 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 Patrick J.

Clerkin, telephone (202) 205–7760; Fax

(202) 720–3157.

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 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. Draft Standard for Unripened

Cheeses including Fresh Cheese at Step

7.

3. Review of the Proposed Draft and

Draft Revised Standards: Cream;

Fermented Milk Products; Dairy

Spreads; Processed Cheese; Individual

Cheeses; Whey Powders; and Edible

Casein Products; at Step 4.

4. Heat Treatment Definitions.

5. Model Export Certificate for Milk

Products.

6. Review of Proposals for New

Standards for ‘‘Parmesan’’ and ‘‘Cheese

Speciality’’.

Each issue listed will be fully

described in documents distributed, or

to be distributed, by the New Zealand

Secretariat to the Meeting. Members of

the public may access or request copies

of these documents (see ADDRESSES).

Additional Public Notification

Public awareness of all segments of

rulemaking and policy development are

important. Consequently, in an effort to

better ensure that minorities, women,

and persons with disabilities are aware

of this public meeting, FSIS will

announce it and provide copies of this

Federal Register publication in the FSIS

Constituent Update. FSIS provides a

weekly FSIS Constituent Update, which

is communicated via fax to over 300

organizations and individuals. 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 fax list

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

these various channels, FSIS is able to

provide information to a much broader,

more diverse audience. For more

information and to be added to the

constituent fax list, fax your request to

the Congressional and Public Affairs

Office, at (202) 720–5704.

Done at Washington, DC on: January 19,

2000.

F. Edward Scarbrough,

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.

[FR Doc. 00–1662 Filed 1–21–00; 8:45 am]

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