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Vol. 77, No. 101 

Thursday, May 24, 2012 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0012] 

Secretary’s Advisory Committee on 

Animal Health; Notice of Solicitation 

for Membership 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of solicitation for 

membership. 

SUMMARY: We are giving notice that the 

Secretary is soliciting nominations for 

membership for this Committee to serve 

for 2- to 3-year staggered terms. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to 

nominations received on or before July 

9, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Completed nomination 

forms should be sent to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

R.J. Cabrera, Writing, Editing, and 

Regulatory Coordination, VS, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 35, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1231; (301) 851–3478, email: 

rj.cabrera@aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Secretary’s Advisory Committee on 

Animal Health (SACAH or the 

Committee) advises the Secretary of 

Agriculture on strategies, policies, and 

programs to prevent, control, or 

eradicate animal diseases. The 

Committee considers agricultural 

initiatives of national scope and 

significance and advises on matters of 

public health, conservation of national 

resources, stability of livestock 

economies, livestock disease 

management and traceability strategies, 

prioritizing animal health imperatives, 

and other related aspects of agriculture. 

The Committee Chairperson and Vice 

Chairperson are elected by the 

Committee from among its members. 

Terms will expire for the current 

members of the Committee in August 

2012. We are soliciting nominations 

from interested organizations and 

individuals. An organization may 

nominate individuals from within or 

outside its membership. Nomination 

forms are available on the Internet at 

http://www.ocio.usda.gov/forms/doc/ 

AD-755.pdf or may be obtained from the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. The Secretary 

will select members to obtain the 

broadest possible representation on the 

Committee, in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. App.2) and U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) Regulation 1041–1. 

Equal opportunity practices, in line 

with the USDA policies, will be 

followed in all appointments to the 

Committee. To ensure that the 

recommendations of the Committee 

have taken into account the needs of the 

diverse groups served by the 

Department, membership should 

include, to the extent practicable, 

individuals with demonstrated ability to 

represent minorities, women, and 

persons with disabilities. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of 

May 2012. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–12686 Filed 5–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2012–0029] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Under 

Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), is 

sponsoring a public meeting on June 5, 

2012. The objective of the public 

meeting is to provide information and 

receive public comments on agenda 

items and draft United States (U.S.) 

positions that will be discussed at the 

35th Session of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission (CAC), which will be held 

in Rome, Italy, July 2–7, 2012. The 

Under Secretary for Food Safety 

recognizes the importance of providing 

interested parties the opportunity to 

obtain background information on the 

35th Session of the CAC and to address 

items on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Tuesday, June 5, 2012, from 1:00– 

4:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at The Jamie L. Whitten Building, 

USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW., Room 107–A, Washington, DC 

20250. Documents related to the 35th 

Session of the CAC will be accessible 

via the World Wide Web at the 

following address: http:// 

www.codexalimentarius.org/meetingsreports/en/. 

The U.S. Delegate to the 35th Session 

of the CAC invites U.S. interested 

parties to submit their comments 

electronically to the following email 

address: Barbara.McNiff@fsis.usda.gov. 

Call-In Number 

If you wish to participate in the 

public meeting for the 35th Session of 

the CAC, by conference call, please use 

the call-in number and participant code 

listed below: 

Call in Number: 1–888–858–2144. 

Participant Code: 6208658. 

For Further Information About the 

35th Session of the CAC Contact: 

Barbara McNiff, U.S. Codex Office, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., Room 4861, 

Washington, DC, 20250, Telephone: 

(202) 690–4719, Fax: (202) 720–3157, 

Email: Barbara.Mcniff@fsis.usda.gov. 

For Further Information About the 

Public Meeting Contact: Jasmine Curtis, 

U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Room 4865, Washington, 

DC 20250, Telephone: (202) 690–1124, 

Fax: (202) 720–3157, Email: 

Jasmine.Curtis@fsis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Codex was established in 1963 by two 

United Nations organizations, the Food 

and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and 

the World Health Organization (WHO). 

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 


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