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Vol. 62, No. 160

Tuesday, August 19, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 97–046N]

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 97N–0322]

Technical Meeting on Shell Eggs and

Egg Products Risk Assessment

AGENCIES: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA; Food and Drug

Administration, FDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Agriculture’s Food Safety and

Inspection Service (FSIS) and the

Department of Health and Human

Services’ Food and Drug Administration

(FDA) are holding a joint technical

meeting to present and solicit data

necessary to create a risk assessment for

shell eggs and egg products. The

meeting will focus on the information

concerning the parameter values for a

risk assessment of Salmonella

enteritidis in shell eggs and egg

products; consumer preparation and

consumption patterns of these products;

human illness linked to shell eggs and

egg products; and potential intervention

strategies at various points along the

shell egg and egg product production

chain.

DATES: The meeting will be held from

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., September 3,

1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Ellipse Conference Center at

Ballston, in the National Rural Electric

Cooperative Association Building, 4301

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Va 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To register for the meeting, contact Ms.

Traci Phebus at (202) 501–7138, FAX

(202) 501–7642, or E-mail to

Confer@USDA.GOV. Participants may

reserve a 5-minute public comment

period when they register. Space will be

allocated on a first come, first served

basis. Technical papers will be accepted

and made part of the official record.

They should be sent to Ms. Mary Harris,

FSIS, Planning Office, 6904 Franklin

Court Building, Washington, DC 20250–

3700.

Copies of a draft report, ‘‘Parameter

Values for a Risk Assessment of

Salmonella enteritidis in Shell Eggs and

Egg Products,’’ will be available after

August 18. To receive a copy, contact

Ms. Harris at (202) 501–7315. Copies

also will be available from the

following: FSIS at http://www.usda.gov/

fsis. Participants who require a sign

language interpreter or other special

accommodations should contact Ms.

Harris at the above telephone or FAX

(202) 501–7642 by August 25, 1997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Salmonella enteritidis (SE) is one of

the leading causes of foodborne illness

in the United States, with an estimated

1.8 to 2.5 million cases each year.

USDA’s Economic Research Service

estimates that medical costs, loss of

productivity, and loss of life associated

with salmonellosis range from $0.6 to

$3.5 billion annually. Further,

Salmonella enteritidis has been one of

the most frequently implicated strains of

Salmonella since the mid 1980’s and

currently accounts for more than a

quarter of all isolates reported to the

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention. USDA and FDA, therefore,

believe it is important to evaluate the

risk of foodborne illness from SE from

the consumption of eggs and egg

products and to begin to identify

intervention options that are most

effective in reducing the public health

risk in a cost-effective manner.

USDA and FDA are conducting a

chick-to-table quantitative risk

assessment for shell eggs and egg

products to establish the unmitigated

risk of foodborne illness with emphasis

on Salmonella enteritidis, evaluate

various risk mitigation strategies,

identify data needs and prioritize future

data collection efforts.

FSIS and FDA share Federal

jurisdiction over the safety of eggs and

egg products and wish to identify

actions they might take themselves, or

in concert with other Agencies,

organizations, or persons, to decrease

the food safety risks associated with

shell eggs and egg products.

Alternatives under consideration

include guidance, cooperative programs,

market-based solutions, and regulations.

The Agencies are particularly interested

in mitigations that have been successful

in marketing channels and the costs of

those mitigations.

Done at Washington, DC, on: August 13,

1997.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection

Service.

Janice F. Oliver,

Deputy Director, Systems and Support, Center

for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food

and Drug Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–21839 Filed 8–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–122–822]

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon

Steel Flat Products From Canada:

Amended Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 19, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rick Johnston, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:

(202) 482–3793.

Scope of This Review

The merchandise under review is

certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel

flat products. Although the Hamonized

Tariff Schedule of the United States

(HTSUS) subheadings are provided for

convenience and customs purposes, the

written description of the merchandise

under investigation is dispositive.

These products include flat-rolled

carbon steel products, of rectangular

shape, either clad, plated, or coated

with corrosion-resistant metals such as

zinc, aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-,

nickel- or iron-based alloys, whether or

not corrugated or painted, varnished or

coated with plastics or other