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Vol. 75, No. 57 

Thursday, March 25, 2010 

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT 

FOUNDATION 

African Development Foundation, 

Board of Directors Meeting 

Time: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 9:30 

a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Place: African Development 

Foundation, Conference Room, 1400 I 

Street, NW., Suite 1000, Washington, 

DC 20005. 

Dates: Tuesday, April 13, 2010. 

Status: 

1. Open session, Tuesday, April 13, 

2010, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.; and 

2. Closed session, Tuesday, April 13, 

2010, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. 

Due to security requirements and 

limited seating, all individuals wishing 

to attend the open session of the 

meeting must notify Michele M. Rivard 

at (202) 673–3916 or mrivard@usadf.gov 

of your request to attend by 5 p.m. on 

Thursday, April 8, 2010. 

Lloyd O. Pierson, 

President & CEO, USADF. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6659 Filed 3–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6117–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2010–0009] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Food Labeling 

AGENCY: Office of Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Food Safety, 

United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA), and the Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA), are sponsoring a 

public meeting on April 7, 2010. 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 38th Session of the 

Codex Committee on Food Labeling 

(CCFL) of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission (Codex), which will be 

held in Quebec City, Canada, May 3–7, 

2010. The Office of Food Safety and the 

FDA recognize the importance of 

providing interested parties the 

opportunity to obtain background 

information on the 38th Session of the 

CCFL and to address items on the 

agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for April 7, 2010, from 2 to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the USDA, Jamie L. Whitten 

Building, Room 107–A, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. Documents 

related to the 38th Session of the CCFL 

will be accessible via the World Wide 

Web at the following address: http:// 

www.codexalimentarius.net/ 

current.asp. 

The U.S. Delegate to the 38th Session 

of the CCFL, Barbara Schneeman, and 

the FDA invite interested U.S. parties to 

submit their comments electronically to 

the following e-mail address: 

Ritu.Nalubola@fda.hhs.gov. 

Registration: 

If you would like to participate in the 

public meeting by telephone conference, 

please use the following call-in number 

and passcode: Call-in Number: 1–866– 

692–3158. Passcode: 5986642. 

For Further Information About the 

38th Session of the CCFL Contact: 

Doreen Chen-Moulec, U.S. Codex 

Office, Food Safety and Inspection 

Service (FSIS), Room 4861, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250, Phone: (202) 

205–7760, Fax: (202) 720–3157, E-mail: 

Doreen.Chen-Moulec@fsis.usda.gov. 

For Further Information About the 

Public Meeting Contact: Doreen ChenMoulec, U.S. Codex Office, FSIS, Room 

4861, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250, Phone: (202) 

205–7760, Fax: (202) 720–3157, E-mail: 

Doreen.Chen-Moulec@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 

seeks to protect the health of consumers 

and ensure that fair practices are used 

in trade. 

The CCFL is responsible for drafting 

provisions on labeling applicable to all 

foods; considering, amending if 

necessary, and endorsing draft specific 

provisions on labeling of draft 

standards, codes of practice and 

guidelines prepared by other Codex 

Committees; studying specific labeling 

problems assigned to it by the Codex 

Commission; and studying problems 

associated with the advertisement of 

food with particular reference to claims 

and misleading descriptions. 

The Committee is chaired by Canada. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the agenda for 

the 38th Session of the CCFL will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

• Matters Referred to the Committee 

by other Codex Bodies 

• Consideration of Labeling 

Provisions in Draft Codex Standards 

• Implementation of the WHO Global 

Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity, and 

Health 

(a) Proposed Draft Revision of the 

Guidelines on Nutrition Labeling 

Concerning the List of Nutrients that are 

always Declared on a Voluntary or 

Mandatory Basis 

(b) Discussion Paper on Issues Related 

to Mandatory Nutrition Labeling 

(c) Proposed Draft Criteria and 

Principles for Legibility and Readability 

of Nutrition Labels 

(d) Discussion Paper on Labeling 

Provisions Dealing with the Food 

Ingredients Identified in the Global 

Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity, and 

Health 

• Guidelines for the Production, 

Processing, Labeling and Marketing of 

Organically Produced Foods: 

Annex 1: Inclusion of Ethylene for 

Other Products 

• Labeling of Foods and Food 

Ingredients Obtained through Certain 

Techniques of Genetic Modification/ 

Genetic Engineering 

(a) Draft Amendment to the General 

Standard for the Labeling of 

Prepackaged Foods: Definitions 

• Discussion Paper on the Need to 

Amend the General Standard for the 

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