Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 212 / Monday, November 3, 1997 / Notices 59339

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 96–046–4]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; OMB Approval Received

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice

announces the Office of Management

and Budget’s approval of a collection of

information contained in the Animal

and Plant Health Inspection Service

final rule amending the regulations

concerning the importation into the

United States of fruits and vegetables.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Cheryl Groves, APHIS Information

Collection Coordinator, AIM, APHIS,

suite 2C48, 4700 River Road Unit 103,

Riverdale, MD 20737–1235, (301) 734–

5086.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On September 25, 1997, we published

in the Federal Register (62 FR 50231–

50237, Docket No. 96–046–3) a final

rule amending the regulations at 7 CFR

part 319, ‘‘Foreign Quarantine Notices.’’

This rule contains information

collection requirements. On October 3,

1997, the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) approved the collection

of information requirements with

respect to this final rule under OMB

control number 0579–0128 (expires

October 31, 2000).

Done in Washington, DC, this 28th day of

October 1997.

Terry L. Medley,

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 97–29019 Filed 10–31–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 97–064N]

National Advisory Committee on

Microbiological Criteria for Foods

Meeting

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Advisory

Committee on Microbiological Criteria

for Foods (NACMCF) will hold a

meeting to discuss microbial-based

topics relating to Risk Assessment, Good

Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Hazard

Analysis and Critical Control Point

(HACCP), and Codex food safety

standards for Cheese, Fresh Produce,

Meat, Poultry, and Seafood.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

November 18–20, 1997, from 8:30 a.m.

to 4:30 p.m. The morning session on

November 18 and the all-day session on

November 20 are designated as full

committee meeting times. The afternoon

session on November 18 and the all-day

session on November 19 will include

several subcommittee breakout sessions.

ADDRESSES: The NACMCF meeting will

be held at the Kellogg Conference Center

at Gallaudet University, Florida and 8th

Streets, NE, in Washington, D.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Committee encourages persons with

information or data on these matters to

present their comments. Persons

interested in making presentations,

submitting technical papers, or

providing comments are requested to

mail or FAX their name, title, firm

name, address, and telephone number to

Ms. Amelia L. Wright, Advisory

Committee Specialist, Scientific

Research Oversight Staff, Department of

Agriculture, Suite 6913, Franklin Court,

1099 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC

20250–3700; FAX (202) 501–7628.

Comments and requests may be

provided by E-mail to: amelia.wright@

usda.gov. Participants may also reserve

time to comment publicly when they

register. Persons requiring a sign

language interpreter or other special

accommodations should contact Ms.

Wright at the above telephone or FAX

numbers by November 9, 1997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will be open to the public on

a space available basis. Persons wishing

to make an oral presentation should

notify Ms. Wright in writing.

Presentations will be scheduled on a

time available basis in accordance with

the timeliness of the written request.

Comments may be made before or after

the meeting. All comments received will

become part of the public record of this

meeting. Technical papers also will be

accepted and made part of the official

record.

NACMCF provides advice and

recommendations to the Secretary of

Agriculture and the Secretary of Health

and Human Services about the

development of microbiological criteria

to assess the safety and wholesomeness

of food. NACMCF also provides

guidance to the Departments of

Commerce and Defense.

Done at Washington, DC, on October 24,

1997.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–29035 Filed 10–31–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 97–059N]

Third Annual Federal/State Conference

on Food Safety

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and

Inspection Service (FSIS), in

cooperation with the Food and Drug

Administration (FDA), an agency of the

Department of Health and Human

Services (HHS), will hold ‘‘The Third

Annual Federal/State Conference on

Food Safety.’’ The conference will focus

on building Federal and State

partnerships to facilitate the

management of food safety concerns at

the State and local levels.

DATES: The conference will be held on

November 20 and 21, 1997, from 8:30

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Registration will begin

at 8:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The conference will be held

at the Ramada Inn, 2600 Auburn

Boulevard, Sacramento, California

95821; telephone (916) 487–7600; FAX

(916) 481–7112.

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

HACCP.Confer@USDA.GOV. If you

require a sign language interpreter or

other accommodations, contact Ms.

Mary Harris at (202) 501–7315.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July

25, 1996, FSIS published a final rule,

‘‘Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis

and Critical Control Point (HACCP)

Systems (61 FR 38806). The rule

introduced sweeping changes to the

inspection of meat and poultry

products. In the preamble of the rule,

FSIS addressed ‘‘farm-to-table’’

strategies which include preventive

approaches to hazards that occur during

transportation, distribution, and retail

sale of meat, poultry, and egg products.

To implement these strategies, close

coordination between Federal and State

governments is necessary.

For the past two years, FSIS has held

a ‘‘Federal/State Conference on Food