Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 34 / Thursday, February 20, 1997 / Notices 7749

on March 30, 1995, and June 12, 1995,

respectively. AMS has determined that

it is appropriate to extend the testmarket period for cooked products until

a final determination is made regarding

changes to the standards for both readyto-cook and cooked products. This will

also allow additional time for the

industry to utilize the tentative

standards for cooked, boneless-skinless

products.

Dated: February 13, 1997.

Lon Hatamiya,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–4111 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

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Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 97–003N]

President’s National Food Safety

Initiative

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The United States Department

of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety

and Inspection Service (FSIS) and

Research, Education, and Economics;

The Department of Health and Human

Services’ Food and Drug Administration

(FDA) and Centers for Disease Control;

and the Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) will convene a public

meeting to discuss the ‘‘President’s

National Food Safety Initiative.’’ At this

meeting, participants will be briefed on

the purpose of the President’s initiative

and on the agenda for a second public

meeting to be held in April. The goal of

the April meeting will be to discuss and

develop, for the President,

comprehensive recommendations for

reducing, to the greatest extent possible,

the annual incidence of foodborne

illness by enhancing the safety of the

Nation’s food supply.

DATES: The meeting will be held from

9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on March 5,

1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Jefferson Auditorium, 1400

Independence Ave, SW, Washington,

DC 20250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

register for the meeting, contact Lisa

Parks at (202) 501–7138, FAX (202)

501–7642, or E-mail usdafsis/

s=confer@mhs.attmail.com. For

questions about the meeting or to obtain

copies of a draft report, contact Mr.

Charles Danner, FSIS at (202) 501–7138

or Ms. Caren Carson, FDA at (202) 205–

5140. Copies of the draft report also are

available from the following: FSIS at

http://www.usda.gov/fsis or FDA at

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 25, 1997, the President directed

the Secretaries of USDA and HHS and

the Administrator of the EPA to work

with consumers, producers, industry,

States, universities, and the public to

identify ways to further improve the

safety of our food supply through

government and private sector action,

including public private partnerships,

and make recommendations to the

President. The President requested that

the recommendations identify steps to

further improve surveillance,

inspection, research, risk assessment,

education, and coordination among

local, State, and Federal health

authorities.

To carry out the President’s initiative,

two public meetings will be held. At the

first meeting, government officials will

discuss the current thinking on the

President’s six areas of concern. They

also will discuss the agenda and goal of

the meeting to be held in April.

At the April meeting, participants will

be asked to identify problems and

provide recommendations related to the

President’s six areas of concern. A

second Federal Register notice will be

published that provides additional

information about the time, location,

and focus of the April meeting.

Done at Washington, DC, on: February 13,

1997.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–4124 Filed 2–14–97; 9:54 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES BOARD

[Docket 6–97]

Foreign-Trade Zone 182—Fort Wayne,

Indiana Area Application for Expansion

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the City of Fort Wayne,

Indiana, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone

182, requesting authority to expand its

zone in the Fort Wayne, Indiana area.

The Fort Wayne International Airport is

a Customs user fee airport facility

designated by the U.S. Customs Service.

The application was submitted pursuant

to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a81u), and the regulations of the Board

(15 CFR Part 400). It was formally filed

on February 5, 1997.

FTZ 182 was approved on December

23, 1991 (Board Order 549, 57 F.R. 1450,

1/14/92). The general-purpose zone

currently consists of three sites: Site 1

(16,000 sq. ft.)—public warehouse at

315 East Wallace Street, Fort Wayne;

Site 2 (17,500 sq. ft.)—public warehouse

at 2122 Bremer Road, Fort Wayne; and,

Site 3 (50 acres)—Air Trade Center at

the Fort Wayne International Airport,

Fort Wayne.

The applicant is now requesting

authority to expand Site 3 to include the

entire Air Trade Center and to add an

additional site to its zone project. Site 3

at the Air Trade Center, adjacent to the

Fort Wayne International Airport would

be expanded to cover 443 acres; and,

proposed Site 4 would cover 41 acres on

3 contiguous parcels at 1515 Riverfork

Drive West, approximately 20 miles

from the Fort Wayne International

Airport, Huntington. Stride Rite

Children’s Group, Inc. (a subsidiary of

Stride Rite Corporation), will be leasing

one of the parcels for its warehousing

needs. No specific manufacturing

requests are being made at this time.

Such requests would be made to the

Board on a case-by-case basis.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff

has been designated examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

Public comment on the application is

invited from interested parties.

Submissions (original and 3 copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is April 21, 1997. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to May 6, 1997).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

Huntington Chamber of Commerce, 305

Warren Street, Huntington, IN 46750

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

3716, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230

Dated: February 10, 1997.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–4220 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

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