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Vol. 83, No. 173 

Thursday, September 6, 2018 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Announcement of Intent To Establish 

the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory 

Committee and Solicitation of 

Nominations for Membership 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), Food, Nutrition 

and Consumer Services (FNCS) and 

Research, Education and Economics 

(REE); and U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Departments of 

Agriculture and Health and Human 

Services announce the intent to 

establish a Dietary Guidelines Advisory 

Committee and invite nominations for 

the Committee. 

DATES: Nominations must be submitted 

by midnight Eastern Time on October 9, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations may be 

submitted by electronic mail to 

dietaryguidelines@cnpp.usda.gov. This 

address can be accessed through the 

internet at the following website 

address: www.dietaryguidelines.gov. 

Alternatively, nominations may be sent 

to: Dietary Guidelines Advisory 

Committee Nominations, Center for 

Nutrition Policy and Promotion, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park 

Center Drive, Room 1034, Alexandria, 

VA 22302, (703) 305–7600 (telephone), 

(703) 305–3300 (fax). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eve 

Stoody (telephone 703–305–7600), 

Center for Nutrition Policy and 

Promotion, 3101 Park Center Drive, 

Room 1034, Alexandria, Virginia 22302, 

or, Richard Olson (telephone 240–453– 

8280), Office of Disease Prevention and 

Health Promotion, 1101 Wootton 

Parkway, Suite LL100, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. Additional 

information is available on the internet 

at www.dietaryguidelines.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority and Purpose: Under Section 

301 of Public Law 101–445 (7 U.S.C. 

5341, the National Nutrition Monitoring 

and Related Research Act of 1990, Title 

III) the Secretaries of the U.S. 

Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and 

Health and Human Services (HHS) are 

directed to publish the Dietary 

Guidelines for Americans jointly at least 

every five years. The law instructs that 

this publication shall contain 

nutritional and dietary information and 

guidelines for the general public, shall 

be based on the preponderance of 

scientific and medical knowledge 

current at the time of publication, and 

shall be promoted by each Federal 

agency in carrying out any Federal food, 

nutrition, or health program. Recent 

editions of the Dietary Guidelines 

provide dietary advice for Americans 

ages 2 years and older. The Agricultural 

Act of 2014 mandates the addition of 

dietary guidance for women who are 

pregnant and infants and toddlers from 

birth to 24 months of age beginning with 

the 2020 edition. 

The 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory 

Committee (the Committee) shall be 

formed and governed under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92– 

463, as amended (5 U.S.C., App), which 

sets forth standards for the formation 

and use of advisory committees. The 

Committee is established to provide 

independent, science-based advice and 

recommendations to be considered by 

USDA and HHS in the development of 

the 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for 

Americans. Formation of the Committee 

is necessary and in the public interest. 

The Committee is expected to begin 

meeting during the Fall/Winter of 2018/ 

2019; the Committee will meet 

approximately five times during the 

course of its operation. Pursuant to the 

FACA, all Committee meetings will be 

open to the public. The Committee will 

be established to accomplish a single, 

time-limited task. The Committee will 

develop a report of its recommendations 

that will be submitted to the Secretaries 

of USDA and HHS. Upon delivery of its 

report to the Secretaries or when the 

charter expires, the activities of the 

Committee will be terminated. 

Structure: The Committee will consist 

of 13 to 20 members, including the 

Chair and Vice-Chairperson. Factors to 

be considered in selecting individuals to 

serve on the Committee include 

educational background, professional 

experience, and demonstrated scientific 

expertise in the issues to be examined 

by the Committee, as well as statutory 

obligations under FACA and 

requirements regarding a balanced 

membership. 

Expertise in human nutrition related 

to disease prevention and health 

promotion during different stages of life, 

such as pediatrics, obstetrics, and 

geriatrics, will be sought. Expertise in 

the topics and scientific questions 

identified by the Departments to be 

examined by the Committee also will be 

sought. Information on the topics and 

scientific questions is available at 

www.dietaryguidelines.gov. 

Equal opportunity practices regarding 

membership appointments to the 

Committee will be aligned with USDA 

and HHS policies. To ensure that 

recommendations of the Committee take 

into account the needs of the diverse 

groups served by USDA and HHS, 

membership shall include, to the extent 

practicable, individuals who are 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities. 

Individuals will be appointed to serve 

as members of the Committee to 

represent balanced viewpoints of the 

scientific evidence, not to represent the 

viewpoints of any specific group. 

Members of the Committee will be 

classified as Special Government 

Employees (SGEs) during their term of 

appointment on the Committee and, as 

such, are subject to the ethical standards 

of conduct for Federal employees. Upon 

entering the position and annually 

throughout the approximate 2-year term 

of appointment, members of the 

Committee will be required to complete 

and submit a report of their financial 

holdings. 

Nominations and Appointments for 

Memberships: Nominees, including selfnominees, will be considered for 

appointment as members of the 

Committee. To be considered for an 

appointment requires submission of the 

following for each nominee: (1) A cover 

letter that clearly states the name and 

affiliation of the nominee, the rationale 

for the nomination (i.e., specific 

attributes which qualify the nominee for 

service in this capacity), and a statement 

that the nominee would be willing to 


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serve as a member of the Committee, if 

selected; (2) the name, address, 

telephone number, and electronic mail 

address of the nominator and the 

individual being nominated; (3) a copy 

of the nominee’s curriculum vitae, 

which should be limited to no more 

than 15 pages; and (4) the following 

administrative form: AD–755 (Advisory 

Committee Membership Background 

Information, OMB Number 0505–0001), 

available on the internet at: https://

www.ocio.usda.gov/document/ad-755. 

Where prohibited by Federal law or 

regulations, nominations will not be 

accepted directly from USDA research 

and promotion boards. Self-nominations 

and nominations by members of 

research and promotion boards in their 

individual capacity will be considered. 

The curriculum vitae should include 

the following information: (a) 

Education; (b) experience (current and 

former); (c) affiliations (food, nutrition, 

public health, and/or other relevant 

associations, including positions held); 

(d) memberships (expert panels, 

committees, or other relevant groups, 

including positions held); (e) peerreviewed publications (for past 10 

years); (f) oral presentations (for past 5 

years); (g) editorials, opinion pieces, and 

blogs (for past 5 years); (h) grant funding 

(for past 15 years); (i) name of any 

corporation, professional society, 

association, panel, company, firm, 

government agency (Federal, state, and 

local), research organization, 

educational institution, or other 

organization or institution (government, 

private, and not-for-profit; domestic and 

foreign) in which the nominee’s services 

have been, will be, or are expected to be 

provided, with or without 

compensation, including on a part-time 

or seasonal basis as an officer, medical 

staff, board member, owner, trustee, 

director, expert advisor, consultant, 

official spokesperson, member of 

speakers bureau, or expert witness (for 

past 5 years and upcoming); (j) other 

paid travel or honoraria received, not 

included above (for past 5 years). Web 

links to publications, presentations, and 

other materials available online are 

requested, when available. In all cases, 

a limited selection of earlier 

publications, presentations, affiliations, 

etc. applicable to the qualifications may 

also be included. 

Dated: August 28, 2018. 

Brandon Lipps, 

Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Food, 

Nutrition, and Consumer Services, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. 

Dated: August 28, 2018. 

Dated: August 29, 2018. 

Brett P. Giroir, 

Admiral, U.S. Public Health Service, 

Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. 

Department of Health and Human Services. 

Chavonda Jacobs-Young, 

Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Research, 

Education, and Economics, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19302 Filed 9–5–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

U.S. Codex Office 

[Docket No. FSIS–2018–0035] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Food Import and Export Inspection and 

Certification Systems (CCFICS) 

AGENCY: U.S. Codex Office. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Codex Office is 

sponsoring a public meeting on 

September 26, 2018. The objective of the 

public meeting is to provide information 

and receive public comments on agenda 

items and draft United States positions 

to be discussed at the 24th Session of 

the Codex Committee on Food Import 

and Export Inspection and Certification 

Systems (CCFICS) of the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission (Codex), 

taking place in Brisbane, Australia, 

October 22–26, 2018. The U.S. Manager 

for Codex Alimentarius and the Under 

Secretary, Office of Trade and Foreign 

Agricultural Affairs, recognize the 

importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 24th 

Session of the CCFICS and to address 

items on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Wednesday, September 26, from 2:00 

p.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will 

take place at the United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), 

Jamie L. Whitten Building, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Room 107– 

A, Washington, DC 20250. 

Documents related to the 24th Session 

of the CCFICS will be accessible via the 

internet at the following address: http:// 

www.codexalimentarius.org/meetingsreports/en. 

Mary Stanley, U.S. Delegate to the 

24th Session of the CCFICS invites U.S. 

interested parties to submit their 

comments electronically to the 

following email address: Mary.Stanley@

fsis.usda.gov. 

Call-In-Number: If you wish to 

participate in the public meeting for the 

24th Session of the CCFICS by 

conference call, please use the call-innumber listed below: 

Call-In-Number: 1–888–844–9904. 

The participant code will be posted 

on the web page below: http://

www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/ 

topics/international-affairs/us-codexalimentarius/public-meetings. 

Registration: Attendees may register 

to attend the public meeting by emailing 

Ken.Lowery@osec.usda.gov by 

September 22, 2018. Early registration is 

encouraged because it will expedite 

entry into the building. The meeting 

will take place in a Federal building. 

Attendees should bring photo 

identification and plan for adequate 

time to pass through the security 

screening systems. Attendees who are 

not able to attend the meeting in person, 

but who wish to participate, may do so 

by phone, as discussed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

About the 24th Session of the CCFICS— 

Mary Stanley, Senior Advisor, Office of 

International Coordination, Food Safety 

and Inspection Service, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Room 2925, South 

Agriculture Building, Washington, DC 

20250, Phone: (202) 720–0287, Fax: 

(202) 720–4929, Email: Mary.Stanley@

fsis.usda.gov. 

About the public meeting—Kenneth 

Lowery, U.S. Codex Office, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Room 4861, 

South Agriculture Building, 

Washington, DC 20250 Phone: (202) 

690–4042, Fax: (202) 720–3157, Email: 

Ken.Lowery@osec.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 fair practices in the food 

trade. 

The CCFICS is responsible for: 

(a) Developing principles and 

guidelines for food import and export 

inspection and certification systems, 

with a view to harmonizing methods 

and procedures that protect the health 

of consumers, ensure fair trading 

practices, and facilitate international 

trade in foodstuffs; 

(b) Developing principles and 

guidelines for the application of 


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