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Vol. 83, No. 178 

Thursday, September 13, 2018 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

Extension of Period To Submit 

Expression of Interest for Potential 

Sites for Headquarters Office 

Locations 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) is extending the 

period for interested parties to submit 

an expression of interest for a proposed 

new headquarters location for the 

National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture (NIFA) and the Economic 

Research Service (ERS). The Department 

is extending the period to submit an 

expression of interest for 30 days. 

DATES: The notice of a request to submit 

expression of interests published on 

Wednesday, August 15, 2018 is being 

extended. Interested parties wishing to 

submit an expression of interest should 

do so in writing by October 15, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this notice. All submissions must refer 

to ‘‘Expression of Interest’’ to ensure 

proper delivery. 

• Electronic Submission of 

Expression of Interest. Interested 

persons may submit information 

electronically to the following email 

address relocation@usda.gov. 

• Submission of Comments by Mail, 

Hand delivery, or Courier. Paper, disk, 

or CD–ROM submissions should be 

submitted to Donald K. Bice, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary, Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Administration, 

USDA, Jamie L. Whitten Building, Room 

240–W, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, 

Washington, DC 20250. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald K. Bice, Telephone Number: 

(202) 720–3291. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

Wednesday, August 15, 2018 (83 FR 

40499), the Department published a 

notice of a request for expression of 

interest for potential sites for 

headquarters office locations for NIFA 

and ERS. USDA is interested in 

exploring options to house the 

headquarters of NIFA and ERS jointly or 

in separate locations. The original 

deadline to submit an expression of 

interest was September 14, 2018. This 

action extends the submission period 

for 30 days. Submissions must now be 

received on or before October 15, 2018. 

Dated: September 7, 2018. 

Donald K. Bice, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FSIS–2018–0036] 

Joint Public Meeting on the Use of Cell 

Culture Technology To Develop 

Products Derived From Livestock and 

Poultry 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA; Food and Drug 

Administration, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Food 

and Drug Administration (FDA) are 

hosting a joint public meeting to discuss 

the potential hazards, oversight 

considerations, and labeling of cell 

cultured food products derived from 

livestock and poultry tissue. FSIS and 

FDA officials will make presentations 

on their roles and responsibilities 

relative to the production and labeling 

of safe and wholesome food and their 

respective regulatory frameworks, 

including their inspection systems, as a 

basis for discussing what oversight 

framework might be most appropriate 

for cell cultured food products derived 

from livestock and poultry. 

Representatives of industry, interested 

individuals, and other stakeholders are 

invited to participate in the meeting. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Wednesday, 

October 24, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 

p.m. EDT. Submit either electronic or 

written comments on this public 

meeting by November 26, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Jefferson Auditorium in the South 

Building, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250. 

Attendance is free. Non-USDA 

employees must enter through the Wing 

5 entrance on Independence Avenue. 

The South Building is a Federal facility 

and attendees should plan to take 

adequate time to pass through the 

security screening system. Attendees 

must show a valid photo ID to enter the 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roxanne Smith, Director, Congressional 

and Public Affairs in the FSIS Office of 

Public Affairs and Consumer Education 

at (202) 720–4413 or roxanne.smith@

fsis.usda.gov; as well as Juanita Yates, 

Public Affairs Specialist in the FDA 

Center for Food Safety and Applied 

Nutrition at (240) 402–1731 or 

Juanita.yates@fda.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Further 

information on this meeting will be 

posted on the FSIS website at: https:// 

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

newsroom/meetings and through the 

FSIS Constituent Update, and on the 

FDA website at: https://www.fda.gov/ 

Food/NewsEvents/WorkshopsMeetings

Conferences/default.htm. 

Background 

FSIS is the public health agency 

responsible for ensuring that meat, 

poultry, and egg products are safe, 

wholesome, and accurately labeled. 

FDA has responsibility for ensuring the 

safety of all other foods, including 

seafood (except catfish) and game 

animals as well as ensuring that the 

labels of these foods contain useful and 

reliable information. 

Animal cell culture food technology, 

as will be discussed at the public 

meeting, refers to the controlled growth 

of animal cells from livestock, poultry, 

fish, or other animals, their subsequent 

differentiation into various cell types, 

and their collection and processing into 

food. Full tissue formation in culture is 


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