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Building, Washington, DC 20250–3700; 

(202) 720–0345. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of FSIS’s functions, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of FSIS’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques, or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments may be sent to both FSIS, at 

the addresses provided above, and the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20253. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

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Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, FSIS will 

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www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/ 

2012_Notices_Index/. FSIS also will 

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Constituent Update, which is used to 

provide information regarding FSIS 

policies, procedures, regulations, 

Federal Register notices, FSIS public 

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to constituents and stakeholders. The 

Update is communicated via Listserv, a 

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interest groups, health professionals and 

other individuals who have asked to be 

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and more diverse audience. In addition, 

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safety news and information. This 

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Done at Washington, DC, on March 19, 

2012. 

Alfred V. Almanza, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6902 Filed 3–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2012–0011] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Food 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Under 

Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), and 

the Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA), are sponsoring a public meeting 

on April 23, 2012. The objective of the 

public meeting is to provide information 

and receive public comments on agenda 

items and draft United States (U.S.) 

positions that will be discussed at the 

20th Session of the Codex Committee on 

Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods 

(CCRVDF) of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission (Codex), which will be 

held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from May 

7–11, 2012. The Under Secretary for 

Food Safety and FDA recognize the 

importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 20th 

Session of the CCRVDF, and to address 

items on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Monday, April 23, 2012, from 1–4 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the Jamie L. Whitten Building, 

USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW., Room 107–A, Washington, DC 

20250. 

Documents related to the 20th Session 

of the CCRVDF will be accessible via the 

World Wide Web at the following 

address: http:// 

www.codexalimentarius.org/. 

Kevin Greenlees, U.S. Delegate to the 

20th Session of the CCRVDF, invites 

U.S. interested parties to submit their 

comments electronically to the 

following email address: 

Kevin.Greenlees@fda.hhs.gov. 

Call-In Number: 

If you wish to participate in the 

public meeting for the 20th Session of 

the CCRVDF, by conference call, please 

use the call-in number and participant 

code listed below to connect to the 

public meeting on Monday, April 23, 

2012, from 1–4 p.m.: 

Call-in Number: 1–888–858–2144. 

Participant code: 6208658. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE

20TH SESSION OF THE CCRVDF CONTACT: 

Kevin Greenlees, Senior Advisor for 

Science & Policy, Office of New Animal 

Drug Evaluation, HFV–100, FDA, Center 

for Veterinary Medicine, 7520 Standish 

Place, Rockville, MD 20855, Telephone: 

(240) 276–8214, Fax: (240) 276–9538, 

Email: Kevin.Greenlees@fda.hhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE

PUBLIC MEETING CONTACT: Kenneth 

Lowery, US CODEX Office, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., Room 4861, 

Washington, DC 20250, Telephone: 

(202) 690–4042, Fax: (202) 720–3157, 

Email: Kenneth.Lowery@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 fair practices in the food 

trade. 

The CCRVDF is responsible for 

determining priorities for the 

consideration of residues of veterinary 

drugs in food, recommending maximum 

levels of such substances, developing 

codes of practice as may be required, 

and considering methods of sampling 

and analysis for the determination of 

veterinary drug residues in foods. 

The CCRVDF is hosted by the United 

States of America. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the agenda for 

the 20th Session of the CCRVDF will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

• Matters Referred by Codex and 

other Codex Committees and Task 

Forces. 

• Matters Arising from FAO/WHO 

and from the 75th Meeting of the Joint 

FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food 

Additives (JECFA). 

• Report of the World Organization 

for Animal Health (OIE) Activities, 

Including the Harmonization of 

Technical Requirements for Registration 


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of Veterinary Medicinal Products 

(VICH). 

• Proposed Amendments to the 

Terms of Reference of the CCRVDF. 

• Draft Maximum Residue Limits 

(MRLs) for Veterinary Drugs (at Step 7). 

• Proposed Draft MRLs for Veterinary 

Drugs (at Step 3). 

• Proposed Amendments to the Risk 

Analysis Principles Applied by the 

CCRVDF. 

• Proposed Revision of Risk Analysis 

Principles Applied by the CCRVDF and 

the Risk Assessment Policy for the 

Setting of Maximum Limits for Residues 

of Veterinary Drugs in Foods. 

• Proposed Draft Sampling Plans for 

Residue Control for Aquatic Animal 

Products and Derived Edible Products of 

Aquatic Origin. 

• Proposed Draft Guidelines on 

Performance Characteristics for MultiResidue Methods. 

• Draft Priority List of Veterinary 

Drugs Requiring Evaluation or ReEvaluation by JECFA. 

• Database on Need for MRLs for 

Developing Countries. 

• Risk Management 

Recommendations for the Veterinary 

Drugs for Which No Acceptable Daily 

Intake (ADI) or MRL has been 

Recommended by JECFA Due to 

Specific Human Health Concerns. 

• Discussion Paper on the Policy for 

the Establishment of MRLS or Other 

Limits in Honey. 

• Discussion Paper on the 

Extrapolation of MRLs to Additional 

Species and Tissues. 

• Other Business and Future Work. 

• CCRVDF Current Problems and 

Solutions. 

Each issue listed will be fully 

described in documents distributed, or 

to be distributed, by the Secretariat prior 

to the meeting. Members of the public 

may access these documents (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Public Meeting 

At the April 23, 2012, public meeting, 

draft U.S. positions on the agenda items 

will be described and discussed, and 

attendees will have the opportunity to 

pose questions and offer comments. 

Written comments may be offered at the 

meeting or sent to the U.S. Delegate for 

the 20th Session of the CCRVDF, Kevin 

Greenlees (see ADDRESSES). Written 

comments should state that they relate 

to activities of the 20th Session of the 

CCRVDF. 

Additional Public Notification 

FSIS will announce this notice online 

through the FSIS Web page located at 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

regulations_&_policies/ 

Federal_Register_Notices/index.asp. 

FSIS will also make copies of this 

Federal Register publication available 

through the FSIS Constituent Update, 

which is used to provide information 

regarding FSIS policies, procedures, 

regulations, Federal Register notices, 

FSIS public meetings, and other types of 

information that could affect or would 

be of interest to constituents and 

stakeholders. The Update is 

communicated via Listserv, a free 

electronic mail subscription service for 

industry, trade groups, consumer 

interest groups, health professionals, 

and other individuals who have asked 

to be included. The Update is also 

available on the FSIS Web page. In 

addition, FSIS offers an electronic mail 

subscription service which provides 

automatic and customized access to 

selected food safety news and 

information. This service is available at 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

News_&_Events/Email_Subscription/. 

Options range from recalls to export 

information to regulations, directives, 

and notices. Customers can add or 

delete subscriptions themselves, and 

have the option to password protect 

their accounts. 

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement 

USDA prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, gender, 

religion, age, disability, political beliefs, 

sexual orientation, and marital or family 

status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to 

all programs.) Persons with disabilities 

who require alternative means for 

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should contact USDA’s Target Center at 

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To file a written complaint of 

discrimination, write USDA, Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–9410 or call 

202–720–5964 (voice and TTY). USDA 

is an equal opportunity provider and 

employer. 

Done at Washington, DC, on March 19, 

2012. 

Karen Stuck, 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6893 Filed 3–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2012–0010] 

Nominations for Membership on the 

National Advisory Committee on 

Microbiological Criteria for Foods 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice is announcing 

that the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) is soliciting nominations for 

membership to fill 16 vacancies on the 

National Advisory Committee on 

Microbiological Criteria for Foods 

(NACMCF). 

NACMCF is seeking members with 

scientific expertise in the fields of 

epidemiology, food technology, 

microbiology (food, clinical, and 

predictive), toxicology, risk assessment, 

infectious disease, biostatistics, and 

other related sciences. NACMCF is 

seeking applications from persons from 

academia, industry, consumer groups, 

State governments, and the Federal 

Government, as well as all other 

interested persons with such expertise. 

Please note that federally registered 

lobbyists cannot be considered for 

USDA advisory committee membership. 

Members can only serve on one USDA 

advisory committee at a time. All 

nominees will undergo a USDA 

background check. 

Members who are not Federal 

government employees will be 

appointed to serve as non-compensated 

special government employees (SGEs). 

SGEs will be subject to appropriate 

conflict of interest statutes and 

standards of ethical conduct. 

To receive consideration for serving 

on the NACMCF, a nominee must 

submit a resume and USDA Advisory 

Committee Membership Background 

Information form AD–755. The resume 

or curriculum vitae must be limited to 

five one-sided pages and should include 

educational background, expertise, and 

a list of select publications. For 

submissions received that are more than 

five one-sided pages in length, only the 

first five pages will be reviewed. USDA 

Advisory Committee Membership 

Background Information form AD–755 

is available online at: http:// 

www.ocio.usda.gov/forms/doc/AD755.pdf. 

DATES: Nominations including a cover 

letter to the Secretary, and the 

nominee’s typed resume or curriculum 

vitae and a completed USDA Advisory 

Committee Membership Background 


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