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10021 

Vol. 89, No. 30 

Tuesday, February 13, 2024 

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT 

FOUNDATION 

Public Quarterly Meeting of the Board 

of Directors 

AGENCY: African Development 

Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. African 

Development Foundation (USADF) will 

hold its quarterly meeting of the Board 

of Directors to discuss the agency’s 

programs and administration. This 

meeting will occur at the USADF office. 

DATES: The meeting date is Tuesday, 

February 27, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 

noon. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting location is 

USADF, 1400 I St. NW, Suite 1000, 

Washington, DC 20005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kerline Perry, (202) 233–8805. 

Authority: Public Law 96–533 (22 

U.S.C. 290h). 

Dated: February 8, 2024. 

Wendy Carver, 

Business Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02914 Filed 2–12–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

U.S. Codex Office 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Food Additives 

AGENCY: U.S. Codex Office, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Codex Office is 

sponsoring a public meeting on March 

19, 2024. The objective of the public 

meeting is to provide information and 

receive public comments on agenda 

items and draft U.S. positions to be 

discussed at the 54th Session of the 

Codex Committee on Food Additives 

(CCFA) of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission. CCFA54 will convene in 

Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People’s 

Republic of China from April 22–26, 

2024. The U.S. Manager for Codex 

Alimentarius and the Under Secretary 

for Trade and Foreign Agricultural 

Affairs recognize the importance of 

providing interested parties the 

opportunity to obtain background 

information on the 54th Session of the 

CCFA and to address items on the 

agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for March 19, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 12 

p.m. EDT. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will 

take place in a hybrid format. The onsite location is Meeting Room 1A–001 

and 1A–002 at the Center for Food 

Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food 

and Drug Administration, Harvey Wiley 

Federal Building, 5001 Campus Drive, 

College Park, MD 20740–3835. 

Documents related to the 54th Session 

of the CCFA will be accessible via the 

internet at the following address: 

https://www.fao.org/fao-whocodexalimentarius/meetings/detail/it/ 

?meeting=CCFA&session=54. 

Dr. Daniel Folmer, U.S. Alternate 

Delegate to the 54th Session of the 

CCFA, invites interested U.S. parties to 

submit their comments electronically to 

the following email address: 

Daniel.Folmer@fda.hhs.gov. 

Registration: In-person attendees may 

register to attend the public meeting at 

the following email address: ccfa@

cfsan.fda.gov. Virtual attendees may 

register to attend the public meeting 

here: https://fda.zoomgov.com/meeting/ 

register/vJIscuqvqTwiGKBCWt

0kic2WOMeTXzyGcdo. Attendees 

should register by March 14, 2024. After 

registering, you will receive a 

confirmation email containing 

information about joining the meeting. 

For further information about the public 

meeting, contact the U.S. Codex Office 

by email at: uscodex@usda.gov or Dr. 

LaShonda Cureton by phone at (240) 

402–1351 or by email at 

Lashonda.Cureton@fda.hhs.gov. 

For further information about the 54th 

session of CCFA, contact U.S. Alternate 

Delegate, Dr. Daniel Folmer, by phone at 

(240) 402–1274 or by email at 

Daniel.Folmer@fda.hhs.gov, or Dr. 

LaShonda Cureton by phone at (240) 

402–1351 or by email at 

Lashonda.Cureton@fda.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Codex Alimentarius Commission 

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 Terms of Reference of the Codex 

Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) 

are: 

(a) to establish or endorse permitted 

maximum levels for individual food 

additives; 

(b) to prepare priority lists of food 

additives for risk assessment by the 

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on 

Food Additives; 

(c) to assign functional classes to 

individual food additives; 

(d) to recommend specifications of 

identity and purity for food additives for 

adoption by the Commission; 

(e) to consider methods of analysis for 

the determination of additives in food; 

and 

(f) to consider and elaborate standards 

or codes for related subjects such as the 

labelling of food additives when sold as 

such. 

The CCFA is hosted by China. The 

United States attends the CCFA as a 

member country of Codex. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the agenda for 

the 54th Session of the CCFA will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

• Matters Referred by the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission and other 

subsidiary bodies 

• Matters of Interest arising from FAO/ 

WHO and from the 96th and 97th 

Meetings of the Joint FAO/WHO 

Expert Committee on Food Additives 

(JECFA) 

• Proposed draft specifications for 

identity and purity of food additives 

arising from the 96th and 97th JECFA 

meetings 

• Endorsement and/or revision of 

maximum levels for food additives 


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and processing aids in Codex 

standards 

• Alignment of the food additive 

provisions of commodity standards: 

Report of the electronic working 

group (EWG) on Alignment 

• General Standard for Food Additives 

(GFSA): Report of the EWG on the 

GSFA 

• General Standard for Food Additives 

(GFSA): Proposals for new and/or 

revision of food additive provisions 

(replies to circular letter (CL) 2023/ 

46–FA) 

• Proposed draft revision to the Class 

Names and the International 

Numbering System for Food Additives 

(CXG 36–1989) 

• Proposals for additions and changes 

to the Priority List of Substances 

proposed for evaluation by JECFA 

(replies to CL 2023/47–FA) 

• Discussion paper on divergence 

between the General Standard for 

Food Additives (GSFA), Codex 

commodity standards and other textsIdentification of outstanding issues 

• Discussion paper on the development 

of a standard for yeast 

• Other Business and Future Work 

Public Meeting 

At the public meeting on March 19, 

2024, 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 Dr. Daniel Folmer, 

U.S. Alternate Delegate to the 54th 

Session of the CCFA, at Daniel.Folmer@

fda.hhs.gov. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, the U.S. 

Codex Office will announce this Federal 

Register publication on-line through the 

USDA Codex web page located at: 

http://www.usda.gov/codex, a link that 

also offers an email subscription service 

providing access to information related 

to Codex. Customers can add or delete 

their subscriptions themselves and have 

the option to password protect their 

accounts. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement 

No agency, officer, or employee of the 

USDA shall, on the grounds of race, 

color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity, sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family/ 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, or political 

beliefs, exclude from participation in, 

deny the benefits of, or subject to 

discrimination any person in the United 

States under any program or activity 

conducted by the USDA. 

How To File a Complaint of 

Discrimination 

To file a complaint of discrimination, 

complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, which 

may be accessed online at https://

www.usda.gov/oascr/filing-programdiscrimination-complaint-usdacustomer, or write a letter signed by you 

or your authorized representative. Send 

your completed complaint form or letter 

to USDA by mail, fax, or email. Mail: 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410; Fax: (202) 690–7442; 

Email: program.intake@usda.gov. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) 

should contact USDA’s TARGET Center 

at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

Done at Washington, DC, on February 5, 

2024. 

Mary Frances Lowe, 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02913 Filed 2–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Special Supplemental Nutrition 

Program for Women, Infants, and 

Children (WIC): 2024/2025 Income 

Eligibility Guidelines 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (‘‘Department’’) announces 

adjusted income eligibility guidelines to 

be used by State agencies in 

determining the income eligibility of 

persons applying to participate in the 

Special Supplemental Nutrition 

Program for Women, Infants, and 

Children (WIC). These income eligibility 

guidelines are to be used in conjunction 

with the WIC Regulations. 

DATES: Applicable date July 1, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allison Post, Chief, WIC 

Administration, Benefits, and 

Certification Branch, Policy Division, 

FNS, USDA, 1320 Braddock Place, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314, 703–457– 

7708. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Executive Order 12866 

This notice is exempt from review by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

under Executive Order 12866. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

This action is not a rule as defined by 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

601–612) and thus is exempt from the 

provisions of this Act. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This notice does not contain reporting 

or recordkeeping requirements subject 

to approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507). 

Executive Order 12372 

This program is listed in the Catalog 

of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Programs under No. 10.557 and is 

subject to the provisions of Executive 

Order 12372, which requires 

intergovernmental consultation with 

State and local officials (7 CFR part 

3015, subpart V, 48 FR 29100, June 24, 

1983, and 49 FR 22675, May 31, 1984). 

Description 

Section 17(d)(2)(A) of the Child 

Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)(A)), requires the 

Secretary of Agriculture to establish 

income criteria to be used with 

nutritional risk criteria in determining a 

person’s eligibility for participation in 

the WIC Program. The law provides that 

persons will be income-eligible for the 

WIC Program if they are members of 

families that satisfy the income standard 

prescribed for reduced-price school 

meals under section 9(b) of the Richard 

B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

(42 U.S.C. 1758(b)). Under section 9(b), 

the income limit for reduced-price 

school meals is 185 percent of the 

Federal poverty guidelines, as adjusted. 

Section 9(b) also requires that these 

guidelines be revised annually to reflect 

changes in the Consumer Price Index. 

The annual revision for 2024 was 

published by the Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) at 89 FR 

2961 on January 17, 2024. The 

guidelines published by HHS are 

referred to as the ‘‘poverty guidelines.’’ 

Program Regulations at 7 CFR 

246.7(d)(1) specify that State agencies 

may prescribe income guidelines either 

equaling the income guidelines 

established under Section 9 of the 

Richard B. Russell National School 

Lunch Act for reduced-price school 

meals, or identical to State or local 

guidelines for free or reduced-price 

health care. However, in conforming 

WIC income guidelines to State or local 


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