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Vol. 65, No. 185

Friday, September 22, 2000

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Board for International Food and

Agricultural Development One

Hundred and Thirty Second Meeting;

Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, notice is hereby given of

the one hundred and thirty-third

meeting of the Board for International

Food and Agricultural Development

(BIFAD). The meeting will be held from

8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on September 28th,

2000, and from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on

September 29th, 2000, in the NASULGC

Meeting Room, 1307 New York Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC.

As part of its agenda, BIFAD will tie

together agricultural and environmental

perspectives around carbon

sequestration issues, and trade & food

security perspectives. The next part will

return to the theme of constituencybuilding for foreign assistance. The

second day’s agenda begins with a

response to the livestock revolution,

followed by a session on crafting a

common message regarding agriculture,

universities and USAID.

Those wishing to attend the meeting

or obtain additional information about

BIFAD should contact Mr. Lawrence

Paulson, the Designated Federal Officer

for BIFAD. Write him in care of the U.S.

Agency for International Development,

Ronald Reagan Building, Office of

Agriculture and Food Security, 1300

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 2.11–

044, Washington, DC, 20523–2110 or

telephone him at (202) 712–1436 or fax

(202) 216–3010.

Lawrence Paulson,

USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD,

Office of Agriculture and Food Security,

Economic Growth Center, Bureau for Global

Programs.

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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Food Security Advisory Committee

Board of International Food and

Agricultural Development First

Meeting; Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, notice is hereby given of

the first meeting of the Food Security

Advisory Committee (FSAC), an

independent subcommittee of the Board

for International Food and Agricultural

Development (BIFAD). The meeting will

be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on

September 27, 2000 in the first floor

conference room at the National

Association of State Universities and

Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC),

located at 1307 New York Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC.

As part of the agenda, FSAC will

review progress made towards

implementing the U.S. Food Security

Plan of Action and meeting World Food

Summit commitments, examine

emerging issues that have a direct

bearing on food security, and address

the need to forge and strengthen the

U.S. constituency for food security.

Those wishing to attend the meeting

or to obtain additional information

about BIFAD should contact Ms.

Jennifer J. Douglas, the Designated

Federal Officer for FSAC. Write her in

care of the U.S. Agency for International

Development, Ronald Reagan Building,

Office of Agriculture and Food Security,

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room

2.11–061, Washington, DC 20523–2110

or telephone her at (202)–712–1687 or

fax (202–216–3060).

Jennifer Douglas,

USAID Designated Federal Officer for FSAC,

Office of Agriculture and Food Security,

Economic Growth Center, Bureau for Global

Programs.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 00–039N]

Codex Alimentarius Commission:

Thirty-third Session of the Codex

Committee on Food Hygiene

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 October 6, 2000, to present and

receive comments on draft United States

positions on all issues coming before the

Thirty-third Session of the Codex

Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH),

which will be held in Washington, DC,

October 23–28, 2000. The Under

Secretary and FDA recognize the

importance of providing interested

parties the opportunity to obtain

background information on the Thirtythird Session of the CCFH and to

address items on the agenda.

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled

for Friday, October 6, 2000, from 1 p.m.

to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be

held in Conference Room 1409, Federal

Office Building 8, 200 C Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20204. To receive

copies of the documents referenced in

this notice, contact the FSIS Docket

Room, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Food Safety and Inspection Service,

Room 102, Cotton Annex, 300 12th

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

3700. The documents will also be

accessible via the World Wide Web at

the following address: http://

www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/economic/

esn/codex. Submit one original and two

copies of written comments to the FSIS

Docket Room (address above) Docket

#00–039N and include the Codex

document number. All comments

received in response to this notice will

be considered part of the public record

and will be available for viewing in the

FSIS Docket Room between 8:30 a.m.

and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Clerkin, Associate U.S.

Manager for Codex, U.S. Codex Office,

Food Safety and Inspection Service,

Room 4861, South Building, 1400

Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC 20250–3700,

Telephone (202) 205–7760, Fax (202)

720–3157. Persons requiring a sign

language interpreter or other special

accommodations should notify Mr.

Clerkin at the above number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: