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Vol. 87, No. 57 

Thursday, March 24, 2022 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

U.S. Codex Office 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Contaminants in Foods 

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 April 

19, 2022. The objective of the public 

meeting is to provide information and 

receive public comments on agenda 

items and draft United States (U.S.) 

positions to be discussed at the 15th 

Session of the Codex Committee on 

Contaminants in Foods (CCCF) of the 

Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), 

which will convene virtually, May 9–13, 

2022, with report adoption on May 24, 

2022. The U.S. Manager for Codex 

Alimentarius and the Acting Deputy 

Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign 

Agricultural Affairs recognize the 

importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 15th 

Session of the CCCF and to address 

items on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for April 19, 2022, from 1:00–3:00 p.m. 

EDT. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will 

take place via Video Teleconference 

only. Documents related to the 15th 

Session of the CCCF will be accessible 

via the internet at the following address: 

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

?meeting=CCCF&session=15. 

Dr. Lauren Posnick Robin, U.S. 

Delegate to the 15th Session of the 

CCCF, invites U.S. interested parties to 

submit their comments electronically to 

the following email address: 

lauren.robin@fda.hhs.gov. Emailed 

comments should state in the title that 

they relate to activities of the 15th 

Session of the CCCF. 

Registration: Attendees must register 

to attend the public meeting here: 

https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/ 

register/vJIsceGurDkvGLZO3ek

3TyOwCO2Mytr_oQE. After registering, 

you will receive a confirmation email 

containing information about joining the 

meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For Information about the 15th 

Session of the CCCF, contact U.S. 

Delegate, Dr. Lauren Posnick Robin, 

lauren.robin@fda.hhs.gov, +1 (240) 402– 

1639. 

For Information about the public 

meeting, contact: U.S. Codex Office, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 

4861, South Agriculture Building, 

Washington, DC 20250. Phone (202) 

720–7760, Fax: (202) 720–3157, Email: 

uscodex@usda.gov, or Quynh-Anh 

Nguyen, quynh-anh.nguyen@

fda.hhs.gov, Phone (240) 402–2028. 

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 Terms of Reference of the Codex 

Committee on Contaminants in Foods 

(CCCF) are: 

(a) To establish or endorse permitted 

maximum levels or guidelines levels for 

contaminants and naturally occurring 

toxicants in food and feed; 

(b) to prepare priority lists of 

contaminants and naturally occurring 

toxicants for risk assessment by the Joint 

FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food 

Additives; 

(c) to consider methods of analysis 

and sampling for the determination of 

contaminants and naturally occurring 

toxicants in food and feed; 

(d) to consider and elaborate 

standards or codes of practice for related 

subjects; and 

(e) to consider other matters assigned 

to it by the Commission in relation to 

contaminants and naturally occurring 

toxicants in food and feed. 

The CCCF is hosted by the 

Netherlands. The United States attends 

the CCCF as a member country of 

Codex. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items from the 

forthcoming Agenda for the 15th 

Session of the CCCF will be discussed 

during the public meeting: 

• Matters referred to the Committee by 

the Codex Alimentarius Commission 

and/or its subsidiary bodies 

• Matters of interest arising from FAO 

and WHO including the Joint FAO/ 

WHO Expert Committee on Food 

Additives 

• Matters of interest arising from other 

international organizations 

• Maximum level for cadmium in cocoa 

powder (100% total cocoa solids on a 

dry matter basis) 

• Code of practice for the prevention 

and reduction of cadmium 

contamination in cocoa beans 

• Maximum levels for lead in certain 

food categories 

• Maximum levels for total aflatoxins in 

certain cereals and cereal-based 

products including foods for infants 

and young children 

• Sampling plans and performance 

criteria for total aflatoxins in certain 

cereals and cereal-based products 

including foods for infants and young 

children 

• Maximum level for total aflatoxins in 

ready-to-eat peanuts and associated 

sampling plan 

• Maximum levels for total aflatoxins 

and ochratoxin A in nutmeg, dried 

chili and paprika, ginger, pepper and 

turmeric and associated sampling 

plans 

• Methylmercury in fish: 

Æ Maximum levels for methylmercury 

in orange roughy and pink cusk eel 

Æ Sampling plan 

Æ Other risk management measures 

• Code of practice for the prevention 

and reduction of mycotoxins 

contamination in cassava and cassavabased products 

• Guidance on data analysis for 

development of maximum levels and 

for improved data collection 

• Forward work-plan for CCCF: 

Æ Review of staple food-contaminant 

combinations for future work of 

CCCF 

• JECFA evaluations: 


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Æ Priority list of contaminants for 

evaluation by JECFA 

Æ Follow-up work to the outcomes of 

JECFA evaluations and FAO/WHO 

expert consultations 

Public Meeting 

At the April 19, 2022, 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 Dr. Lauren Posnick 

Robin, U.S. Delegate for the 15th 

Session of the CCCF (see ADDRESSES). 

Emailed comments should state in the 

title that they relate to activities of the 

15th Session of the CCCF. 

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 web page located at: https://

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 subscription 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/sites/default/files/ 

documents/ad-3027.pdf, 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, 

American Sign Language, etc.) should 

contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 

720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

Done at Washington, DC, on March 21, 

2022. 

Mary Frances Lowe, 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06262 Filed 3–23–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the South 

Carolina Advisory Committee to the 

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, that 

the South Carolina Advisory Committee 

(Committee) to the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights will hold a business 

meeting via WebEx at 11:00 a.m. ET on 

Thursday, April 7, 2022, for the purpose 

of discussing the Committee’s project on 

Civil Asset Forfeiture in South Carolina. 

DATES: The meeting will take place on 

Thursday, April 7, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. 

ET. 

• To join the meeting, please click the 

following link: https://tinyurl.com/ 

yc2df7rc 

• To join by phone only, dial: 1 (800) 

360–9505; Access code: 276 235 

35920 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Delaviez, DFO, at ero@usccr.gov 

or (202) 376–8473. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Committee meetings are available to the 

public through the meeting link above. 

Any interested member of the public 

may listen to the meeting. An open 

comment period will be provided to 

allow members of the public to make a 

statement as time allows. If joining via 

phone, callers can expect to incur 

regular charges for calls they initiate 

over wireless lines, according to their 

wireless plan. The Commission will not 

refund any incurred charges. 

Individuals who are deaf, deafblind, and 

hard of hearing may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1 (800) 877–8339 and 

providing the Service with the 

conference details found through 

registering at the web link above. To 

request additional accommodations, 

please email ero@usccr.gov at least ten 

(10) days prior to the meeting. 

Members of the public are also 

entitled to submit written comments; 

the comments must be received in the 

regional office within 30 days following 

the meeting. Written comments may be 

emailed to Sarah Villanueva at 

svillanueva@usccr.gov. Persons who 

desire additional information may 

contact the Regional Programs Unit at 

(310) 464–7102. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Regional Programs Coordination Unit 

Office, as they become available, both 

before and after the meeting. Records of 

the meeting will be available via 

www.facadatabase.gov under the 

Commission on Civil Rights, South 

Carolina Advisory Committee link. 

Persons interested in the work of this 

Committee are directed to the 

Commission’s website, http://

www.usccr.gov, or may contact the 

Regional Programs Coordination Unit at 

the above email or street address. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome and Roll Call 

II. Discussion: Civil Asset Forfeiture in South 

Carolina 

III. Next Steps 

IV. Public Comment 

V. Adjournment 

Dated: March 21, 2022. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06263 Filed 3–23–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the New 

York Advisory Committee to the U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, that 

the New York Advisory Committee 

(Committee) will hold a web meeting 

via WebEx at 1:00 p.m. ET on Friday, 

April 15, 2022, for the purpose of 

discussing civil rights topics for their 

next project. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Friday, April 15, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. ET. 

—To join the meeting, please click the 

following link: https://bit.ly/3wdHtai; 

Password: USCCR 


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