[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19888-19889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10652]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 98-022N]


Codex Alimentarius: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Milk and 
Milk Products

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and the Food Safety 
and Inspection Service (FSIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); 
and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Health 
and Human Services, are sponsoring a public meeting on May 8, 1998, to 
provide information and receive public comments on agenda items that 
will be discussed at the Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products 
Meeting. The meeting will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, May 18-22, 
1998.

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for Friday, May 8, 1998, from 
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in Room 0745, South 
Agriculture Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 14th Street and 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick J. Clerkin, Director, U.S. 
Codex Office, Food Safety and Inspection Service; Telephone: (202) 205-
7760; Fax: (202) 720-3157.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Codex was established in 1962 by two United Nations organizations, 
the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health 
Organization. Codex is the major international organization for 
encouraging fair international trade in food and protecting the health 
and economic interests of consumers. 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 ensure that the world's food supply is 
sound, wholesome, free from adulteration and correctly labeled.
    The Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products was established to 
elaborate codes and standards for Milk and Milk Products. The 
Government of New Zealand hosts this committee and will chair the 
committee meeting.

Issues to be Discussed at the Public Meeting

    The following specific issues will be discussed during the public 
meeting:
    1. Matters referred by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and other 
Codex committees.
    2. Draft Code of Principles Concerning Milk and Milk Products.
    3. Common Labeling Provisions of Milk Products Standards.
    4. Review of the Draft and Draft Revised Standards: Butter; Milk 
Products; Evaporated Milks; Sweetened Condensed Milks; Milk and Cream 
Powders; Cheese; Whey Cheese; Cheese in Brine; and Unripened Cheeses; 
at Step 7.

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    5. Review of the Proposed Draft and Proposed Draft Revised 
Standards: Criteria for Elaboration or Revocation of Individual 
Standards for Cheeses; Cream; Dairy Spreads; Fermented Milk Products; 
and Processed Cheese; at Step 4.
    6. Heat Treatment Definitions.
    7. Model Export Certificate for Milk Products.
    8. Review of Proposed Standard for ``Parmesan.''

    Done at Washington, DC: April 16, 1998.
F. Edward Scarbrough,
U.S. Manager for Codex.
[FR Doc. 98-10652 Filed 4-21-98; 8:45 am]
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