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Vol. 63, No. 77

Wednesday, April 22, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Docket No. 98–021N]

National Advisory Committee on

Microbiological Criteria for Foods

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Meat and Poultry

Subcommittee of the National Advisory

Committee on Microbiological Criteria

for Food (NACMCF) will meet on May

6 and 7, 1998, to discuss a number of

issues that have been raised with regard

to the Committee’s Hazard Analysis and

Critical Control Point (HACCP)

Principles and Application Guidelines,

a document that was adopted August

1997 at the NACMCF meeting in Seattle,

Washington. On May 6, the

Subcommittee will have further

discussion of such issues as Good

Manufacturing Practices, Hazard

Identification, Critical Control Points,

Corrective Actions, Verification, and

Monitoring. On May 7, the

Subcommittee plans to work on further

development of HACCP guidelines for

very small establishments.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May

6 and 7, 1998, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00

p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Department of Agriculture/Animal

and Plant Health Inspection Service

Conference Center, 4700 River Road, in

Conference Rooms A and B, Riverdale,

Maryland 20737.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Subcommittee is encouraging persons

with information on the discussion

items in the SUMMARY to present their

comments and recommendations to the

group. Persons interested in making

presentations, submitting technical

papers, or providing comments should

submit them by April 27, 1998, to Dr.

Richard L. Ellis, Suite 6913 Franklin

Court, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington DC 20250–3700. The

materials should be in a format suitable

for preparing hard copy for review by

Subcommittee members. Persons

requiring a sign language interpreter or

other special accommodation should

contact Ms. Amelia Wright at the above

address or by telephone (202) 501–7343

by April 27, 1998. All technical papers,

comments, and data about the meeting

will be available for public viewing

beginning May 21, 1998, in the FSIS

Docket Room, Room 102, Cotton Annex

Building, 300 12th Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20250–3700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The meeting is open to the public on

a space-available basis. Comments may

be made before or after the meeting is

held. All comments will become part of

the public record on this meeting.

The Committee was established in

April 1988. It provides advice and

recommendations to the Secretaries of

Agriculture and Health and Human

Services concerning microbiological and

epidemiological aspects of food safety

and foodborne diseases and also

provides specific information to the

Departments of Defense and Commerce.

Done at Washington, DC, on April 15,

1998.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–10602 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P

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.

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.