Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 129 /Tuesday, July 7, 1998 / Notices 36655

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the Federal Hall Ballroom of the

Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas

Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005. To

register for the meeting, contact Ms.

Harris at (202) 501–7315, FAX to (202)

501–7615, or E-mail to

mary.harris@usda.gov. If a sign language

interpreter or other special

accommodation is necessary, please

contact Ms. Harris by July 14, 1998. Ms.

Harris’ address is FSIS, Franklin Court

Building, Room 6904, 1099 14th Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20250–3700. All

technical papers, comments, and data

about the meeting will be available for

public viewing after August 15, 1998, in

the FSIS Docket Room, Room 102,

Cotton Annex Building, 300 12th Street,

SW, Washington, DC 20250–3700.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

William J. Hudnall, Assistant Deputy

Administrator, Office of Policy, Program

Development, and Evaluation at (202)

205–0495 or FAX to (202) 401–1760.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On April 12 and 13, 1995, FSIS

convened a scientific and technical

conference in Chicago as part of a series

of outreach activities associated with

the Pathogen Reduction/Hazard

Analysis and Critical Control Point

(HACCP) proposed rule. The purpose of

the conference was to solicit public

comment about what actions FSIS

should take to encourage innovative

technologies that could contribute to

overall efforts to improve food safety.

The upcoming July 28 conference is

intended to be a follow-up to the 1995

conference. FSIS continues to believe

that the development and proper use of

technology can contribute significantly

to ensuring the safety of the food

supply, and the Agency will continue to

foster such development and use. The

upcoming conference will explore

current food technology and should

stimulate the development of beneficial

innovations to ensure food safety,

particularly with regard to the reduction

of pathogens.

Since the 1995 conference, many meat

and poultry plants have implemented 3

interventions, such as steam

pasteurization and carcass rinses, that

are effective in reducing pathogens on

meat and poultry. New developments

also have been made in irradiation

technology. The conference will provide

an opportunity to disseminate

information that can lead to the timely

introduction of these and other

beneficial emerging technologies into

more establishments.

1998 Conference Agenda

The conference will consist of two

sessions:

Session I: ‘‘Technologies for Reducing

Pathogens’’

This session will cover emerging

technologies for reducing pathogens

throughout the farm-to-table continuum.

FSIS has stressed the importance of a

farm-to-table approach to food safety.

Although FSIS does not have authority

to impose controls at the farm level, it

continues to believe that public

concerns about pathogens and

foodborne illness will stimulate action

at this level to help improve food safety.

In slaughter and processing plants, the

Agency continues to be interested in

advances that will enhance the safety of

meat and poultry products. In addition,

FSIS is working with the Food and Drug

Administration and State and local food

regulatory officials to ensure that food

safety issues are adequately addressed

in transport, retail, storage, and food

service settings. The Agency remains

firmly committed to its farm-to-table

strategy.

Session II: ‘‘Technologies for Detecting

Pathogens’’

This session will address both

existing and emerging technologies to

detect pathogens, including those which

are close to practical application within

the farm-to-table continuum.

At each session, invited speakers from

FSIS, other government agencies,

industry, consumer groups, and

academia will give presentations. In

addition, FSIS is soliciting the

submission of technical papers on

emerging technology and will invite

selected submitters to give 5-minute

presentations summarizing their papers.

If the same subject is covered in more

than one paper, FSIS will have the

authors combine their presentations for

a single 5-minute presentation or select

the author of the first paper submitted

on the subject. FSIS will moderate each

session and will be joined by a panel

consisting of representatives from

government agencies, industry,

academia, and consumer groups. This

panel will have an opportunity to

question the presenters and to discuss

the technology. Each session will

conclude with an open discussion

period to allow participants to briefly

state their views and ask questions.

Speakers or other interested persons

who will require exhibition space or

special equipment to enhance their

presentations should specify their needs

by contacting Ms. Mary Harris at the

address above. This request should be

included with the paper. Based on the

number of requests for space received

by July 8, 1998, FSIS will determine

whether it will be able to make

exhibition space available.

Done in Washington, DC, on June 26, 1998.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–17837 Filed 7–6–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 98–034N]

Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and

Inspection Service (FSIS) is making

available for purchase the revised, 1998,

3rd edition of the Microbiology

Laboratory Guidebook.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Richard P. Mageau, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection

Service, Office of Public Health and

Science, Microbiology Division, Room

3714—Franklin Court, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20250–3700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Microbiology Division of the Office of

Public Health and Science, FSIS,

announces the availability for purchase

of the revised, 1998, 3rd edition of the

Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook.

The Guidebook contains current

protocols for analytical tests required by

FSIS in its regulation of meat, poultry

and egg products. Specifically,

microbiological methods are presented

for sample preparation, isolation and

identification of the major food borne

pathogenic microorganisms and their

toxins, meat tissue species

identification, and the detection of

extraneous materials and antimicrobial

residues. Media and reagent

formulations, and Most Probable

Number Tables are contained in an

appendix.

This document may be purchased as

the Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook,

3rd edition, 1998, stock #001–000–

04656–0, at a price of $57.00 Domestic

and $71.25 Foreign from:

Government Printing Office,

Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box

371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250–7954,

(Fax) 202–512–2233.
36656 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 129 /Tuesday, July 7, 1998 / Notices

Done in Washington, DC on: June 26, 1998.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–17838 Filed 7–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service

Meeting of Advisory Committee on

Emerging Markets

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), notice

is hereby given that the second meeting

of the Advisory Committee on Emerging

Markets will be held July 16, 1998. The

role of the committee is to provide

information and advice, based upon

knowledge and expertise of the

members, useful to the U.S. Department

of Agriculture (USDA) in implementing

the Emerging Markets Program. The

committee will also advise USDA on

ways to increase the involvement of the

U.S. private sector in cooperative work

with emerging markets in food and rural

business systems and review proposals

submitted to the Program.

DATES: The meeting will be held

Thursday, July 16, 1998, from 9:00 a.m.

to 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the U.S. Department of Agriculture,

1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20250.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this meeting is to review and

discuss those proposals the Emerging

Markets Office has received which may

qualify for Emerging Markets Program

funding. The minutes of the meeting

announced in this Notice shall be

available for review. The meeting is

open to the public and members of the

public may provide comments in

writing to Douglas Freeman, Foreign

Agricultural Service, room 6506 South

Building, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, 14th and Independence

Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20250, but

should not make any oral comments at

the meeting unless invited to do so by

the Co-chairpersons.

Signed at Washington, DC, June 26, 1998.

Timothy J. Galvin,

Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural

Service.

[FR Doc. 98–17836 Filed 7–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–10–M

ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW

BOARD

Formal Determinations, Additional

Releases and Corrections

AGENCY: Assassination Records Review

Board.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Assassination Records

Review Board (Review Board) met in a

closed meeting on June 17, 1998, and

made formal determinations on the

release of records under the President

John F. Kennedy Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992 (JFK Act). By

issuing this notice, the Review Board

complies with the section of the JFK Act

that requires the Review Board to

publish the results of its decisions in the

Federal Register within 14 days of the

date of the decision.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Peter Voth, Assassination Records

Review Board, Second Floor,

Washington, DC 20530, (202) 724–0088,

fax (202) 724–0457. The public may

obtain an electronic copy of the

complete document-by-document

determinations by contacting

<EileenlSullivan@jfk-arrb.gov>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice complies with the requirements

of the President John F. Kennedy

Assassination Records Collection Act of

1992, 44 U.S.C. 2107.9(c)(4)(A) (1992).

On June 17, 1998, the Review Board

made formal determinations on records

it reviewed under the JFK Act.

Notice of Formal Determinations

3 Church Committee Documents: Postponed

in Part until 10/2017

5 CIA Documents: Postponed in Part until

05/2001

686 CIA Documents: Postponed in Part until

10/2017

212 FBI Documents: Postponed in Part until

10/2017

16 Ford Library Documents: Postponed in

Part until 10/2017

2 HSCA Documents: Postponed in Part until

10/2017

2 JCS Documents: Postponed in Part until 10/

2017

128 US ARMY Documents: Postponed in Part

until 10/2017

Notice of Other Releases

After consultation with appropriate

Federal agencies, the Review Board

announces that documents from the

following agencies are now being

opened in full: 4 CIA documents; 712

FBI documents; 36 Ford Library

documents; 3 HSCA documents; 33 JCS

documents; 161 NSC documents; 82

U.S. Army (Califano) documents; 22

U.S. Army (IRR) documents.

Notice of Corrections

On April 13, 1998 the Review Board

made formal determinations that were

published in the April 30, 1998 Federal

Register (FR 98–23717, 63 FR 12345). At

that time, the following documents were

not included in the list of formal

determinations because record

identification numbers had not yet been

assigned to them:

HSCA Documents: Postponed in Part

180–10147–10327; 2; 10/2017

180–10147–10354; 16; 10/2017

180–10147–10355; 6; 10/2017

180–10147–10356; 13; 10/2017

180–10147–10357; 4; 10/2017

180–10147–10358; 8; 10/2017

180–10147–10359; 1; 10/2017

Dated: June 30, 1998.

T. Jeremy Gunn,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 98–17977 Filed 7–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6118–01–P

BROADCASTING BOARD OF

GOVERNORS

Sunshine Act Meeting

DATE AND TIME: July 14, 1998; 9:30 a.m.

PLACE: Cohen Building, Room 3321, 330

Independence Ave., SW., Washington,

DC 20547.

CLOSED MEETING: The members of the

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)

will meet in closed session to review

and discuss a number of issues relating

to U.S. Government-funded nonmilitary

international broadcasting. They will

address internal procedural, budgetary,

and personnel issues, as well as

sensitive foreign policy issues relating

to potential options in the U.S.

international broadcasting field. This

meeting is closed because if open it

likely would either disclose matters that

would be properly classified to be kept

secret in the interest of foreign policy

under the appropriate executive order (5

U.S.C. 552b.(c)(1)) or would disclose

information the premature disclosure of

which would be likely to significantly

frustrate implementation of a proposed

agency action. (5 U.S.C. 552b.(c)(9)(B)).

In addition, part of the discussion will

relate solely to the internal personnel

and organizational issues of the BBG or

the International Broadcasting Bureau.

(5 U.S.C. 552b.(c) (2) and (6)).

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Persons interested in obtaining more

information should contact Brenda

Massey at (202) 401–3736.