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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 63, No. 133

Monday, July 13, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

Notice of Federal Invention Available

for Licensing and Intent To Grant

Exclusive License

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability and intent.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

Federally owned invention U.S. Serial

No. 09/053,261–601 filed March 6,

1998, entitled ‘‘Modified Live

Edwardsiella ictaluri Against Enteric

Septicemia in Channel Catfish’’ is

available for licensing and the U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Agricultural

Research Service, intends to grant to

Intervet, Inc., of Millsboro, Delaware, an

exclusive license to Serial No. 09/

053,261–601.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before October 13, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA,

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,

Room 415, Building 005, BARC-West,

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–2350.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June

Blalock of the Office of Technology

Transfer at the Beltsville address given

above; telephone: 301–504–5989.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Federal Government’s patent rights to

this invention are assigned to the United

States of America, as represented by the

Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the

public interest to so license this

invention as Intervet, Inc., has

submitted a complete and sufficient

application for a license. The

prospective exclusive license will be

royalty-bearing and will comply with

the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C.

209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective

exclusive license may be granted unless,

within ninety (90) days from the date of

this published Notice, the Agricultural

Research Service receives written

evidence and argument which

establishes that the grant of the license

would not be consistent with the

requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37

CFR 404.7.

Richard M. Parry, Jr.,

Assistant Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–18592 Filed 7–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive

License

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Agricultural Research Service, intends

to grant to Satake USA Inc., of Modesto,

California, an exclusive license to S.N.

07/550,310–601, ‘‘Machine Vision

Apparatus and Method for Sorting

Objects’’ filed October 30, 1995, Patent

No. 5,703,784 issued on December 30,

1997. Notice of Availability was

published in the Federal Register on

July 18, 1996.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before September 11, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA,

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,

Room 415, Building 005, BARC-West,

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–2350.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June

Blalock of the Office of Technology

Transfer at the Beltsville address given

above; telephone: 301–504–5989.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Federal Government’s patent rights to

this invention are assigned to the United

States of America, as represented by the

Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the

public interest to so license this

invention as Satake USA Inc., submitted

a complete and sufficient application for

a license. The prospective exclusive

license will be royalty-bearing and will

comply with the terms and conditions

of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The

prospective exclusive license may be

granted unless, within sixty (60) days

from the date of this published Notice,

the Agricultural Research Service

receives written evidence and argument

which establishes that the grant of the

license would not be consistent with the

requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37

CFR 404.7.

Richard M. Parry, Jr.,

Assistant Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–18593 Filed 7–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 98–035N]

Salmonella Enteritidis Risk

Assessment: Shell Eggs and Egg

Products; Availability of Document

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In December 1996, the Food

Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

began a comprehensive risk assessment

of Salmonella enterica serotype

Enteritidis (Salmonella Enteritidis (SE))

in response to an increasing number of

human illnesses associated with the

consumption of shell eggs and egg

products. The final report on risk

assessment is now available on the FSIS

website and in the FSIS Docket Room.

This document summarizes the risk

assessment process from the

development of a conceptual framework

through the incorporation of available

data into a comprehensive quantitative

model, which characterizes the public

health effects associated with the

consumption of SE-infected shell eggs

and egg products.

ADDRESSES: The document is available

electronically on the FSIS website at

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ophs/risk/

index.htm. Hard copies of the executive

summary are available in the FSIS

Docket Room, Room 102, Cotton Annex

Building, 300 12th Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20250–3700.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Ruth A. Etzel, Director, Epidemiology

and Risk Assessment Division, Office of

Public Health and Science, by telephone

at (202) 501–7472 or by FAX at (202)

501–6982.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The risk

assessment model consists of five

modules. The Egg Production Module

estimates the number of eggs produced

that are infected (or internally

contaminated) with SE. The Shell

Module, the Egg Products Module, and
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the Preparation and Consumption

Module estimate the increase or

decrease in the numbers of SE

organisms in eggs or egg products

during storage, transportation,

processing, and preparation. The Public

Health Module then calculates the

incidences of illness and four clinical

outcomes (recovery without treatment,

recovery after treatment by a physician,

hospitalization, and mortality) and cases

of reactive arthritis associated with

consuming SE positive eggs.

The baseline model for shell eggs

presented in the executive summary

simulates an average production of 46.8

billion shell eggs per year, 2.3 million

of them contaminated with SE. The

model predicts that consumption of

these eggs would result in a mean of

661,633 cases of human illnesses per

year within a range of 126,374 to 1.7

million cases annually. It is estimated

that about 94 percent of these cases

recover without medical care, 5 percent

consult a physician, 0.5 percent are

hospitalized, and 0.05 percent of the

cases result in death.

The risk assessment model can be

continually refined and updated for use

in future risk assessments for shell eggs

and egg products. FSIS plans to use the

risk assessment data to conduct costeffectiveness studies and cost-benefit

analyses.

Done, at Washington, DC, on July 5, 1998.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–18466 Filed 7–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 98–036N]

National Advisory Committee on Meat

and Poultry Inspection; Public Meeting

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and

Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing

that the National Advisory Committee

on Meat and Poultry Inspection will

conduct a public meeting by audio

teleconference to consider a proposed

public notice on the Agency’s protocol

for experimentation with the point and

frequency of inspection verification of

the zero tolerance standard in Hazard

Analysis and Critical Control Point

(HACCP) establishments that slaughter

livestock. FSIS is seeking advice and

comment from the Committee.

DATES: The audio teleconference will be

held on July 29, 1998, from 1:00 to 3:00

p.m.

ADDRESSES: Members of the public may

attend the teleconference in Room 0745

in the South Agriculture Building, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW, Washington

DC. People should enter the building at

Wing 4 on Independence Avenue.

Seating in Room 0745 South is limited,

and seating will be available on a firstcome, first-served basis beginning at

12:30 p.m. Please send written

comments on the discussion topic to the

FSIS Docket Clerk, Docket No. 98–036N,

Room 102, Cotton Annex Building, 300

12th Street, SW, Washington, DC

20250–3700. The comments and official

transcript of the teleconference will be

kept in the Docket Clerk’s office.

TELEPHONE LINES: Teleconference lines

are limited. Please call Mr. Michael

Micchelli at (202) 720–6269 if you are

interested in participating in the call to

obtain the dial-in number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons planning to attend the

teleconference in person will be

required to register at the meeting. No

pre-registration is required. For further

information, contact Mr. Micchelli at

the number above, by FAX at (202) 690–

1030 or E-mail to

Michael.Micchelli@usda.gov. Copies of

the draft proposed notice under

discussion are available on the FSIS

Homepage at http://www.usda.gov/

agency/fsis/homepage.htm. The draft

proposed notice is also available by

FAST FAX, FSIS’ automated FAX

retrieval system, at 1–800–238–8281 or

(202) 690–3754 (the reference number

for the FAST FAX system is 4000) or

from the FSIS Docket Clerk, Room 102,

Cotton Annex Building, 300 12th Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20250–3700,

between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, telephone (202)

720–3813.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On February 12, 1997, the Secretary of

Agriculture renewed the charter for the

Advisory Committee on Meat and

Poultry Inspection. The Committee

provides advice and recommendation to

the Secretary on Federal and State meat

and poultry programs pursuant to

sections 7(c), 24, 205, 301(c) of the

Federal Meat Inspection Act and

sections 5(a)(3), 5(c), 8(b), and 11(e) of

the Poultry Products Inspection Act.

The FSIS Administrator is the

Committee Chair. Committee

membership is drawn from

representatives of consumer groups,

producers, processors, and marketers

from the meat and poultry industry and

State government officials.

The current members of the

Committee are:

Dr. Deloran M. Allen, Excel Corporation

Dr. William L. Brown, ABC Research

Corporation

Terry Burkhardt, Wisconsin Bureau of

Meat Safety and Inspection

Caroline Smith-DeWaal, Center for

Science in the Public Interest

Nancy Donley, Safe Tables Our Priority

Michael J. Gregory, Tyson’s Foods Inc.

Dr. Cheryl Hall, Zacky Farms, Inc.

Dr. Margaret Hardin, National Pork

Producers

Alan Janzen, Circle Five Feedyards, Inc.

Dr. Daniel E. LaFontaine, South

Carolina Meat-Poultry Inspection

Department

Dr. Dale Morse, New York Office of

Public Health

Rosemary Mucklow, National Meat

Association

William Rosser, Texas Department of

Public Health

J. Myron Stolzfus, Stolzfus Meats

Dr. David M. Theno, Jr., Foodmaker Inc.

The Committee deliberates on specific

issues and makes recommendations to

the whole Committee and the Secretary

of Agriculture. The principal topic that

the Committee will consider at the

meeting is the point and frequency of

inspection verification for the zero

tolerance standard in HACCP

establishments that slaughter livestock.

FSIS plans to publish a notice

announcing experimentation that may

lead to new procedures for FSIS

verification of the zero tolerance

standard for visible fecal matter and

ingesta on livestock carcasses. Interested

persons will have an opportunity to

discuss issues relating to the activities

of the committee and may file

comments as discussed above in

ADDRESSES.

Done in Washington, DC, on: July 5, 1998.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–18464 Filed 7–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service

RIN 0551–AA26

Notice of Request for Extension and

Revision of a Currently Approved

Information Collection

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this