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to the Temporary Restrictions list for the 

import of animal commodities imported 

from or transiting Costa Rica. 

Subsequent follow-up reports to WOAH, 

as well as epidemiological reports 

submitted to APHIS from Costa Rica’s 

National Service for Animal Health, 

indicated further detections of 

screwworm in livestock, including 

cattle and sheep. Therefore, on August 

21, 2023, APHIS added Costa Rica to the 

list of regions APHIS considers affected 

with screwworm. 

As a result, horses, ruminants, swine, 

and dogs from Panama and Costa Rica 

are subject to APHIS import restrictions 

designed to mitigate risk of screwworm 

introduction into the United States. This 

notice serves as an official record and 

public notification of these actions. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301– 

8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 

9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day of 

January 2025. 

Michael Watson, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00995 Filed 1–15–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

The U.S. Codex Office 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables 

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 Feb 5, 

2025. The objective of the public 

meeting is to provide information and 

receive public comments on agenda 

items and draft U.S. positions to be 

discussed at the 22nd Session of the 

Codex Committee on Fresh Fruits and 

Vegetables (CCFFV), which will meet in 

Mexico City, Mexico, from February 25– 

March 1, 2025. The U.S. Manager for 

Codex Alimentarius and the Under 

Secretary for Trade and Foreign 

Agricultural Affairs recognize the 

importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 23rd 

Session of the CCFFV and to address 

items on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for February 5, 2025, from 11 a.m.–12:30 

p.m. eastern time. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will 

take place via video teleconference only. 

Documents related to the 23rd Session 

of the CCFFV will be accessible via the 

internet at the following address: 

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

?meeting=CCFFV&session=23. 

Mr. Dorian LaFond, U.S. Delegate to 

the 23rd Session of CCFFV, invites 

interested U.S. parties to submit their 

comments electronically to the 

following email address: 

Dorian.LaFond@usda.gov. 

Registration: Attendees may register 

to attend the public meeting at the 

following link: https://

www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/ 

vJIscOihrD8uGX42lENVyIB

4gIMrirpf_SE. After registering, you will 

receive a confirmation email containing 

information about joining the meeting. 

For further information about the 23rd 

Session of the CCFFV, contact U.S. 

Delegate, Mr. Dorian LaFond, 

International Food Standards 

Coordinator, Fruits and Vegetables 

Program, Specialty Crops Division, 

Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, phone: +1 

(202) 690–4944, email: Dorian.LaFond@

usda.gov. For additional information 

regarding the public meeting, contact 

the U.S. Codex Office by email at: 

uscodex@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Codex Alimentarius Commission 

was established in 1963 by two United 

Nations organizations, the Food and 

Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the 

World Health Organization (WHO). 

Through the 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 Fresh Fruits and 

Vegetables (CCFFV) are: 

(a) To elaborate worldwide standards 

and codes of practice as may be 

appropriate for fresh fruits and 

vegetables 

(b) to consult, as necessary, with other 

international organizations in the 

standards development to avoid 

duplication 

The CCFFV is hosted by Mexico. The 

United States attends the CCFFV as a 

member country of Codex. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items from the 

Provisional Agenda for the 23rd Session 

of the CCFFV will be discussed during 

the public meeting: 

• Matters arising from the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission and other 

committees; 

• Matters arising from other 

international organizations on the 

standardization of fresh fruits and 

vegetables; 

• Draft standard for fresh dates; 

• Proposed draft standard for fresh 

curry leaves; 

• Discussion paper on the review of 

existing FFV standards; 

• Consideration for proposals for new 

work; 

• Other Business. 

Public Meeting 

At the February 5, 2025, 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 Mr. 

Dorian LaFond, U.S. Delegate to the 

23rd Session of the CCFFV, at 

dorian.lafond@usda.gov. Written 

comments should state that they relate 

to activities of the 23rd Session of the 

CCFFV. 

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 online through the 

USDA Codex 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 subscriptions 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/oascr/filing-programdiscrimination-complaint-usdacustomer, or write a letter signed by you 


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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, etc.) 

should contact USDA’s TARGET Center 

at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

Done at Washington, DC, on January 13, 

2025. 

Julie A. Chao, 

Deputy U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01035 Filed 1–15–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3420–3F–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

The U.S. Codex Office 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Food Additives 

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 

February 18, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 12 

p.m. eastern time (ET). The objective of 

the public meeting is to provide 

information and receive public 

comments on agenda items and draft 

U.S. positions to be discussed at the 

55th Session of the Codex Committee on 

Food Additives (CCFA) of the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission, which is 

scheduled to be held in Seoul, Republic 

of Korea, from March 24–28, 2025. The 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius 

and the Under Secretary for Trade and 

Foreign Agricultural Affairs recognize 

the importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 55th 

Session of the CCFA and to address 

items on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for February 18, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 12 

p.m. ET. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will 

take place in a hybrid format. The onsite location is Meeting Room 1A–001 

and 1A–002 at the U.S. Food and Drug 

Administration, Harvey Wiley Federal 

Building, 5001 Campus Drive, College 

Park, MD 20740–3835. Documents 

related to the 55th Session of the CCFA 

will be accessible via the internet at the 

following address: https://www.fao.org/ 

fao-who-codexalimentarius//detail/it/ 

?meeting=CCFA&session=55. 

Dr. Daniel Folmer, U.S. Delegate to 

the 55th Session of the CCFA, invites 

interested U.S. parties to submit their 

comments electronically to the 

following email address: 

Daniel.Folmer@fda.hhs.gov. 

Registration: In-person attendees may 

register to attend the public meeting at 

the following email address: ccfa@

cfsan.fda.gov. Virtual attendees may 

register to attend the public meeting at 

the following link: https://

fda.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/ 

vJItcOmgpj4iHgEoL7A

3kCqQesR5F9ClcMQ. Both in-person 

and virtual attendees should register by 

February 14, 2025. After registering, you 

will receive a confirmation email 

containing information about joining the 

meeting. For further information about 

the public meeting, contact Dr. 

LaShonda Cureton, U.S. Alternate 

Delegate to the 55th Session of the 

CCFA, by phone at: +1 (240) 402–1351 

or by email at: Lashonda.Cureton@

fda.hhs.gov. 

For further information about the 55th 

session of the CCFA, contact U.S. 

Delegate, Dr. Daniel Folmer, by phone 

at: +1 (240) 402–1274 or by email at: 

Daniel.Folmer@fda.hhs.gov, or U.S. 

Alternate Delegate, Dr. LaShonda 

Cureton, by phone at: +1 (240) 402–1351 

or by email at: Lashonda.Cureton@

fda.hhs.gov. For additional information 

regarding the public meeting, contact 

the U.S. Codex Office by email at: 

uscodex@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Codex Alimentarius Commission 

was established in 1963 by two United 

Nations organizations, the Food and 

Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the 

World Health Organization (WHO). 

Through the 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 Food Additives (CCFA) 

are: 

(a) to establish or endorse permitted 

maximum levels for individual food 

additives; 

(b) to prepare priority lists of food 

additives for risk assessment by the 

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on 

Food Additives; 

(c) to assign functional classes to 

individual food additives; 

(d) to recommend specifications of 

identity and purity for food additives for 

adoption by the Commission; 

(e) to consider methods of analysis for 

the determination of additives in food; 

and 

(f) to consider and elaborate standards 

or codes for related subjects such as the 

labelling of food additives when sold as 

such. 

The CCFA is hosted by China. The 

United States attends the CCFA as a 

member country of the Codex 

Alimentarius. The 55th session of the 

CCFA will be co-hosted by the Republic 

of Korea. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items from the 

Provisional Agenda for the 55th Session 

of the CCFA will be discussed during 

the public meeting: 

• Matters Referred by the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission and other 

subsidiary bodies; 

• Matters of Interest arising from 

FAO/WHO and from the 99th Meeting 

of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert 

Committee on Food Additives (JECFA); 

• Proposed draft specifications for 

identity and purity of food additives 

arising from the 99th JECFA meeting; 

• Endorsement and/or revision of 

maximum levels for food additives and 

processing aids in Codex standards; 

• Alignment of the food additive 

provisions of commodity standards: 

Report of the Electronic Working Group 

(EWG) on Alignment; 

• General Standard for Food 

Additives (GFSA): Report of the EWG on 

the GSFA; 

• General Standard for Food 

Additives (GFSA): Proposals for new 

and/or revision of food additive 

provisions (replies to circular letter (CL) 

2024/58–FA); 

• Proposed draft revision to the Class 

Names and the International Numbering 

System for Food Additives (CXG 36– 

1989); 

• Proposals for additions and changes 

to the Priority List of Substances 

proposed for evaluation by JECFA 

(replies to CL 2024/59–FA); 

• Standard for baker’s yeast (Step 4); 

• Discussion paper on the working 

practices and the engagement plan to 

avoid divergence between the GSFA, 

commodity standards and other related 

Codex texts; 

• Other business and future work. 

Public Meeting 

At the public meeting on February 18, 

2025, the 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. 


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