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for review in the FSIS Docket Room, 

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

through Friday. 

Food Marketing Institute/National 

Council of Chain Restaurants Animal 

Welfare Audit Program. Information 

about the program is available at 

http://www.awaudit.org/. 

National Chicken Council Animal 

Welfare Guidelines and Audit Checklist. 

Available at http:// 

www.nationalchickencouncil.com/. 

Thaler, A.M., ‘‘The United States 

Perspective Towards Poultry 

Slaughter.’’ Poultry Science. February 

1999. v. 78 (2), p. 298–301. 

Done at Washington, DC on September 23, 

2005. 

Barbara J. Masters, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 05–19378 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. 05–030N] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Food Import and Export Inspection and 

Certification Systems 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Under 

Secretary for Food Safety, United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), and 

the Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA), U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS), are sponsoring 

a public meeting on November 10, 2005. 

The objective of the public meeting is to 

provide information and receive public 

comments on agenda items and draft 

U.S. positions that will be discussed at 

the 14th Session of the Codex 

Committee on Food Import and Export 

Inspection and Certification Systems 

(CCFICS) of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission (Codex), which will be 

held in Melbourne, Australia, November 

28–December 2, 2005. The Under 

Secretary for Food Safety and FDA 

recognize the importance of providing 

interested parties the opportunity to 

obtain background information on the 

14th Session of CCFICS and to address 

items on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Thursday, November 10, 2005 from 

1 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held in Room 0161 of the South 

Agriculture Building, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC (Smithsonian Metro 

stop). Documents related to the 14th 

Session of the CCFICS will be accessible 

via the World Wide Web at the 

following address: http:// 

www.codexalimentarius.net/ 

current.asp. 

FSIS invites interested persons to 

submit comments on this notice. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• Mail, including floppy disks or CD–

ROMs, and hand- or courier-delivered 

items: Send to the FSIS Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food 

Safety and Inspection Service, 300 12th 

Street, SW., Room 102, Cotton Annex, 

Washington, DC 20250. All comments 

received must include the Agency name 

and docket number 05–030N. All 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice, will be available for public 

inspection in the FSIS Docket Room at 

the address listed above between 8:30 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday. The comments also will be 

posted on the Agency’s Web site at 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/ 

2005_Notices_Index/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

About the 14th session of the CCFICS: 

Dr. Catherine Carnevale, Director, Office 

of Constituent Operations, Center for 

Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 

FDA, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway (HFS–

550), College Park, MD 20740, phone: 

(301) 436–2380, Fax: (301) 436–2618. Email: 

Catherine.Carnevale@cfsan.fda.gov. 

About the public meeting: Edith 

Kennard, Staff Officer, U.S. Codex 

Office, Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, Room 4861, South Building, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250, Phone: (202) 

720–5261, Fax: (202) 720–3157, E-mail: 

edith.kennard@fsis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Codex was established in 1962 by two 

United Nations organizations, the Food 

and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and 

the World Health Organization (WHO). 

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. In 

the United States, USDA, FDA, and the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

manage and carry out U.S. Codex. 

The Codex Committee on Food Import 

and Export Inspection and Certification 

Systems was established to develop 

principles and guidelines for food 

import and export inspection and 

certification systems to facilitate trade 

through harmonization and to supply 

safe and quality foods to consumers. 

Included in the charge is application of 

measures by competent authorities to 

provide assurance that foods comply 

with essential requirements. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the Agenda 

for the 14th Session of the Committee 

will be discussed during the public 

meeting: 

• Proposed draft Appendices to the 

Guidelines on the Judgment of 

Equivalence of Sanitary Measures 

Associated with Food Inspection and 

Certification. 

• Proposed draft Guidelines for Riskbased Inspection of Imported Foods 

• Proposed draft Principles for the 

Application of Traceability/Product 

tracing in the context of Food Inspection 

and Certification Systems 

• Proposed draft Revision of the 

Guidelines for Generic Official 

Certificate Formats and the Production 

and issuance of Certificates 

• Discussion Paper on the Revision of 

the Guidelines for the Exchange of 

Information between Countries on 

Rejection of Imported Foods 

• Discussion Paper on development 

of an Appendix on ‘‘Information relating 

to the need for technical assistance and 

cooperation between the importing 

countries to exporting countries’’ to the 

Codex Guidelines on the Judgment of 

Equivalence of Sanitary Measures 

Associated with Food Inspection and 

Certification 

Members of the public may access or 

request copies of these documents at: 

http://www.codexalimentarius.net/ 

current.asp 

Public Meeting 

At the November 10th public meeting, 

draft U.S. positions on the agenda items 

will be described, discussed, and 

attendees will have the opportunity to 

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pose questions and offer comments. 

Written comments may be offered at the 

meeting or sent to the U.S. Delegate for 

the 14th session of the CCFICS, Dr. 

Catherine Carnevale (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). Written 

comments should state that they relate 

to activities of the 14th Session of the 

CCFICS. 

Additional Public Information 

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rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, in an effort to 

ensure that the public, and in particular 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities are aware of this notice, 

FSIS will announce it on-line through 

the FSIS Web page located at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/ 

2005_Notices_Index/. 

FSIS also will make copies of this 

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through the FSIS Constituent Update, 

which is used to provide information 

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regulations, Federal Register notices, 

FSIS public meetings, recalls, and other 

types of information that could affect or 

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and stakeholders. The update is 

communicated via Listserv, a free 

electronic mail subscription service for 

industry, trade, and farm groups, 

consumer interest groups, allied health 

professionals, scientific professionals, 

and other individuals who have 

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also is available on the FSIS Web page. 

Through Listserv and the Web page, 

FSIS is able to provide information to a 

much broader, more diverse audience. 

In addition, FSIS offers an electronic 

mail subscription service which 

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notification when popular pages are 

updated, including Federal Register 

publications and related documents. 

This service is available at http:// 

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Done at Washington, DC, September 23, 

2005. 

F. Edward Scarbrough, 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

[FR Doc. 05–19374 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

DOC has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance the following proposal for 

collection of information under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). 

Agency: Bureau of Industry and 

Security. 

Title: Requests For Appointment Of 

Technical Advisory Committee. 

Form Number(s): Not applicable. 

Agency Approval Number: 0694–

0100. 

Type of Request: Renewal of an 

existing collection. 

Burden: 5 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 1. 

Average Hours Per Response: 5. 

Needs and Uses: The Technical 

Advisory Committees (TAC) were 

established to advise and assist the U.S. 

Government on export control matters. 

In managing the operations of the TACs, 

the Department of Commerce is 

responsible for implementing the 

policies and procedures prescribed in 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

The Bureau of Industry and Security 

provides technical and administrative 

support for these committees. The TACs 

advise the government on proposed 

revisions to export control lists, 

licensing procedures, assessments of the 

foreign availability of controlled 

products, and export control 

regulations. 

Affected Public: Individuals, 

businesses or other for-profit and notfor-profit institutions. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, DOC 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482–

0266, Department of Commerce, Room 

6625, 14th and Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. (or via 

Internet at DHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, room 10202, New Executive 

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. 

Dated: September 22, 2005. 

Madeleine Clayton, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–19299 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce (DOC) 

has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance the following proposal for 

collection of information under 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Agency: Bureau of Industry and 

Security. 

Title: National Security and Critical 

Technology Assessment of the U.S. 

Industrial Base. 

Agency Form Number: N/A. 

OMB Approval Number: 0694–0119. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection of 

information. 

Burden: 24,000 hours. 

Average Time Per Response: 4 hours 

per response. 

Number of Respondents: 6,000 

respondents. 

Needs and Uses: The Department of 

Commerce/BIS, in coordination with 

other government agencies and private 

entities, conduct assessments of U.S. 

industries deemed critical to our 

national security. The information 

gathered is needed to assess the health 

and competitiveness as well as the 

needs of the targeted industry sector in 

order to maintain a strong U.S. 

industrial base. Data obtained from the 

surveys will be used to prepare an 

assessment of the current status of the 

targeted industry, addressing 

production, technological 

developments, economic performance, 

employment and academic trends, and 

international competitiveness. 

Affected Public: Individuals, 

businesses or other for-profit 

institutions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. (or via Internet at 

DHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, e-mail address, 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov, or fax 

number, (202) 395–7285.