6524 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 25 / Monday, February 8, 2016 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

Office of Foods and Veterinary 

Medicine; Center for Food Safety and 

Applied Nutrition; Statement of 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Statement of Organizations, 

Functions, and Delegations of Authority 

The Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA) is announcing that it has 

reorganized the Office of Foods and 

Veterinary Medicine (OFVM), Center for 

Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 

(CFSAN) by establishing the new Office 

of Dietary Supplement Programs 

(ODSP). ODSP will consist of the 

Evaluation and Research Staff and the 

Regulatory Implementation Staff. This 

reorganization resulted in the retitling of 

the OFVM, CFSAN, Office of Nutrition, 

Labeling and Dietary Supplements 

(ONLDS) to the Office of Nutrition and 

Food Labeling (ONFL), and the 

abolishment of the Division of Dietary 

Supplement Programs (DDSP) under 

ONLDS. This new organizational 

structure was approved by the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services on 

XXXXX and effective upon signature. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Helio Chaves, Acting Associate Director 

for Management, Center for Food Safety 

and Applied Nutrition, Office of Foods 

and Veterinary Medicine, Food and 

Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch 

Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, 240– 

402–2471. 

I. Part D, Chapter D–B, (Food and 

Drug Administration), the Statement of 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority for the 

Department of Health Human Services 

(35 FR 3685, February 25, 1970; 60 FR 

56605, November 9, 1995; 64 FR 36361, 

July 6, 1999; 72 FR 50112, August 30, 

2007; 74 FR 41713, August 18, 2009; 

and 76 FR 45270, July 28, 2011) is 

amended to reflect the transfer of DDSP 

functions and personnel into ODSP to 

better align the mission and day-to-day 

activities of DDSP. The reorganization 

brings more prominence to dietary 

supplements, which is a noteworthy 

interest to Congress, increasing the 

ability to recruit resources and expertise 

to ODSP, and allowing for a more 

strategic approach in how ODSP 

resources are utilized. ODSP will focus 

on ensuring the integrity of product 

identity, enhancing Good 

Manufacturing Practices (GMP) 

compliance even further through more 

enforcement and more education, 

increased attention to products with 

acute health hazards, finding 

efficiencies in New Dietary Ingredient 

(NDI) review process, and greater 

attention to claim substantiation. This 

reorganization is explained in Staff 

Manual Guides 1230A.1, 1231.20, and 

1231.21. 

FDA, OVFM, CFSAN has been 

restructured as follows: 

DJJH ORGANIZATION. CFSAN is headed 

by the Center Director and includes the 

following organizational units: 

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 

(DJJH) 

Office of the Center Director (DJJHA) 

Office of Management (DJJHB) 

Office of Analytics and Outreach (DJJHC) 

Office of Food Safety (DJJHD) 

Office of Cosmetics and Colors (DJJHE) 

Office of Regulatory Science (DJJHF) 

Office of Food Additive Safety (DJJHG) 

Office of Compliance (DJJHH) 

Office of Applied Research and Safety 

Assessment (DJJHI) 

Office of Regulations, Policy and Social 

Sciences (DJJHJ) 

Office of Nutrition and Food Labeling 

(DJJHK) 

Office of Dietary Supplement Programs 

(DJJHL) 

DJJHK ORGANIZATION. ONFL is headed 

by the Office Director and includes the 

following organizational units: 

Office of Nutrition and Food Labeling 

(DJJHK) 

Food Labeling and Standards Staff 

Nutrition Programs Staff 

DJJHL ORGANIZATION. ODSP is headed 

by the Office Director and includes the 

following organizational units: 

Office of Dietary Supplement Programs 

(DJJHL) 

Evaluation and Research Staff 

Regulatory Implementation Staff 

II. Delegations of Authority. Pending 

further delegation, directives, or orders 

by the Commissioner of Food and 

Drugs, all delegations and re-delegations 

of authority made to officials and 

employees of affected organizational 

components will continue in them or 

their successors pending further redelegations, provided they are 

consistent with this reorganization. 

III. Electronic Access. Persons 

interested in seeing the completed Staff 

Manual Guide can find it on FDA’s 

Webs site at: http://www.fda.gov/

AboutFDA/ReportsManualsForms/

StaffManualGuides/default.htm. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3101.) 

Dated: December 22, 2015. 

Sylvia M. Burwell, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute on Deafness and 

Other Communication; Disorders 

Notice of Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of the Board 

of Scientific Counselors, NIDCD. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public as indicated below in accordance 

with the provisions set forth in section 

552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended 

for the review, discussion, and 

evaluation of individual intramural 

programs and projects conducted by the 

National Institute on Deafness and 

Other Communication Disorders, 

including consideration of personnel 

qualifications and performance, and the 

competence of individual investigators, 

the disclosure of which would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: Board of Scientific 

Counselors, NIDCD. 

Date: March 8, 2016. 

Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate personal 

qualifications and performance, and 

competence of individual investigators. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Building 31, Room 3C05, 31 Center Drive, 

Bethesda, MD 20892 (Telephone Conference 

Call). 

Contact Person: Andrew J. Griffith, Ph.D., 

MD, Director, Division of Intramural 

Research, National Institute on Deafness and 

Other Communication Disorders, 35A 

Convent Drive, GF 103 Rockville, MD 20892, 

301–496–1960, griffita@nidcd.nih.gov. 

Information is also available on the 

Institute’s/Center’s home page: http://

www.nidcd.nih.gov/about/groups/bsc/, 

where an agenda and any additional 

information for the meeting will be posted 

when available. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.173, Biological Research 

Related to Deafness and Communicative 

Disorders, National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: February 2, 2016. 

Sylvia Neal, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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