This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains documents other than rules or

proposed rules that are applicable to the

public. Notices of hearings and investigations,

committee meetings, agency decisions and

rulings, delegations of authority, filing of

petitions and applications and agency

statements of organization and functions are

examples of documents appearing in this

section.

Notices Federal Register

45937 

Vol. 73, No. 153 

Thursday, August 7, 2008 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2008–0023] 

National Advisory Committee on 

Microbiological Criteria for Foods; 

Re-establishment 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of re-chartering of 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 

notice is announcing the re-chartering of 

the National Advisory Committee on 

Microbiological Criteria for Foods 

(NACMCF) by the Secretary of 

Agriculture on June 5, 2008. The 

Committee is being renewed in 

cooperation with the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). The 

establishment of the Committee was 

recommended by a 1985 report of the 

National Academy of Sciences 

Committee on Food Protection, 

Subcommittee on Microbiological 

Criteria, ‘‘An Evaluation of the Role of 

Microbiological Criteria for Foods.’’ The 

current charter for the NACMCF is 

available for viewing on the NACMCF 

homepage at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

About_FSIS/NACMCF/index.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Thomas-Sharp, Advisory 

Committee Specialist, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS), Room 333 

Aerospace Center, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

3700. Telephone number: (202) 690– 

6620. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

USDA is charged with administration 

and the enforcement of the Federal Meat 

Inspection Act (FMIA), the Poultry 

Products Inspection Act (PPIA), and the 

Egg Products Inspection Act (EPIA). The 

Secretary of HHS is charged with the 

administration and enforcement of the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(FFDCA). These Acts help protect 

consumers by assuring that food 

products are wholesome, not 

adulterated, and properly marked, 

labeled and packaged. 

In order to assist the Secretaries in 

carrying out their responsibilities under 

the FMIA, PPIA, EPIA, and FFDCA, the 

NACMCF is being re-chartered. The 

Committee will be charged with 

advising and providing 

recommendations to the Secretaries on 

the development of microbiological 

criteria by which the safety and 

wholesomeness of food can be assessed, 

including criteria for microorganisms 

that indicate whether foods have been 

adequately and appropriately processed. 

Re-chartering of this Committee is 

necessary and in the public interest 

because of the need for external expert 

advice on the range of scientific and 

technical issues that must be addressed 

by the Federal sponsors in meeting their 

statutory responsibilities. The 

complexity of the issues to be addressed 

requires that the Committee meet at 

least twice per year. 

Members will be appointed by the 

Secretary of USDA after consultation 

with the Secretary of HHS. Because of 

their interest in the matters to be 

addressed by this Committee, advice on 

membership appointments will be 

requested from the Department of 

Commerce’s National Marine Fisheries 

Service, the Department of Defense’s 

Veterinary Service Activity, and the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services’ Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. Background materials 

are available on the Web at the 

NACMCF home page noted above or by 

contacting Karen Thomas-Sharp at the 

information listed above. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, in an effort to 

ensure that minorities, women, and 

persons with disabilities are aware of 

this notice, FSIS will announce it online 

through the FSIS Web page located at 

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

2008_Notices_Index/. FSIS will also 

make copies of this Federal Register 

publication available through the FSIS 

Constituent Update, which is used to 

provide information regarding FSIS 

policies, procedures, regulations, 

Federal Register notices, FSIS public 

meetings, and other types of information 

that could affect or would be of interest 

to constituents and stakeholders. The 

Update is communicated via Listserv, a 

free electronic mail subscription service 

for industry, trade groups, consumer 

interest groups, health professionals, 

and other individuals who have asked 

to be included. The Update is also 

available on the FSIS Web page. 

Through the Listserv and Web page, 

FSIS is able to provide information to a 

much broader and more diverse 

audience. In addition, FSIS offers an email subscription service which 

provides automatic and customized 

access to selected food safety news and 

information. This service is available at 

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

news_and_events/email_subscription/. 

Options range from recalls to export 

information to regulations, directives 

and notices. Customers can add or 

delete subscriptions themselves, and 

have the option to password protect 

their accounts. 

Done at Washington, DC, on August 1, 

2008. 

Alfred V. Almanza, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E8–18137 Filed 8–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

(A–201–834) 

Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from 

Mexico: Notice of Preliminary Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: In response to a request from 

Quimica Amtex S.A. de C.V. (Amtex), 

the Department of Commerce (the 

Department) is conducting an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on purified 

carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from 

Mexico. The review covers exports of 

the subject merchandise to the United 

States produced and exported by Amtex 

and the period of review (POR) is July 

1, 2006, through June 30, 2007. 


sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES