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Notices Federal Register

61394 

Vol. 73, No. 201 

Thursday, October 16, 2008 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2008–0020] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Food Hygiene 

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, U.S. 

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 October 30, 2008. 

The objective of the public meeting is to 

provide information and receive public 

comments on agenda items and draft 

United States positions that will be 

discussed at the 40th Session of the 

Codex Committee on Food Hygiene 

(CCFH) of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission (Codex), which will be 

held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, 

from December 1–5, 2008. The Under 

Secretary for Food Safety and the FDA, 

Center for Food Safety and Applied 

Nutrition (CFSAN), recognize the 

importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 40th 

Session of the CCFH and to address 

items on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Thursday, October 30, 2008, 2 p.m.– 

4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held in Rm. 1A001, Harvey W. Wiley 

Building, FDA, CFSAN, 5100 Paint 

Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 

20740. Documents related to the 40th 

Session of the CCFH will be accessible 

via the World Wide Web at the 

following address: http:// 

www.codexalimentarius.net/ 

current.asp. 

The U.S. Co-Alternate Delegates to the 

40th Session of the CCFH, Dr. Rebecca 

Buckner of FDA and Dr. Kerry Dearfield 

of USDA, invite U.S. interested parties 

to submit their comments electronically 

to the following e-mail address: 

Rebecca.Buckner@fda.hhs.gov. 

Registration 

If you are interested in attending the 

public meeting, please pre-register 

(name and affiliation) with Ms. Tiffany 

Paulsin at Tiffany.Paulsin@fda.hhs.gov 

or 301–436–2380. Visitor parking is 

available, but you must indicate you 

will be driving when you pre-register. 

For Further Information About the 

40th Session of the CCFH Contact: 

Rebecca Buckner, Co-Alternate to the 

U.S. Delegate to the CCFH, FDA, 

CFSAN, Harvey W. Wiley Federal 

Building, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, 

College Park, MD 20740–3835, Phone: 

(301) 436–1486, Fax: (301) 436–2632. 

E-mail: Rebecca.Buckner@fda.hhs.gov. 

For Further Information About the 

Public Meeting Contact: Syed Amjad 

Ali, International Issues Analyst, U.S. 

Codex Office, Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS), Room 4861, 

South Agriculture Building, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250, Phone: (202) 

205–7760, Fax: (202) 720–3157. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Codex Alimentarius (Codex) was 

established in 1963 by two United 

Nations organizations, the Food and 

Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the 

World Health Organization (WHO). 

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 protect the health of consumers 

and ensure that fair practices are used 

in trade. 

The Codex Committee on Food 

Hygiene was established to elaborate 

codes, standards, and related texts for 

food hygiene. The Committee is hosted 

by the United States. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the agenda for 

the 40th Session of the CCFH will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

• Matters Referred to the Committee 

on Food Hygiene from the Other Codex 

Bodies. 

• Progress Report on the Joint FAO/ 

WHO Expert meetings on 

Microbiological Risk Assessment 

(JEMRA) and Related Matters. 

• Information from the World 

Organization for Animal Health (OIE). 

• Microbiological Criteria for 

Powdered Follow-up Formula and 

Formulas for Special Medical Purposes 

for Young Children (Annex to the Code 

of Hygienic Practice for Powdered 

Formulae for Infants and Young 

Children). 

• Proposed Draft Microbiological 

Criteria for Control of Listeria 

monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Foods. 

• Proposed Draft Guidelines for the 

Control of Campylobacter and 

Salmonella spp. in Chicken Products. 

• Proposed Draft Annex on Leafy 

Green Vegetables, including Leafy 

Herbs, to the Code of Hygienic Practice 

for Fresh Fruits & Vegetables. 

• Proposed Draft Code of Hygienic 

Practice for Vibrio spp. in Seafood. 

• Discussion of the New Work 

Proposals submitted to the Ad Hoc 

Working Group for Establishment of 

CCFH Work Priorities. 

Each issue listed will be fully 

described in documents distributed, or 

to be distributed, by the Secretariat prior 

to the meeting. Members of the public 

may access or request copies of these 

documents (see ADDRESSES). 

Public Meeting 

At the October 30th 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 the Co-Alternate to 

the U.S. Delegate for the 40th Session of 

the CCFH, Dr. Rebecca Buckner (see 

ADDRESSES). Written comments should 

state that they relate to activities of the 

40th Session of CCFH. 

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 
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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 

they have the option to password 

protect their accounts. 

Done at Washington, DC on October 9, 

2008. 

Paulo Almeida, 

Associate Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

[FR Doc. E8–24464 Filed 10–15–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

30-Day Pre-decisional Review and 

Opportunity To Object; Cimarron and 

Comanche National Grasslands Land 

Management Plan (Grasslands Plan) 

AGENCY: The Pike and San Isabel 

National Forests and the Cimarron and 

Comanche National Grasslands, Forest 

Service, USDA. 

Authority: 36 CFR 219.9(b)(2)(i) and 36 

CFR 219.9(b)(3)(iii) 

Notice: Availability of the Cimarron 

and Comanche National Grasslands 

Land Management Plan (Grasslands 

Plan), and 30–Day Pre-decisional 

Review and Objection Period. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Supervisor for the 

Pike and San Isabel National Forests 

and the Cimarron and Comanche 

National Grasslands (PSICC) has made 

available the Cimarron and Comanche 

National Grasslands Land Management 

Plan (Grasslands Plan) for a 30 day predecisional review and objection period. 

The 30-day pre-decisional review and 

objection period commences the day 

following the publication of the legal 

notice in the Pueblo Chieftain, Pueblo, 

Colorado. 

DATES: October 7, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barb 

Masinton, 719–553–1400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest 

Supervisor for the PSICC has announced 

a 30-day pre-decisional review and 

objection period for the Grasslands Plan, 

as provided by 36 CFR 219.13(a). The 

30-day pre-decisional review and 

objection period will commence the day 

following the publication date of the 

legal notice in the Pueblo Chieftain, 

Pueblo, Colorado. The publication date 

of the legal notice in this newspaper of 

record is the exclusive means for 

calculating the time to file an objection 

(see Forest Service Handbook 1909,12, 

Chapter 50, section 51.13b). 

Objections may be filed only by nonfederal agencies, organizations and 

individuals who participated in the 

planning process through the 

submission of written comments to the 

Forest Service pertaining to the 

Grasslands Plan or supporting 

documents. It is helpful to reference 

your earlier written comments to 

document your standing in this 

objection process. These objections 

must be: (a) In writing, (b) submitted to 

the Grasslands Plan Reviewing Officer 

(Regional Forester, Rocky Mountain 

Region), and (c) submitted during the 

30-day pre-decisional review and 

objection period. Additionally, 

objections must contain the following: 

1. The name, mailing address, and 

telephone number of the person or 

entity filing the objection. Where a 

single objection is filed by more than 

one person, the objection must indicate 

the lead objector to contact. The 

Reviewing Officer may appoint the first 

name listed as the lead objector to act 

on behalf of all parties to the single 

objection when the single objection does 

not specify a lead objector. The 

Reviewing Officer may communicate 

directly with the lead objector and is not 

required to notify the other listed 

objectors about the objection response 

or any other written correspondence 

related to the single objection; 

2. A statement of the issues and the 

parts of the Grasslands Plan to which 

the objection applies, and how the 

objecting party would be adversely 

affected; 

3. A concise statement explaining 

how the objector believes that the 

Grasslands Plan is inconsistent with 

law, regulation, or policy, or how the 

objector disagrees with the decision, 

and providing any recommendations for 

change, and 

4. A signature or other verification of 

authorship is required (a scanned 

signature when filing electronically is 

acceptable). 

The written notice of objection, 

including attachments, must be 

submitted to the Grasslands Plan 

Reviewing Officer for the Rocky 

Mountain Region by regular mail, email, fax, hand-delivery, express 

delivery, or messenger service. 

Objections that are delivered by hand, 

by express delivery, or messenger 

service must be delivered during 

business hours, Monday through Friday 

(excluding holidays) from 7:30 a.m. 

until 4:30 p.m., Mountain Time. 

Objections that are sent by regular mail, 

and those delivered by hand, by express 

delivery, or messenger service will only 

be accepted at: 

USDA Forest Service, Rocky 

Mountain Region, ATTN: Rick Cables, 

Regional Forester and Grasslands Plan 

Reviewing Officer, 740 Simms Street, 

Golden, CO 80401. 

E-mail: Electronically-filed objections 

will be accepted at: objections-rockymountain-regional-office@fs.fed.us. 

E-mailed objections must be in 

Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, or 

rich text format (.rtf) file formats. For 

electronically-mailed objections, the 

sender should typically receive an 

automated electronic acknowledgment 

from the agency as confirmation of 

receipt. If the sender does not receive an 

automated acknowledgment of the 

receipt of the objection, it is the sender’s 

responsibility to ensure timely receipt 

by other means. 

Fax: The number to use for faxing 

written objections is: (303) 275–5482. 

Objections must he postmarked, emailed, faxed, or hand-delivered within 

30 days following the date of 

publication of the legal notice in the 

Pueblo Chieftain, Pueblo, Colorado. 

The pre-decisional Grasslands Plan 

and supporting documents can be 

accessed, viewed, and downloaded at 

the following Web site: http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/projects/ 

forest_revision/. The Grasslands Plan is 

also available in paper copy or compact 

disc (CD) formats by request. 

Note that all objections, including 

names and addresses, become part of 

the public record and are subject to 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

requests, except for proprietary 

documents and information.