Document ID: FDA-2016-N-0001-0111
Agency: fda
Document Type: Notice
Title: Risk Communication Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
Posted Date: 2016-09-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 64467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22553]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2016-N-0001]

Risk Communication Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming 
public advisory committee meeting of the Risk Communication Advisory 
Committee. The general function of the committee is to provide advice 
and recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues. The 
meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on November 7, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 
5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: FDA White Oak Campus, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31, 
Conference Center, the Great Room (Rm. 1503), Silver Spring, MD 20993-
0002. Answers to commonly asked questions including information 
regarding special accommodations due to a disability, visitor parking, 
and transportation may be accessed at: http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm408555.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Natasha Facey, Office of the 
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., 
Bldg. 32, Rm. 3354, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-5290, 
Natasha.Facey@fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 
1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area). A notice in 
the Federal Register about last minute modifications that impact a 
previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be 
published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, you 
should always check the Agency's Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and scroll down to the appropriate 
advisory committee meeting link, or call the advisory committee 
information line to learn about possible modifications before coming to 
the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Agenda: On November 7, 2016, the committee will discuss and make 
recommendations on FDA's draft Strategic Plan for Risk Communication 
and Health Literacy. The purpose of the Strategic Plan for Risk 
Communication and Health Literacy is to clarify how the Agency can 
communicate the benefits and risks of FDA-regulated products to target 
audiences more effectively, and so promote better informed decision 
making. The committee will also hear presentations on some of FDA's 
external communications and how these communications relate to the 
draft Strategic Plan for Risk Communication and Health Literacy.
    FDA intends to make background material available to the public no 
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post 
the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the 
background material will be made publicly available at the location of 
the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be 
posted on FDA's Web site after the meeting. Background material is 
available at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting 
link.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or 
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. 
Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before 
November 1, 2016. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled 
between approximately 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Those individuals 
interested in making formal oral presentations should notify the 
contact person and submit a brief statement of the general nature of 
the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses 
of proposed participants, and an indication of the approximate time 
requested to make their presentation on or before October 21, 2016. 
Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. If the number of 
registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably 
accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may 
conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open 
public hearing session. The contact person will notify interested 
persons regarding their request to speak by October 25, 2016.
    Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised 
that the Agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical 
outlets.
    FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee 
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with 
disabilities. If you require accommodations due to a disability, please 
contact Sheryl Clark at Sheryl.Clark@fda.hhs.gov or 240-402-5273 at 
least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
    FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee 
meetings. Please visit our Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm for procedures 
on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: September 13, 2016.
Janice Soreth,
Acting Associate Commissioner, Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-22553 Filed 9-19-16; 8:45 am]
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