Document ID: FDA-2012-N-0004-0001
Agency: fda
Document Type: Notice
Title: Statement of Cooperation Between FDA and the Secretaria of Health of the United Mexican States: Fresh and Frozen Molluscan Shellfish Exported from Mexico to the United States
Posted Date: 2012-07-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 135 (Friday, July 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41418-41428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2012-N-0004]

Statement of Cooperation Between the Food and Drug Administration 
and the Secretaria of Health of the United Mexican States: Safety and 
Sanitary Quality of Fresh and Frozen Molluscan Shellfish Exported From 
Mexico to the United States

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of 
a Statement of Cooperation (SOC) between FDA and Secretariat of Health 
(SS) of the United Mexican States, through the Federal Commission for 
Protection from Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS). The purpose of the SOC is to 
safeguard public health and to ensure the safety and sanitary quality 
of fresh

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and frozen molluscan shellfish harvested from aquacultured and wild 
populations that are now or may be exported into the United States.

DATES: The arrangement came into effect on June 28, 2012 for 5 years.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis Marquitz, Latin American 
Office, Office of International Programs, Food and Drug Administration, 
10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31, Rm. 3550, Silver Spring, MD 20993-
0002, 301-796-8400, Fax: 301-595-7941.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 21 CFR 20.108(c), which 
states that all written agreements and MOUs between FDA and others 
shall be published in the Federal Register, the Agency is publishing 
notice of this MOU.

    Dated: July 5, 2012.
Leslie Kux,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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