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| Public Meeting to Discuss Agenda Items for Fourth Session of Codex Ad hoc Task Force on Fruit and Vegetable Juices
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Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Amanda Eamich
WASHINGTON, September 14, 2004 - The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, United States
Department of Agriculture, and the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) of the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), Department of Health and Human Services, are sponsoring a public meeting to provide information
and receive public comments on agenda items that will be discussed at the Fourth Session of the Codex Ad hoc
Intergovernmental Task Force on Fruit and Vegetable Juices, which will be held in Fortaleza, Brazil, October 11-15, 2004.
The public meeting will be held on September 15, 2004, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Room 1B-042 of the FDA Harvey Wiley
Building, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, Md.
Items to be discussed at the public meeting include: Draft Code General Standards for Fruit Juices and Nectars; and
draft Minimum Brix Level for Reconstituted Juice and Reconstituted Puree and Minimum Juice and/or Puree Content for Fruit Nectars.
Codex was created in 1962 by two United Nations organizations, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World
Health Organization. Codex develops food standards, guidelines and codes of practice in order to protect the health
of consumers, ensure fair practices in food trade and promote coordination of food standards undertaken by international governmental
and non-governmental organizations.
To submit comments or to receive copies of documents on the agenda, contact the FSIS Docket Room, Docket #04-029N,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Room 102, Cotton Annex, 300 12th Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20250-3700. The documents and complete agenda are also available electronically at
http://www.codexalimentarius.net.
Persons requiring a sign language interpreter or other special accommodations should notify Ellen Matten at
(202) 205-7760 or by fax (202) 720-3157.
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