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FSIS to Discuss Product Tracing Efforts Related to E. Coli O157:H7 at March 10 Public Meeting
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Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Bridgette Keefe
WASHINGTON, March 3, 2009 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today
announced it will hold a public meeting to discuss and receive public input on the Agency’s product tracing efforts related to E. coli O157:H7.
The public meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 10, 2010, in the USDA South Building, Jefferson Auditorium, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20250.
In March 2009, President Obama announced the formation of the Food Safety Working Group, and in July, the Group released
its Findings, which highlight steps that FSIS and other Federal agencies are taking to improve food safety. The public can
provide valuable input to strengthen our food safety prevention, surveillance and response and recovery efforts, as outlined
by the Administration’s Food Safety Working Group (http://www.foodsafetyworkinggroup.gov/).
Pre-registration is recommended for this meeting.
Registration information and the meeting agenda will be made
available on the agency’s Web site at
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News/Meetings_&_Events/.
All attendees should enter the building with proof of
identification at Wing 5 on Independence Avenue.
FSIS also invites interested persons to submit comments on the issues to be addressed at the public meeting. The Agency
encourages comments to be submitted before the meeting or no later than
May 7, 2010, through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov, by mail to: Docket Clerk, USDA,
FSIS, Room 2-2127, George Washington Carver Center, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Mailstop 5474, Beltsville, MD 20705.
All comments must identify “FSIS-2010-0008.” Comments will be available for viewing at the above link.
For logistical questions related to the public meeting, contact Ms. Sheila Johnson, Congressional and Public Affairs, Office of Public Affairs
and Consumer Education, FSIS, by phone at (202) 690-6498, or by e-mail at
Sheila.Johnson@fsis.usda.gov.
For technical information, contact Dr. Daniel Engeljohn, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy and Program Development,
FSIS, by phone at (202) 205-0495.
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