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Public Meeting To Address Agenda Items For the 3rd Session of the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance
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Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Bridgette Keefe
WASHINGTON, September 9, 2009 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and
Inspection Service and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
today announced a public meeting to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items and draft U.S.
positions that will be discussed at the 3rd Session of the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on
antimicrobial resistance which will be held in Jeju, Republic of Korea, Oct. 12 - 16, 2009.
The public meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., Room 107-A, USDA, Jamie L. Whitten
Federal Building, 1200 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250. Attendees will be required to present photo
identification at the door.
Documents and agenda items related to the 3rd Session of the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on
antimicrobial resistance will be accessible at http://www.codexalimentarius.net/current.asp.
Codex was created in 1963 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,
to ensure fair food trade practices, and to promote the coordination of food standards undertaken by international
governmental and non-governmental organizations.
The Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on antimicrobial resistance was established by the 29th session of
the Codex Alimentarius Commission in 2006 to help develop science-based guidelines to be used to assess the risks to
human health that are associated with the presence of antimicrobial resistant microorganisms and antimicrobial
resistant genes in food and feed, including aquaculture, and their transmission through food and feed. The Codex
Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on antimicrobial resistance is hosted by the Republic of Korea.
Interested parties may submit written comments at the public meeting, or by e-mail to David G. White at David.White@fda.hhs.gov.
For further information about the public meeting or to request a sign language interpreter or any other special
accommodation, contact Doreen Chen-Moulec, U.S. Codex Office, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, by e-mail at
Doreen.Chen-Moulec@fsis.usda.gov or
uscodex@fsis.usda.gov or by phone at (202) 205-7760 or fax at (202) 720-3157. |
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