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Food Safety Institute of the Americas to Hold Public Meetings
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Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Steven Cohen
WASHINGTON, October 5, 2004 – The U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced
that public meetings to discuss future plans for the Food Safety Institute
of the Americas (FSIA) will be held October 13-15, 2004, in Miami, Florida.
Attendees will be encouraged to make suggestions on the scope and
direction of the FSIA at plenary sessions and in small group workshops.
Issues to be discussed will include: identifying and assessing educational
and informational needs; fostering collaboration and partnership
development; establishing strategies and best practices for developing and
delivering programs; and planning next steps for the FSIA.
The
meetings will be held at the Radisson Hotel Miami, 1601
Biscayne Boulevard, from noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday, October 13; from 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, October 14; and from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
Friday, October 15. All sessions are free, but registration is required.
Attendees who need sign language interpreters or have other special needs
should contact the FSIA at (305) 347-5552 or by fax at (305) 530-6066.
Agendas are available on the Internet at:
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_
Events/Meetings_&_
Events.
FSIS invites all interested persons to take part in the
public meetings and submit comments on the topics to be
discussed at the public meeting. Comments may be submitted by
mail to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food
Safety and Inspection Service, 300 12th Street, SW, Room 102
Cotton Annex, Washington, DC 20250-3700. Submissions must
include the agency name and docket number 04-035N. To comment
online, go to http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/2004_
notices_index.
The FSIA’s goal is to further food safety education,
information and communication throughout the Americas. The
Institute will also seek to tap into existing networks of
universities and organizations within North, South and
Central America and the Caribbean to further promote the
development of international food safety standards in the
western hemisphere.
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