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USDA Holds Public Meeting to Address Agenda Items for 43rd Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission on Food Hygiene
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Congressional and Public Affairs
Richard J. McIntire
(202) 720-9113
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2011 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Food Safety, in conjunction with the
Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is holding a
public meeting to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items, as well as to draft U.S. positions to be
discussed at the 43rd Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH), to be held in Miami, Fla., Dec. 5-9.
The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 1-4 p.m, in Room 107-A, USDA, Jamie L. Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Ave.
S.W., Washington, DC 20250. To participate through teleconference, dial (888) 858-2144, and enter the passcode 6208658.
The following items, among others, will be discussed during the public meeting:
- Matters arising from the work of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Health Organization (WHO), and other International Intergovernmental Organizations.
- Proposed draft guidelines for control of specific zoonotic parasites in meat: Trichinella spiralis and Cysticercus bovis.
- Proposed draft guidelines on the application of general principles of food hygiene to control viruses in food.
- Draft revision of the Principles for the Establishment and Application of Microbiological Criteria for Foods.
- CCFH work priorities and new assignments.
Documents and agenda items related to the 43rd Session of the CCFH will be accessible at the Codex website at:
www.codexalimentarius.net/current.asp.
Codex was established in 1963 by two United Nations organizations (the FAO and the WHO). Through adoption of food standards, codes of
practice and other guidelines developed by its committees, and by promoting their adoption and implementation by governments, Codex
seeks to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade.
For more information about the 43rd Session of the CCFH and to submit comments, contact Jenny Scott, Office of Food Safety, Center for
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, HFS-300, Room 3B-014, College Park, MD 20740-3835, via telephone at
(240) 402-2166, fax: (202) 436-2632, or e-mail:
Jenny.Scott@fda.hhs.gov
For further information about the public meeting, contact Barbara McNiff, U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 4861,
Washington, DC 20250, via telephone at (202) 690-4719, fax: (202) 720-3157, or e-mail:
Barbara.McNiff@fsis.usda.gov.
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