[Federal Register: May 31, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 103)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 05-020N]
National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection
(NACMPI) will hold a public meeting on June 16-17, 2005, to review and
discuss the following issues: (1) How can FSIS best share information
on new technology with small and very small plants? (2) What guidance
can be provided to industry to ensure that plants hold product when
FSIS tests product for an adulterant? (3) How can risk based sampling
most effectively be conducted in small and very small plants? Three
subcommittees will also meet on June 16-17, 2005, to work on the issues
discussed during the full committee session.
DATES: The full Committee will hold a public meeting on Thursday, June
16 and Friday, June 17, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Subcommittees
will hold open meetings on Thursday, June 16, 2005, from 3 p.m. to 6
p.m.
ADDRESSES: All Committee meetings will take place in the conference
room at the south end of the USDA cafeteria located in the South
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW. A meeting agenda is available
on the Internet at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/NACMPI. FSIS welcomes
comments on the topics to be discussed at the public meeting. Comments
may be submitted by mail, including floppy disks or CD-ROM's, or by
hand delivery to: Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food
Safety and Inspection Service, Room 102 Cotton Annex, 300 12th Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20250. Comments may also be sent by facsimile to
(202) 205-0381. All submissions received must include the Agency name
and docket number 05-020N. All comments submitted in response to this
notice, as well as research and background information used by FSIS in
developing this document, will be available for public inspection in
the FSIS Docket Room at the address listed above between 8:30 a.m. and
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The comments also will be posted on
the Agency's Web site at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/2005_Notices_Index/
.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Tynan for technical information
at (202) 690-6522 or e-mail robert.tynan@fsis.usda.gov and Sonya L.
West for meeting information at (202) 690-1079, FAX (202) 690-6519, or
e-mail sonya.west@fsis.usda.gov. Persons requiring a sign language
interpreter or other special accommodations should notify Ms. West no
later than June 10, 2005, at the numbers above or by e-mail.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 15, 2005, the Secretary of Agriculture renewed the charter
for the NACMPI. The Committee provides advice and recommendations to
the Secretary of Agriculture pertaining to the Federal and State meat
and poultry inspection programs, pursuant to sections 7(c), 24, 205,
301(a)(3), 301(a)(4), and 301(c) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 607(c), 624, 645, 661(a)(3), 661(a)(4), and 661(c)) and sections
5(a)(3), 5(a)(4), 5(c), 8(b), and 11(e) of the Poultry Products
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 454(a)(3), 454(a)(4), 454(c), 457(b), and
460(e)).
The Administrator of FSIS is the chairperson of the Committee.
Membership of the Committee is drawn from representatives of consumer
groups, producers, processors and marketers from the meat, poultry and
egg product industry, state government officials, and academia. The
current members of the NACMPI are: Dr. Gladys Bayse, Spelman College;
Dr. David Carpenter, Southern Illinois University; Dr. James Denton,
University of Arkansas; Mr. Darin Detwiler, Lake Washington School
District; Mr. Kevin Elfering, Minnesota Department of Agriculture; Ms.
Sandra Eskin, Attorney; Mr. Mike Finnegan, State of Montana; Mr.
Michael Govro, Oregon Department of Agriculture; Dr. Andrea Grondahl,
North Dakota Department of Agriculture; Dr. Joseph Harris, Southwest
Meat Association; Dr. Jill Hollingsworth, Food Marketing Institute; Mr.
Michael Kowalcyk, Safe Tables Our Priority; Dr. Elizabeth Krushinskie,
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association; Dr. Irene Leech, Virginia Citizens
Consumer Council; Mr. Charles Link, Cargill Meat Solutions; Dr.
Catherine Logue, North Dakota State University; and Mr. Mark Schad,
Schad Meats.
The Committee has three subcommittees to deliberate on specific
issues and make recommendations to the whole Committee. The Committee
makes recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture.
All interested parties are welcome to attend the meetings and to
submit written comments and suggestions concerning issues the Committee
will review and discuss. The comments and the official transcript of
the meeting, when they become available, will be kept in the FSIS
Docket Room at the address provided above. All comments received in
response to this notice will be considered part of the public record
and will be available for viewing in the FSIS Docket Room between 8:30
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Members of the public will
be required to register before entering the meeting.
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Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy
development is important. Consequently, in an effort to ensure that
minorities, women, and persons with disabilities are aware of this
notice, FSIS will announce it on-line through the FSIS Web Page located
at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/2005_Notices_Index/index.asp.
FSIS also will make copies of this Federal Register publication
available through the FSIS Constituent Update, which is used to provide
information regarding FSIS polities, procedures, regulations, Federal
Register notices, FSIS public meetings, recalls, and other types of
information that could affect or would be of interest to constituents
and stakeholders. The update is communicated via Listserv, a free
electronic mail subscription service for industry, trade, and farm
groups, consumer interest groups, allied health professionals, and
other individuals who have asked to be included. The update is
available on the FSIS Web page. Through the Listserv and web page, FSIS
is able to provide information to a much broader and more diverse
audience.
In addition, FSIS offers an electronic mail subscription service
that provides an automatic and customized notification when popular
pages are updated, including Federal Register publications and related
documents. This service is available at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/news_and_events/email_subscription/
and allows FSIS customers to sign up
for subscription options in eight categories. Options range from
recalls to export information to regulations, directives, and notices.
Customers can add or delete subscriptions themselves and have the
option to protect their accounts with passwords.
Done in Washington, DC, on: May 25, 2005.
Barbara J. Masters,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05-10735 Filed 5-27-05; 8:45 am]