[Federal Register: September 27, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 187)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2006-0029]
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 October 12-13, 2006, to review
and discuss the following issues: (1) Using Risk to Direct In-Plant
Inspection Activities in Processing Assignments, and (2) Using Risk in
Slaughter Operations. Two subcommittees will also meet on October 12,
2006, to work on these issues after discussion during the full
committee session.
DATES: The full Committee will hold a public meeting on Thursday,
October 12, and Friday, October 13, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Subcommittees will hold open meetings on Thursday, October 12, 2006,
from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
ADDRESSES: All Committee meetings will take place in the conference
room at the south end of the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
cafeteria located in the South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250. A meeting agenda is available on the Internet at
the NACMPI Web site, http://www.fsis.usda.gov/about_fsis/nacmpi/index.asp.
The NACMPI meeting agenda, together with information and
resource materials on risk-based inspection, is also available on the
Internet at the Risk-based Inspection System Web site, http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/Risk_Based_Inspection/index.asp.
FSIS welcomes comments on the topics to be discussed at the
NACMPI public meeting. Comments may be submitted by any of the
following methods:
Electronic mail: NACMPI@fsis.usda.gov.
Mail, including floppy disks or CD-ROM's: Send to Advisory
Committee Specialist, United States Department of Agriculture, Food
Safety and Inspection Service, 14th & Independence Avenue, SW., Mail
Drop 405 Aerospace, Washington, DC 20250.
Hand-or courier-delivered items: Deliver to Loraine Cannon at 901 D
Street, SW., Washington, DC. To deliver these items, the building
security guard must first call (202) 690-6520.
Facsimile: Send to Loraine Cannon, (202) 690-6519.
All submissions received must include the Agency name and docket
number FSIS-2006-0029.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Tynan for technical information
at (202) 720-3884, or e-mail robert.tynan@fsis.usda.gov and Loraine
Cannon for meeting information at (202) 690-6647, FAX (202) 690-6519,
or e-mail NACMPI@fsis.usda.gov. Persons requiring a sign language
interpreter or other special accommodations should notify Loraine
Cannon no later than September 26, 2006, 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 industries; State and local 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, Public Policy Consultant; Mr. Mike
Finnegan, Montana Department of Agriculture; 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
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Tables Our Priority; 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, Inc.
The Committee has two 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, 300 12th Street, SW., Room 102, Cotton Annex Building,
Washington, DC 20250, and posted on the Agency's NACMPI Web site,
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/about_fsis/nacmpi/index.asp.
Members of the public will be required to register before entering
the meeting.
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/2006_Notices_Index/. FSIS
will also make copies of this Federal Register publication available
through the FSIS Constituent Update, which is used to provide
information regarding FSIS policies, 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 e-mail subscription service which
provides automatic and customized access to selected food safety news
and information. This service is available at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/news_and_events/email_subscription/.
Options range from recalls to
export information to regulations, directives and notices. Customers
can add or delete subscriptions themselves and have the option to
password protect their account.
Done in Washington, DC on: September 21, 2006.
Barbara J. Masters,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E6-15859 Filed 9-26-06; 8:45 am]
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