Comments:
I hope I have the address correct and this gets to you this time.
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An electronic copy of the FR Notice for JIFSR public meeting, DEC 1,1998,
for your convenience. For those of you with contacts to CFSAN/Food Safety
constituents, please help get the word out. Thanks!
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[Federal Register: November 13, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 219)]
[Notices]
[Page 63535-63536]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr13no98-158]
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Part II
Department of Agriculture
Department of Health and Human Services
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Proposed Joint Institute for Food Safety Research; Public Meeting;
Notice
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Proposed Joint Institute for Food Safety Research; Public Meeting
AGENCIES: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department
of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
ACTION: Notice; public meeting; establishment of public docket.
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SUMMARY: On July 4, 1998, President Clinton directed the Secretaries of
Agriculture and Health and Human Services to report back to him within 90
days on the creation of the Joint Institute for Food Safety Research,
which would: (1) develop a strategic plan for conducting food safety
research activities consistent with the President's Food Safety
Initiative; and (2) efficiently coordinate all Federal food safety
research, including research conducted with the private sector and
academia. The report to the President articulates the concept of the
Institute and provides a proposed structure, operating principles, goals
and outcomes, and an implementation schedule for the Institute. This
report can be obtained from Ms. Sarah Poythress, (202) 720-4423 or by
email at spoythress@reeusda.gov.
The USDA and DHHS are announcing a public meeting to solicit input
from individuals regarding the role of the Joint Institute for Food Safety
Research. Agency personnel will use the input as they begin to develop a
detailed proposal for the Institute. The ultimate goal of the Institute's
research agenda is to reduce the incidence of adverse human health effects
associated with the consumption of food. The objective of creating the
Institute--and all other Administration food safety activities--is to
reduce the incidence of foodborne illness to the greatest extent feasible.
Scientific information about prevention of foodborne illness and detection
of organisms that may cause it is critical to reduce further the incidence
of foodborne illness.
The meeting is open to the public. Written comments and suggestions on
issues that may be considered in the meeting may be submitted to the
CSREES Docket Clerk at the address below.
DATES: The meeting will be held on December 1, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 3
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 107A, Jamie L. Whitten
Building, United States Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Sarah Poythress, (202) 720-4423 or by
email at spoythress@reeusda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Persons wishing to present comments orally at
this meeting are requested to pre-register by contacting Ms. Sarah
Poythress at (202) 720-4423, by fax at (202) 720-8987 or by e-mail to
spoythress@reeusda.gov. Participants may reserve a 5-minute comment period
when they register. More time may be available, depending on the number of
people wishing to make a presentation and the time needed for questions,
following the presentations. Reservations will be confirmed on a
first-come, first-served basis. All other attendees may register at the
meeting. Written comments may also be submitted for the record at the
meeting or may be mailed to Ms. Sarah Poythress, USDA/CSREES, Room 305A,
Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20250-2201. Please provide five copies of the comments.
Written comments must be postmarked by December 18, 1998, to be
considered. All comments and the official transcript of the meeting, when
it becomes available, will be available for review for six months at the
address listed above from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Participants who require a sign language interpreter or other special
accommodations should contact Ms. Poythress by Friday, November 20, 1998
as directed above.
Done in Washington, DC, on this 29th day of October, 1998.
Eileen Kennedy,
Deputy Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics, United
States Department of Agriculture.
William Raub, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science Policy, Department of
Health and Human Services. [FR Doc. 98-30336 Filed 11-12-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-22-P
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