Notice2022-02139
National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods: Committee and Charter Reestablishment
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Published
February 2, 2022
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Agriculture DepartmentFood Safety and Inspection Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice is announcing the intention of the USDA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reestablish the committee for the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) and its charter. The purpose of NACMCF is to provide impartial, scientific advice and peer reviews to Federal food safety agencies for use in the development of an integrated national food safety systems approach that assures the safety of domestic, imported, and exported foods.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5779-5780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02139]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2021-0028]
National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for
Foods: Committee and Charter Reestablishment
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to reestablish the committee and its charter.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this
notice is announcing the intention of the USDA and the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reestablish the committee for the
National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
(NACMCF) and its charter. The purpose of NACMCF is to provide
impartial, scientific advice and peer reviews to Federal food safety
agencies for use in the development of an integrated national food
safety systems approach that assures the safety of domestic, imported,
and exported foods.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Jarosh, Designated Federal
Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS), Room 9-180 Patriots Plaza III, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700. Telephone number:
(202) 690-6128. Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4907080a040a0f093c3a2d28672e263f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f111e1c121c191f2a2c3b3e71383029">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The NACMCF was established in 1988, in response to a recommendation
of the National Academy of Sciences for an interagency approach to
microbiological criteria for foods, and in response to a recommendation
of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, as
expressed in the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies
Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 1988. The charter for the NACMCF is
available for viewing on the FSIS internet web page at <a href="https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/advisory-committees/national-advisory-committee-microbiological-criteria-foods-nacmcf">https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/advisory-committees/national-advisory-committee-microbiological-criteria-foods-nacmcf</a>. A change was made in
the charter to replace `consumer group' with `consumer organization' in
reference to the representative on the Committee providing the
viewpoint of consumers. This change addresses feedback received during
the NACMCF membership appointment process for the consumer
representative on the Committee to be a member of a consumer
organization. The NACMCF provides scientific advice and recommendations
to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human
Services on public health issues relative to the safety and
wholesomeness of the U.S. food supply, including development of
microbiological criteria and review and evaluation of epidemiological
and risk assessment data and methodologies for assessing
microbiological hazards in foods. The Committee also provides
scientific advice and recommendations to the Departments of Commerce
and Defense. The Committee reports to the Secretary of Agriculture
through the Under Secretary for Food Safety, the Committee's Chair, and
to the Secretary of Health and Human Services through the Assistant
Secretary for Health, the Committee's Vice-Chair. Currently, Ms. Sandra
Eskin, Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, USDA, is the Committee
Chair; Dr. Susan T. Mayne, Director of the Food and Drug
Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN),
is the Vice-Chair; and Mr. John J. Jarosh, FSIS, is the Director of the
NACMCF Secretariat and Designated Federal Officer.
NACMCF documents and comments posted on the FSIS website are
electronic conversions from a variety of source formats. In some cases,
document conversion may result in character translation or formatting
errors. The original document is the official, legal copy. In order to
meet the electronic and information technology accessibility standards
in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, NACMCF may add alternate text
descriptors for non-text elements (graphs, charts, tables, multimedia,
etc.). These modifications only affect the internet copies of the
documents. Copyrighted documents will not be posted on the FSIS
website, but will be available for inspection in the FSIS Docket Room.
Additional Public Notification Public awareness of all segments of
rulemaking and policy development is important. Consequently, FSIS will
announce this Federal Register publication on-line through the FSIS web
page located at: <a href="https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/federal-register-rulemaking/federal-register-notices">https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/federal-register-rulemaking/federal-register-notices</a>. FSIS also will make copies of this
publication available through the FSIS Constituent Update, which is
used to provide information regarding FSIS policies, procedures,
regulations, Federal Register notices, FSIS public meetings, and other
types of information that could affect or would be of interest to our
constituents and stakeholders. The Constituent Update is available on
the FSIS web page. Through the web page, FSIS is able to provide
information to a much broader, more diverse audience. In addition, FSIS
offers an email subscription service which provides automatic and
customized access to selected food safety news and information. This
service is available at: <a href="https://www.fsis.usda.gov/news-events/news-press-releases/news-feeds-subscriptions">https://www.fsis.usda.gov/news-events/news-press-releases/news-feeds-subscriptions</a>. Options range from recalls
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can add or delete subscriptions themselves and have the option to
password protect their accounts.
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Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its
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USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
Dated: January 28, 2022.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-02139 Filed 2-1-22; 8:45 am]
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