Notice2022-22926
Public Meeting; National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
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Published
October 21, 2022
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Agriculture DepartmentFood Safety and Inspection Service
Abstract
This notice is announcing that the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) will hold a public meeting of the full Committee on November 15, 2022. The Committee will discuss and vote on adopting the following report: Enhancing Salmonella Control in Poultry Products. An update on the Cyclospora cayetanensis charge will also be provided and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will issue an additional work charge on Cronobacter spp. in Powdered Infant Formula to the Committee.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 203 (Friday, October 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64001-64003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22926]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2022-0031]
Public Meeting; National Advisory Committee on Microbiological
Criteria for Foods
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice is announcing that the National Advisory Committee
on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) will hold a public
meeting of the full Committee on November 15, 2022. The Committee will
discuss and vote on adopting the following report: Enhancing Salmonella
Control in Poultry Products. An update on the Cyclospora cayetanensis
charge will also be provided and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
will issue an additional work charge on Cronobacter spp. in Powdered
Infant Formula to the Committee.
DATES: The full Committee will hold an open meeting on Tuesday,
November 15, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Submit comments on or before
November 15, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The Committee meeting will be held virtually using Zoom.
Attendees must pre-register at <a href="https://ems8.intellor.com/?do=register&t=1&p=845409">https://ems8.intellor.com/?do=register&t=1&p=845409</a> to receive a join link, dial-in number,
access code, and unique Attendee ID for the event. Persons interested
in providing comments at the November 15 plenary session should
indicate so when registering.
The NACMCF document for adoption will be available at https://
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www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/regulations/federal-register/
federal-register-notices. FSIS invites interested persons to submit
comments on the meeting document. Comments may be submitted by one of
the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: This website provides the
ability to type short comments directly into the comment field on this
web page or attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the on-line instructions at that site for
submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Mailstop 3758, Room 1258, Washington, DC 20250-3700.
<bullet> Hand- Or Courier-Delivered Submittals: Deliver to 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Jamie L. Whitten Building, Room 350-E,
Washington, DC 20250-3700.
Instructions: All items submitted by mail or electronic mail must
include the Agency name and docket number FSIS-2022-0031. Comments
received in response to this docket will be made available for public
inspection and posted without change, including any personal
information, to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Docket: For access to background documents or comments received,
call (202) 720-5627 to schedule a time to visit the FSIS Docket Room at
1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700.
Agenda: FSIS will finalize an agenda on or before the meeting date
and post it on the FSIS web page at <a href="https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/newsroom/meetings">https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/newsroom/meetings</a>.
Please note that the meeting agenda is subject to change due to the
time required for reviewing and adopting the reports; thus, sessions
could end earlier or later than anticipated. Please plan accordingly if
you would like to attend this meeting or participate in the public
comment period. Also, the official transcript of the November 15, 2022
Committee meeting, when it becomes available, will also be posted on
FSIS' website at <a href="https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/data-collectionand-reports/nacmcf/meetings/nacmcfmeetings">https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/data-collectionand-reports/nacmcf/meetings/nacmcfmeetings</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Jarosh, USDA, FSIS, Office of
Public Health Science, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 1131,
Washington, DC 20250; Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#226c63616f616462575146430c454d54"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d59b949698969395a0a6b1b4fbb2baa3">[email protected]</span></a>.
Persons requiring a sign language interpreter or other special
accommodations should notify Mr. Jarosh by October 31, 2022.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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 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>. 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. 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 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 through the FSIS website 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 to export information,
regulations, directives, and notices. Customers can add or delete
subscriptions themselves and have the option to password protect their
accounts.
USDA's Non-Discrimination Statement
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and USDA civil rights
regulations and policies, USDA, its Mission Areas, agencies, staff
offices, employees, and institutions participating in or administering
USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color,
national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender
expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status,
family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance
program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil
rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA
(not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing
deadlines vary by program or incident.
Program information may be made available in languages other than
English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of
communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large
print, audiotape, American Sign Language)
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should contact the responsible Mission Area, agency, or staff office;
the USDA TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY); or the
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a complainant should
complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form,
which can be obtained online at <a href="https://www.ocio.usda.gov/document/ad-3027">https://www.ocio.usda.gov/document/ad-3027</a>, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a
letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant's
name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the
alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date
of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or
letter must be submitted to USDA by:
(1) Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
20250-9410; or
(2) Fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
(3) Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cbbbb9a4acb9aaa6e5a2a5bfaaa0ae8bbeb8afaae5aca4bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c8b8baa7afbaa9a5e6a1a6bca9a3ad88bdbbaca9e6afa7be">[email protected]</span></a>
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
Dated: October 18, 2022.
Cikena Reid,
Committee Management Officer, United States Department of Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 2022-22926 Filed 10-20-22; 8:45 am]
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