Notice2024-02913
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Additives
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Published
February 13, 2024
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Agriculture DepartmentU.S. Codex Office
Abstract
The U.S. Codex Office is sponsoring a public meeting on March 19, 2024. The objective of the public meeting is to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions to be discussed at the 54th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. CCFA54 will convene in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China from April 22-26, 2024. The U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius and the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs recognize the importance of providing interested parties the opportunity to obtain background information on the 54th Session of the CCFA and to address items on the agenda.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10021-10022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02913]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
U.S. Codex Office
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Food Additives
AGENCY: U.S. Codex Office, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Codex Office is sponsoring a public meeting on March
19, 2024. The objective of the public meeting is to provide information
and receive public comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions to
be discussed at the 54th Session of the Codex Committee on Food
Additives (CCFA) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. CCFA54 will
convene in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China from
April 22-26, 2024. The U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius and the
Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs recognize
the importance of providing interested parties the opportunity to
obtain background information on the 54th Session of the CCFA and to
address items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for March 19, 2024, from 9 a.m.
to 12 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will take place in a hybrid format. The
on-site location is Meeting Room 1A-001 and 1A-002 at the Center for
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration,
Harvey Wiley Federal Building, 5001 Campus Drive, College Park, MD
20740-3835. Documents related to the 54th Session of the CCFA will be
accessible via the internet at the following address: <a href="https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/meetings/detail/it/?meeting=CCFA&session=54">https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/meetings/detail/it/?meeting=CCFA&session=54</a>.
Dr. Daniel Folmer, U.S. Alternate Delegate to the 54th Session of
the CCFA, invites interested U.S. parties to submit their comments
electronically to the following email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0e4c1cec9c5cc8ee6cfcccdc5d2e0c6c4c18ec8c8d38ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6f2b0e01060a0341290003020a1d2f090b0e4107071c41080019">[email protected]</span></a>.
Registration: In-person attendees may register to attend the public
meeting at the following email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#16757570775675706577783870727738717960"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="99fafafff8d9faffeaf8f7b7fffdf8b7fef6ef">[email protected]</span></a>. Virtual
attendees may register to attend the public meeting here: <a href="https://fda.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIscuqvqTwiGKBCWt0kic2WOMeTXzyGcdo">https://fda.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIscuqvqTwiGKBCWt0kic2WOMeTXzyGcdo</a>.
Attendees should register by March 14, 2024. After registering, you
will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining
the meeting. For further information about the public meeting, contact
the U.S. Codex Office by email at: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9dcdacac6cdccd1e9dcdacdc887cec6df"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="265355454942435e665355424708414950">[email protected]</span></a> or Dr. LaShonda
Cureton by phone at (240) 402-1351 or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#256944564d4a4b41440b66505740514a4b654341440b4d4d560b424a53"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="246845574c4b4a40450a67515641504b4a644240450a4c4c570a434b52">[email protected]</span></a>.
For further information about the 54th session of CCFA, contact
U.S. Alternate Delegate, Dr. Daniel Folmer, by phone at (240) 402-1274
or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9dd9fcf3f4f8f1b3dbf2f1f0f8efddfbf9fcb3f5f5eeb3faf2eb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b3f7d2dddad6df9df5dcdfded6c1f3d5d7d29ddbdbc09dd4dcc5">[email protected]</span></a>, or Dr. LaShonda Cureton by
phone at (240) 402-1351 or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#236f42504b4c4d47420d60565146574c4d634547420d4b4b500d444c55"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="206c4153484f4e44410e63555245544f4e604644410e4848530e474f56">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Codex Alimentarius Commission was established in 1963 by two
United Nations organizations, the Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Through adoption of food
standards, codes of practice, and other guidelines developed by its
committees, and by promoting their adoption and implementation by
governments, Codex seeks to protect the health of consumers and ensure
fair practices in the food trade.
The Terms of Reference of the Codex Committee on Food Additives
(CCFA) are:
(a) to establish or endorse permitted maximum levels for individual
food additives;
(b) to prepare priority lists of food additives for risk assessment
by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives;
(c) to assign functional classes to individual food additives;
(d) to recommend specifications of identity and purity for food
additives for adoption by the Commission;
(e) to consider methods of analysis for the determination of
additives in food; and
(f) to consider and elaborate standards or codes for related
subjects such as the labelling of food additives when sold as such.
The CCFA is hosted by China. The United States attends the CCFA as
a member country of Codex.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting
The following items on the agenda for the 54th Session of the CCFA
will be discussed during the public meeting:
<bullet> Matters Referred by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and
other subsidiary bodies
<bullet> Matters of Interest arising from FAO/WHO and from the 96th and
97th Meetings of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
(JECFA)
<bullet> Proposed draft specifications for identity and purity of food
additives arising from the 96th and 97th JECFA meetings
<bullet> Endorsement and/or revision of maximum levels for food
additives
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and processing aids in Codex standards
<bullet> Alignment of the food additive provisions of commodity
standards: Report of the electronic working group (EWG) on Alignment
<bullet> General Standard for Food Additives (GFSA): Report of the EWG
on the GSFA
<bullet> General Standard for Food Additives (GFSA): Proposals for new
and/or revision of food additive provisions (replies to circular letter
(CL) 2023/46-FA)
<bullet> Proposed draft revision to the Class Names and the
International Numbering System for Food Additives (CXG 36-1989)
<bullet> Proposals for additions and changes to the Priority List of
Substances proposed for evaluation by JECFA (replies to CL 2023/47-FA)
<bullet> Discussion paper on divergence between the General Standard
for Food Additives (GSFA), Codex commodity standards and other texts-
Identification of outstanding issues
<bullet> Discussion paper on the development of a standard for yeast
<bullet> Other Business and Future Work
Public Meeting
At the public meeting on March 19, 2024, draft U.S. positions on
the agenda items will be described and discussed, and attendees will
have the opportunity to pose questions and offer comments. Written
comments may be offered at the meeting or sent to Dr. Daniel Folmer,
U.S. Alternate Delegate to the 54th Session of the CCFA, at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2460454a4d41480a624b48494156644240450a4c4c570a434b52"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="df9bbeb1b6bab3f199b0b3b2baad9fb9bbbef1b7b7acf1b8b0a9">[email protected]</span></a>.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy
development is important. Consequently, the U.S. Codex Office will
announce this Federal Register publication on-line through the USDA
Codex web page located at: <a href="http://www.usda.gov/codex">http://www.usda.gov/codex</a>, a link that also
offers an email subscription service providing access to information
related to Codex. Customers can add or delete their subscriptions
themselves and have the option to password protect their accounts.
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20250-9410; Fax: (202) 690-7442; Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9fefedf0f8edfef2b1f6f1ebfef4fadfeaecfbfeb1f8f0e9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ee9e9c81899c8f83c087809a8f858bae9b9d8a8fc0898198">[email protected]</span></a>.
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USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
Done at Washington, DC, on February 5, 2024.
Mary Frances Lowe,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
[FR Doc. 2024-02913 Filed 2-12-24; 8:45 am]
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