80 FR 9689 - Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR)
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 36 (February 24, 2015)
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 36 (February 24, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-03732 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 9689-9690] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-03732] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food Safety and Inspection Service [Docket No. FSIS-2015-0008] Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, USDA. ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are sponsoring a public meeting on March 16, 2015. The objective of the public meeting is to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items and draft United States (U.S.) positions to be discussed at the 47th Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), taking place in Beijing, China, April 13-18, 2015. The Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety and the EPA recognize the importance of providing interested parties the opportunity to obtain background information on the 47th Session of CCPR and to address items on the agenda. DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 16, 2015, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. ADDRESSES: The public meeting will take place at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Room S-7100, One Potomac Yard South, 2777 South Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. Documents related to the 47th Session of CCPR will be accessible on-line at the following address: http://www.codexalimentarius.org/meetings-reports/en/. Barbara Madden, U.S. Delegate to the 47th Session of the CCPR, the EPA, and the USDA, invite interested parties to submit their comments electronically to the following email address: [email protected]. Call-In Number: If you wish to participate in the public meeting for the 47th Session of the CCPR by conference call on March 16, 2015, please use the call-in numbers and participant codes listed below: United States Call-in Number: 1-866-299-3188 International Call-in Number: 1-706-758-1822 Participant Code: 7033056463# Registration: Attendees may register by emailing [email protected] by March 13, 2015. Early registration is encouraged because it will expedite entry into the building. The meeting will be held in a Federal building, you should also bring photo identification and plan for adequate time to pass through security screening systems. Attendees that are not able to attend the meeting in-person but wish to participate may do so by phone. For Further Information About the 47th Session of the CCPR Contact: Barbara Madden, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, Phone: (703) 305-6463, Fax: (703) 305-6920, Email: [email protected] For Further Information About the Public Meeting Contact: Marie Maratos, U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 4861, Washington, DC 20250, Phone: (202) 205-7760, Fax: (202) 720-3157, Email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Codex 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 that fair practices are used in the food trade. The CCPR is responsible for establishing maximum limits for pesticide residues in specific food items or in groups of food, establishing maximum limits for pesticide residues in certain animal feeding stuffs moving in international trade where this is justified for reasons of protection of human health, preparing priority lists of pesticides for evaluation by the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR), considering methods of sampling and analysis for the determination of pesticide residues in food and feed, considering other matters in relation to the safety of food and feed containing pesticide residues, and establishing maximum limits for environmental and industrial contaminants showing chemical or other similarity to pesticides in specific food items or groups of food. The Committee is hosted by China. Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting The following items on the agenda for the 47th Session of CCPR will be discussed during the public meeting:Matters referred to the committee by Codex and other subsidiary bodies Matters of interest arising from FAO and WHO Matters of interest arising from other international organizations Draft Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for pesticides Draft Revision to the Classification of Food and Feed (CFF) (vegetable commodity groups: Group 016--Roots and Tubers) [[Page 9690]] Proposed draft revision to the CFF (vegetable commodity groups: Group 015--Pulses) Proposed draft MRL's for Pesticides Proposed draft Guidance on Performance criteria for methods of analysis for the determination of Pesticide residues Proposed draft revision to the CFF (vegetable commodity groups: Groups 011 Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits and Group 014 Legume vegetables) Proposed draft revision to the CFF--other commodity groups Proposed draft Table 2: Examples of Selection of Representative Commodities--Vegetable commodity groups and other commodity groups Establishment of Codex schedules and priority list of Pesticides for evaluation by JMPR Each issue listed will be fully described in documents distributed, or to be distributed, by the Secretariat prior to the Committee meeting. Members of the public may access or request copies of these documents (see ADDRESSES). Public Meeting At the March 16, 2015, public meeting, 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 Barbara Madden, U.S. Delegate for the 47th Session of the CCPR (see ADDRESSES). Written comments should state that they relate to activities of the 47th Session of the CCPR. 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: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register. 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 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: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. 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 Non-Discrimination Statement No agency, officer, or employee of the USDA shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, or political beliefs, exclude from participation in, deny the benefits of, or subject to discrimination any person in the United States under any program or activity conducted by the USDA. How To File a Complaint of Discrimination To file a complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, which may be accessed on-line at http://www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you or your authorized representative. Send your completed complaint form or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email: Mail U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-9410. Fax (202) 690-7442. Email [email protected]. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). Done at Washington, DC on: February 19, 2015. Marie Maratos, Acting U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. [FR Doc. 2015-03732 Filed 2-23-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-DM-P
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direct wildland fire suppression Food Safety and Inspection Service 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
operations prior to their use on lands (FSIS), and the U.S. Environmental Washington, DC 20460, Phone: (703)
managed by the FS. Safe products do Protection Agency (EPA) are sponsoring 305–6463, Fax: (703) 305–6920, Email:
not include ingredients that create an a public meeting on March 16, 2015. madden.barbara@epa.gov.
enhanced risk, in typical use, to either The objective of the public meeting is to For Further Information About the
the firefighters involved or the public in provide information and receive public Public Meeting Contact: Marie Maratos,
general. Safety to the environment in comments on agenda items and draft U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence
terms of aquatic (fish, clean water) and United States (U.S.) positions to be Avenue SW., Room 4861, Washington,
terrestrial environments (wildlife, discussed at the 47th Session of the DC 20250, Phone: (202) 205–7760, Fax:
plants) is also considered. Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (202) 720–3157, Email: Marie.Maratos@
Need and Use of the Information: FS (CCPR) of the Codex Alimentarius fsis.usda.gov.
will collect the listing of individual Commission (Codex), taking place in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ingredients and quantity of these Beijing, China, April 13–18, 2015. The
ingredients in the formulation of a Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety Background
product being submitted for evaluation and the EPA recognize the importance Codex was established in 1963 by two
in order to test the products using of providing interested parties the United Nations organizations, the Food
various Technical Data Sheets and other opportunity to obtain background and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and
forms. The entity submitting the information on the 47th Session of the World Health Organization (WHO).
information provides the FS with the CCPR and to address items on the Through adoption of food standards,
specific ingredients used in its product agenda. codes of practice, and other guidelines
and identifies the specific source of developed by its committees, and by
supply for each ingredient. The DATES: The public meeting is scheduled
for Monday, March 16, 2015, from 2:00– promoting their adoption and
information collected is specific mixing implementation by governments, Codex
requirements and hydration 4:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will
seeks to protect the health of consumers
requirements of gum-thickened and ensure that fair practices are used
retardants. The information provided take place at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), Room S–7100, in the food trade.
will allow the FS to search the List of The CCPR is responsible for
Known and Suspected Carcinogens, as One Potomac Yard South, 2777 South
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. establishing maximum limits for
well as the Environmental Protection pesticide residues in specific food items
Agency’s List of Highly Hazardous Documents related to the 47th Session
of CCPR will be accessible on-line at the or in groups of food, establishing
Materials, to determine if any of the maximum limits for pesticide residues
ingredients appear on any of these lists. following address: http://
www.codexalimentarius.org/meetings- in certain animal feeding stuffs moving
Without the information FS would not in international trade where this is
be able to assess the safety of the reports/en/.
Barbara Madden, U.S. Delegate to the justified for reasons of protection of
wildland fire chemicals utilized on FS human health, preparing priority lists of
managed land, since the specific 47th Session of the CCPR, the EPA, and
the USDA, invite interested parties to pesticides for evaluation by the Joint
ingredients and the quantity of each FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide
ingredients used in a formulation would submit their comments electronically to
the following email address: Residues (JMPR), considering methods
not be known. of sampling and analysis for the
Description of Respondents: Business Madden.barbara@epa.gov.
Call-In Number: determination of pesticide residues in
or other for-profit. food and feed, considering other matters
Number of Respondents: 7. If you wish to participate in the
public meeting for the 47th Session of in relation to the safety of food and feed
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
the CCPR by conference call on March containing pesticide residues, and
Other (once).
Total Burden Hours: 11. 16, 2015, please use the call-in numbers establishing maximum limits for
and participant codes listed below: environmental and industrial
Charlene Parker, contaminants showing chemical or
United States Call-in Number: 1–866–
Departmental Information Collection
299–3188 other similarity to pesticides in specific
Clearance Officer. food items or groups of food.
International Call-in Number: 1–706–
[FR Doc. 2015–03685 Filed 2–23–15; 8:45 am]
758–1822 The Committee is hosted by China.
BILLING CODE 3411–15–P Participant Code: 7033056463# Issues To Be Discussed at the Public
Registration: Meeting
Attendees may register by emailing
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE uscodex@fsis.usda.gov by March 13, The following items on the agenda for
2015. Early registration is encouraged the 47th Session of CCPR will be
Food Safety and Inspection Service discussed during the public meeting:
because it will expedite entry into the
[Docket No. FSIS–2015–0008] building. The meeting will be held in a • Matters referred to the committee by
Federal building, you should also bring Codex and other subsidiary bodies
Codex Alimentarius Commission: photo identification and plan for • Matters of interest arising from FAO
Meeting of the Codex Committee on adequate time to pass through security and WHO
Pesticide Residues (CCPR) screening systems. Attendees that are • Matters of interest arising from other
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AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary not able to attend the meeting in-person international organizations
for Food Safety, USDA. but wish to participate may do so by • Draft Maximum Residue Limits
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and phone. (MRLs) for pesticides
request for comments. For Further Information About the • Draft Revision to the Classification of
47th Session of the CCPR Contact: Food and Feed (CFF) (vegetable
SUMMARY: The Office of the Under Barbara Madden, Office of Pesticide commodity groups: Group 016—Roots
Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Programs, U.S. Environmental and Tubers)
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• Proposed draft revision to the CFF Options range from recalls to export ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
(vegetable commodity groups: Group information, regulations, directives, and
015—Pulses) notices. Customers can add or delete SUMMARY: In accordance with the
• Proposed draft MRL’s for Pesticides subscriptions themselves, and have the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
• Proposed draft Guidance on option to password protect their Forest Service is seeking comments
Performance criteria for methods of accounts. from all interested individuals and
analysis for the determination of organizations on the revision of a
Pesticide residues USDA Non-Discrimination Statement currently approved information
• Proposed draft revision to the CFF No agency, officer, or employee of the collection, Airplane Pilot Qualifications
(vegetable commodity groups: Groups USDA shall, on the grounds of race, and Approval Record, Helicopter Pilot
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• Proposed draft revision to the CFF— disability, age, marital status, family/ Data Record.
other commodity groups parental status, income derived from a DATES: Comments must be received in
• Proposed draft Table 2: Examples of public assistance program, or political writing on or before April 27, 2015 to
Selection of Representative beliefs, exclude from participation in, be assured of consideration. Comments
Commodities—Vegetable commodity deny the benefits of, or subject to received after that date will be
groups and other commodity groups discrimination any person in the United considered to the extent practicable.
• Establishment of Codex schedules and States under any program or activity ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
priority list of Pesticides for conducted by the USDA. notice should be addressed to: USDA
evaluation by JMPR Forest Service, Assistant Director
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Madden, U.S. Delegate for the 47th Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400
Session of the CCPR (see ADDRESSES). entry to the building.
Independence Avenue SW., FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Art
Written comments should state that they Washington, DC 20250–9410.
relate to activities of the 47th Session of Hinaman, Assistant Director Aviation,
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