81_FR_1606 81 FR 1598 - Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Additives

81 FR 1598 - Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Additives

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 8 (January 13, 2016)

Page Range1598-1599
FR Document2016-00482

The Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are sponsoring a public meeting on February 16, 2016. 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 48th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), taking place in Xi'an, China March 14-18, 2016. The Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety and the FDA recognize the importance of providing interested parties the opportunity to obtain background information on the 48th Session of the CCFA and to address items on the agenda.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. FSIS-2015-0044]


Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on 
Food Additives

AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration 
(FDA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are sponsoring a 
public meeting on February 16, 2016. 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 
48th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) of the 
Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), taking place in Xi'an, China 
March 14-18, 2016. The Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety and the 
FDA recognize the importance of providing interested parties the 
opportunity to obtain background information on the 48th Session of the 
CCFA and to address items on the agenda.

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 16, 2016, 
from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will take place at the Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA), Harvey Wiley Federal Building, 5100 Paint Branch 
Parkway, Rooms 1A-001 and 1A-002, College Park, MD 20740.
    Documents related to the 48th Session of the CCFA will be 
accessible via the Internet at the following address: http://www.codexalimentarius.org/meetings-reports/en/.
    Susan Carberry, Ph.D., U.S. Delegate to the 48th Session of the 
CCFA and the FDA invite interested U.S. parties to submit their 
comments electronically to the following email address: 
[email protected].
    Registration: Attendees may register to attend the public meeting 
by emailing [email protected] by February 12, 2016. Early registration 
is encouraged because it will expedite entry into the building and 
parking area. If you require parking, please include your vehicle make 
and tag number when you register. The meeting will take place in a 
Federal building. Attendees should bring photo identification and plan 
for adequate time to pass through security screening systems. Attendees 
who are not able to attend the meeting in person, but wish to 
participate, may do so by phone. Those wishing to participate by phone 
should request the call-in-number and the conference code when they 
register for the meeting.
    For Further Information About The 48th Session of the CCFA Contact: 
Susan Carberry, Ph.D., Supervisory Chemist, Division of Petition 
Review, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), Food and Drug Administration, Harvey W. 
Wiley Federal Building, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, HFS-205, College 
Park, MD 20740, Telephone: (240) 402-1269, Fax: (301) 436-2972, Email: 
[email protected].
    For Further Information About The Public Meeting Contact: Daniel E. 
Folmer, Ph.D., Review Chemist, Division of Petition Review, Office of 
Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 
(CFSAN), Food and Drug Administration, Harvey W. Wiley Federal 
Building, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, HFS-265, College Park, MD 20740, 
Telephone: (240) 402-1269, Fax: (301) 436-2972, Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The 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 trade.
    The CCFA establishes or endorses permitted maximum levels for 
individual food additives; prepares priority lists of food additives 
for risk assessment by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food 
Additives (JECFA); assigns functional classes and International 
Numbering System (INS) numbers to individual food additives; recommends 
specifications of identity and purity for food additives for adoption 
by Codex; considers methods of analysis for the determination of 
additives in food; and considers and elaborates standards or codes for 
related subjects, such as labeling of food additives when sold as such. 
The CCFA is hosted by China.

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting

    The following items on the agenda for the 48th Session of the CCFA 
will be discussed during the public meeting:

 Matters referred by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and 
other subsidiary bodies
 Matters of Interest arising from FAO/WHO and from the 80th 
Meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
 Proposed draft Specifications for Identity and Purity of Food 
Additives arising from the 80th JECFA Meeting
 Endorsement or Revision of Maximum Levels for Food Additives 
and Processing Aids and Codex Standards
 Alignment of the food-additive provisions of commodity 
standards and relevant provisions of the General Standard for Food 
Additives
 Food additive provisions in Table 1 and 2 in food categories 
01.2 through 08.4, with the exclusion of food categories 04.1.2.4, 
04.2.2.4, 04.2.2.5, 04.2.2.6, 05.1.1, 05.1.3, and 05.1.4 (outstanding 
from CCFA47)
 Use of nisin (INS 234) in food category 08.3.2 in general, and 
specifically in products conforming to the corresponding commodity 
standards
 Proposed draft provision for quillaia extracts (INS 999 (i), 
(ii)) in food category 14.1.4
 Uses and use levels of paprika extract (INS 160c(ii)) (replies 
to CL 2015/9-FA Part C, point 8)

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 Proposals for new and/or revision of food additive provisions 
(replies to CL 2015/12-FA)
 Proposed draft revision of food category 01.1 ``Milk and 
dairy-based drinks'' and its sub-categories
 Discussion paper on the use of specific food additives in the 
production of wine
 Proposed draft revision to the International Numbering System 
(INS) for Food Additives (CAC/GL 36-1989)
 Proposals for additions and changes to the Priority List of 
Substances proposed for evaluation by JECFA (replies to CL 2015/11-FA)
 Information on commercial use of: Potassium hydrogen sulfate 
(INS 515(ii)), sodium sorbates (INS 201) and calcium hydrogen sulfite 
(INS 227) (replies to CL 2015/9-FA Part C, point 9)
 Discussion paper on secondary additives
 Proposed draft revision of Section 4.1c and 5.1c of the 
General Standard for the Labelling of Food Additives When Sold As Such 
(CODEX STAN 107-1981)
 Other Business and Future Work

    Each issue listed will be fully described in documents distributed, 
or to be distributed, by the Codex Secretariat prior to the meeting. 
Members of the public may access these documents at http://www.codexalimentarius.org/meetings-reports/detail/en/?meeting=CCFA&session=48.

Public Meeting

    At the February 16, 2016, 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 the U.S. Delegate for 
the 48th Session of the CCFA, Dr. Susan Carberry at the following 
address: [email protected]. Written comments should state they relate to 
activities of the 48th Session of the CCFA.

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 online 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).

Mary Frances Lowe,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
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1598 Notices Federal Register Vol. 81, No. 8 Wednesday, January 13, 2016 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER Susan Carberry, Ph.D., U.S. Delegate governments, Codex seeks to protect the contains documents other than rules or to the 48th Session of the CCFA and the health of consumers and ensure that fair proposed rules that are applicable to the FDA invite interested U.S. parties to practices are used in trade. public. Notices of hearings and investigations, submit their comments electronically to The CCFA establishes or endorses committee meetings, agency decisions and the following email address: ccfa@ permitted maximum levels for rulings, delegations of authority, filing of individual food additives; prepares petitions and applications and agency fda.hhs.gov. statements of organization and functions are Registration: Attendees may register priority lists of food additives for risk examples of documents appearing in this to attend the public meeting by emailing assessment by the Joint FAO/WHO section. ccfa@fda.hhs.gov by February 12, 2016. Expert Committee on Food Additives Early registration is encouraged because (JECFA); assigns functional classes and it will expedite entry into the building International Numbering System (INS) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE and parking area. If you require parking, numbers to individual food additives; please include your vehicle make and recommends specifications of identity Food Safety and Inspection Service tag number when you register. The and purity for food additives for meeting will take place in a Federal adoption by Codex; considers methods [Docket No. FSIS–2015–0044] building. Attendees should bring photo of analysis for the determination of Codex Alimentarius Commission: identification and plan for adequate additives in food; and considers and Meeting of the Codex Committee on time to pass through security screening elaborates standards or codes for related Food Additives systems. Attendees who are not able to subjects, such as labeling of food attend the meeting in person, but wish additives when sold as such. The CCFA AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Under to participate, may do so by phone. is hosted by China. Secretary for Food Safety, USDA. Those wishing to participate by phone Issues To Be Discussed at the Public ACTION: Notice of public meeting and should request the call-in-number and Meeting request for comments. the conference code when they register The following items on the agenda for for the meeting. SUMMARY: The Office of the Deputy the 48th Session of the CCFA will be For Further Information About The Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. discussed during the public meeting: 48th Session of the CCFA Contact: Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Susan Carberry, Ph.D., Supervisory • Matters referred by the Codex the Food and Drug Administration Alimentarius Commission and other Chemist, Division of Petition Review, (FDA), U.S. Department of Health and subsidiary bodies Office of Food Additive Safety, Center Human Services are sponsoring a public for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition • Matters of Interest arising from FAO/ meeting on February 16, 2016. The WHO and from the 80th Meeting of (CFSAN), Food and Drug objective of the public meeting is to the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Administration, Harvey W. Wiley provide information and receive public Committee on Food Additives Federal Building, 5100 Paint Branch comments on agenda items and draft (JECFA) Parkway, HFS–205, College Park, MD United States (U.S.) positions to be • Proposed draft Specifications for 20740, Telephone: (240) 402–1269, Fax: discussed at the 48th Session of the Identity and Purity of Food Additives (301) 436–2972, Email: susan.carberry@ Codex Committee on Food Additives arising from the 80th JECFA Meeting fda.hhs.gov. • Endorsement or Revision of (CCFA) of the Codex Alimentarius For Further Information About The Commission (Codex), taking place in Maximum Levels for Food Additives Public Meeting Contact: Daniel E. Xi’an, China March 14–18, 2016. The and Processing Aids and Codex Folmer, Ph.D., Review Chemist, Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety Standards Division of Petition Review, Office of • Alignment of the food-additive and the FDA recognize the importance Food Additive Safety, Center for Food provisions of commodity standards of providing interested parties the Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), and relevant provisions of the General opportunity to obtain background Food and Drug Administration, Harvey Standard for Food Additives information on the 48th Session of the W. Wiley Federal Building, 5100 Paint • Food additive provisions in Table 1 CCFA and to address items on the Branch Parkway, HFS–265, College and 2 in food categories 01.2 through agenda. Park, MD 20740, Telephone: (240) 402– 08.4, with the exclusion of food DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 1269, Fax: (301) 436–2972, Email: categories 04.1.2.4, 04.2.2.4, 04.2.2.5, for Tuesday, February 16, 2016, from daniel.folmer@fda.hhs.gov. 04.2.2.6, 05.1.1, 05.1.3, and 05.1.4 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (outstanding from CCFA47) ADDRESSES: The public meeting will • Use of nisin (INS 234) in food take place at the Food and Drug Background category 08.3.2 in general, and Administration (FDA), Harvey Wiley The Codex was established in 1963 by asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES specifically in products conforming to Federal Building, 5100 Paint Branch two United Nations organizations, the the corresponding commodity Parkway, Rooms 1A–001 and 1A–002, Food and Agriculture Organization standards College Park, MD 20740. (FAO) and the World Health • Proposed draft provision for quillaia Documents related to the 48th Session Organization (WHO). Through adoption extracts (INS 999 (i), (ii)) in food of the CCFA will be accessible via the of food standards, codes of practice, and category 14.1.4 Internet at the following address: other guidelines developed by its • Uses and use levels of paprika extract http://www.codexalimentarius.org/ committees, and by promoting their (INS 160c(ii)) (replies to CL 2015/9– meetings-reports/en/. adoption and implementation by FA Part C, point 8) VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:59 Jan 12, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 8 / Wednesday, January 13, 2016 / Notices 1599 • Proposals for new and/or revision of meetings, and other types of information DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE food additive provisions (replies to CL that could affect or would be of interest 2015/12–FA) to our constituents and stakeholders. Food and Nutrition Service • Proposed draft revision of food The Update is available on the FSIS category 01.1 ‘‘Milk and dairy-based Request for Information: Software Web page. Through the Web page, FSIS drinks’’ and its sub-categories Vendors of State and Local is able to provide information to a much • Discussion paper on the use of broader, more diverse audience. In Management Information Systems specific food additives in the (MIS) and Other Technology Solutions addition, FSIS offers an email for the National School Lunch and production of wine subscription service which provides • Proposed draft revision to the School Breakfast Programs International Numbering System (INS) automatic and customized access to selected food safety news and AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service for Food Additives (CAC/GL 36–1989) (FNS), USDA. • Proposals for additions and changes information. This service is available at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. ACTION: Notice; Request for information. to the Priority List of Substances proposed for evaluation by JECFA Options range from recalls to export SUMMARY: This is a request for (replies to CL 2015/11–FA) information, regulations, directives, and information from Management • Information on commercial use of: notices. Customers can add or delete Information Systems (MIS) software and Potassium hydrogen sulfate (INS subscriptions themselves, and have the hardware vendors and developers 515(ii)), sodium sorbates (INS 201) option to password protect their (‘‘vendors’’) to learn about the and calcium hydrogen sulfite (INS accounts. functionality of State and School Food 227) (replies to CL 2015/9–FA Part C, Authority National School Lunch and point 9) USDA Non-Discrimination Statement School Breakfast Program (NSLP/SBP) • Discussion paper on secondary No agency, officer, or employee of the data management information systems. additives It is not a request for proposal and does • Proposed draft revision of Section USDA shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, not commit the Government to issue a 4.1c and 5.1c of the General Standard solicitation, make an award, or pay any for the Labelling of Food Additives gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/ costs associated with responding to this When Sold As Such (CODEX STAN announcement. All submitted 107–1981) parental status, income derived from a information shall remain with the • Other Business and Future Work public assistance program, or political Government and will not be returned. Each issue listed will be fully beliefs, exclude from participation in, All responses will become part of the described in documents distributed, or deny the benefits of, or subject to public record and will not be held to be distributed, by the Codex discrimination any person in the United confidential. Secretariat prior to the meeting. States under any program or activity The United States Department of Members of the public may access these conducted by the USDA. Agriculture (USDA) is seeking documents at http:// information that will inform future data How To File a Complaint of www.codexalimentarius.org/meetings- reporting requirements for the Discrimination reports/detail/en/ Department’s oversight and ?meeting=CCFA&session=48. To file a complaint of discrimination, management of NSLP/SBP. The complete the USDA Program Department is aware that all States and Public Meeting Discrimination Complaint Form, which many school districts have installed and At the February 16, 2016, public implemented MIS or other technology may be accessed online at http:// meeting, draft U.S. positions on the solutions to improve State and local agenda items will be described and www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ program management. To better discussed, and attendees will have the docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_ understand the availability and opportunity to pose questions and offer 12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you implementation of these solutions, comments. Written comments may be or your authorized representative. USDA is requesting information from offered at the meeting or sent to the U.S. Send your completed complaint form vendors about NSLP/SBP data systems Delegate for the 48th Session of the or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or Email: they offer and have deployed at the CCFA, Dr. Susan Carberry at the Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, State and local levels. following address: ccfa@fda.hhs.gov. Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 The objectives of this request for Written comments should state they information (RFI) are to: Independence Avenue SW., relate to activities of the 48th Session of 1. Obtain background data to inform Washington, DC 20250–9410. later research on State and School Food the CCFA. Fax: (202) 690–7442. Authority (SFA) NSLP/SBP data Additional Public Notification management information systems. Email: program.intake@usda.gov. Public awareness of all segments of 2. Describe the functionality and rulemaking and policy development is Persons with disabilities who require capabilities of systems currently in use important. Consequently, FSIS will alternative means for communication by State agencies and SFAs, or available announce this Federal Register (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) to States and SFA for purchase. publication on-line through the FSIS should contact USDA’s TARGET Center 3. Describe the typical costs of system asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Web page located at: http:// at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). development, installation, maintenance, www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register . Mary Frances Lowe, and upgrades. FSIS also will make copies of this 4. Identify which States and SFAs are U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. using particular systems. publication available through the FSIS Constituent Update, which is used to [FR Doc. 2016–00482 Filed 1–12–16; 8:45 am] DATES: To be assured of consideration, provide information regarding FSIS BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P written comments must be submitted or policies, procedures, regulations, postmarked on or before March 14, Federal Register notices, FSIS public 2016. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:59 Jan 12, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1


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ActionNotice of public meeting and request for comments.
DatesThe public meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 16, 2016, from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
FR Citation81 FR 1598 
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