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81 FR 42630 - National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 126 (June 30, 2016)

Page Range42630-42631
FR Document2016-15550

The U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to renew the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI). The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice to the Secretary of Agriculture concerning State and Federal programs with respect to meat, poultry and processed egg products inspection, food safety, and other matters that fall within the scope of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA), the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA), and the Egg Products Inspection Act (EPIA). For Further Information about the NACMPI Contact: Ms. Natasha Williams, Program Specialist, Designated Federal Officer, Outreach and Partnership Division, Office of Outreach, Employee Education and Training, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Patriot Plaza III Building, 355 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20024; Telephone: (202) 690- 6531; Fax: (202) 690-6519; Email: [email protected]

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 126 (Thursday, June 30, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 126 (Thursday, June 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42630-42631]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15550]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. FSIS-2016-0022]


National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of the Renewal of the U.S. Department of Agriculture 
National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to renew the 
National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI). 
The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice to the Secretary of 
Agriculture concerning State and Federal programs with respect to meat, 
poultry and processed egg products inspection, food safety, and other 
matters that fall within the scope of the Federal Meat Inspection Act 
(FMIA), the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA), and the Egg 
Products Inspection Act (EPIA).
    For Further Information about the NACMPI Contact: Ms. Natasha 
Williams, Program Specialist, Designated Federal Officer, Outreach and 
Partnership Division, Office of Outreach, Employee Education and 
Training, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Patriot Plaza III 
Building, 355 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20024; Telephone: (202) 690-
6531; Fax: (202) 690-6519; Email: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 
U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given that the Secretary of Agriculture 
intends to renew the NACMPI for two years. The Committee provides 
advice and recommendations to the Secretary on meat and poultry 
inspection programs, pursuant to sections 7(c), 24, 301(a)(3), and 
301(c) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 607(c), 624, 645, 
661(a)(3), and 661(c), and to sections 5(a)(3), 5(c), 8(b), and 11(e) 
of the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 454(a)(3), 454(c), 
457(b), and 460(e).
    A copy of the current charter and other information about the 
committee can be found at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/regulations/advisory-committees/nacmpi.

Additional Public Notification

    Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy 
development is

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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 Nondiscrimination 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).

    Done at Washington, DC, on June 27, 2016.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2016-15550 Filed 6-29-16; 8:45 am]
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42630 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 126 / Thursday, June 30, 2016 / Notices Issues To Be Discussed at the Public The Update is available on the FSIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Meeting Web page. Through the Web page, FSIS is able to provide information to a much Food Safety and Inspection Service The following items on the Agenda for the 28th Session of the CCPFV will broader, more diverse audience. In [Docket No. FSIS–2016–0022] be discussed during the public meeting: addition, FSIS offers an email • Matters referred to the Committee subscription service which provides National Advisory Committee on Meat by Codex and its subsidiary bodies; automatic and customized access to and Poultry Inspection • Proposed draft Annex on canned selected food safety news and AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection pineapples (for inclusion in the information. This service is available at: Service, Department of Agriculture. Standard for Certain Canned Fruits http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. ACTION: Notice of the Renewal of the (CODEX STAN 319–2015) (Step 4); Options range from recalls to export U.S. Department of Agriculture National • Proposed draft Annexes on quick information, regulations, directives, and Advisory Committee on Meat and frozen vegetables (for inclusion in the notices. Customers can add or delete Poultry Inspection. Standard for Quick Frozen Vegetables subscriptions themselves, and have the (CODEX STAN 320–2015) (Step 4) and option to password protect their SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of methods of analysis for quick frozen accounts. Agriculture intends to renew the vegetables (for inclusion in Section 11— National Advisory Committee on Meat Methods of Analysis and Sampling of USDA Non-Discrimination Statement and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI). The CODEX STAN 320–2015); purpose of the Committee is to provide No agency, officer, or employee of the • Discussion paper on advice to the Secretary of Agriculture USDA shall, on the grounds of race, standardization of dry and dried concerning State and Federal programs produce; color, national origin, religion, sex, with respect to meat, poultry and • Food additive provisions in Codex gender identity, sexual orientation, processed egg products inspection, food standards for processed fruits and disability, age, marital status, family/ safety, and other matters that fall within vegetables (canned chestnuts and parental status, income derived from a the scope of the Federal Meat Inspection canned chestnut puree and pickled public assistance program, or political Act (FMIA), the Poultry Products fruits and vegetables); and beliefs, exclude from participation in, Inspection Act (PPIA), and the Egg • Status of work on the revision of deny the benefits of, or subject to Products Inspection Act (EPIA). Codex standards for processed fruits discrimination any person in the United For Further Information about the and vegetables. States under any program or activity NACMPI Contact: Ms. Natasha Each issue listed will be fully conducted by the USDA. Williams, Program Specialist, described in documents distributed, or Designated Federal Officer, Outreach How To File a Complaint of and Partnership Division, Office of to be distributed, by the Secretariat before the Meeting. Members of the Discrimination Outreach, Employee Education and public may access or request copies of To file a complaint of discrimination, Training, Food Safety and Inspection these documents (see ADDRESSES). complete the USDA Program Service, Patriot Plaza III Building, 355 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20024; Public Meeting Discrimination Complaint Form, which Telephone: (202) 690–6531; Fax: (202) may be accessed online at http://www. At the August 1, 2016, public 690–6519; Email: Natasha.Williams@ meeting, draft U.S. positions on the ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/docs/ fsis.usda.gov agenda items will be described and 2012/Complain_combined_6_8_12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you or your SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: discussed, and attendees will have the opportunity to pose questions and offer authorized representative. Background comments. Written comments may be Send your completed complaint form In accordance with the Federal offered at the meeting or sent to the U.S. or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email: Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 Delegate for the 28th Session of the Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given that CCPFV, Dorian LaFond (see ADDRESSES). Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 the Secretary of Agriculture intends to Written comments should state that they Independence Avenue SW., renew the NACMPI for two years. The relate to the activities of the 28th Committee provides advice and Washington, DC 20250–9410. Session of the CCPFV. recommendations to the Secretary on Fax: (202) 690–7442. meat and poultry inspection programs, Additional Public Notification E-mail: program.intake@usda.gov. pursuant to sections 7(c), 24, 301(a)(3), Public awareness of all segments of and 301(c) of the Federal Meat Persons with disabilities who require rulemaking and policy development is Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 607(c), 624, important. Consequently, FSIS will alternative means for communication (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), 645, 661(a)(3), and 661(c), and to announce this Federal Register sections 5(a)(3), 5(c), 8(b), and 11(e) of publication on-line through the FSIS should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 Web page located at: http://www.fsis. U.S.C. 454(a)(3), 454(c), 457(b), and usda.gov/federal-register . Done at Washington, DC, on June 27, 2016. 460(e). FSIS also will make copies of this Paulo Almeida, A copy of the current charter and publication available through the FSIS mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES Acting U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. other information about the committee Constituent Update, which is used to can be found at http://www.fsis.usda. [FR Doc. 2016–15599 Filed 6–29–16; 8:45 am] provide information regarding FSIS gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/regulations/ policies, procedures, regulations, BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P advisory-committees/nacmpi. Federal Register notices, FSIS public meetings, and other types of information Additional Public Notification that could affect or would be of interest Public awareness of all segments of to our constituents and stakeholders. rulemaking and policy development is VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:01 Jun 29, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30JNN1.SGM 30JNN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 126 / Thursday, June 30, 2016 / Notices 42631 important. Consequently, FSIS will Done at Washington, DC, on June 27, 2016. Please state that your comments refer announce this Federal Register Alfred V. Almanza, to Codex and, if your comments relate publication on-line through the FSIS Acting Administrator. to specific Codex committees, please Web page located at: http://www.fsis. [FR Doc. 2016–15550 Filed 6–29–16; 8:45 am] identify the committee(s) in your usda.gov/federal-register. FSIS also will BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P comments and submit a copy of your make copies of this publication comments to the delegate from that available through the FSIS Constituent particular committee. Update, which is used to provide DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Docket: For access to background information regarding FSIS policies, documents or comments received, visit procedures, regulations, Federal Food Safety and Inspection Service the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza Register notices, FSIS public meetings, [Docket No. FSIS–2016–0012] 3, 355 E Street SW., Room 8–164, and other types of information that Washington, DC 20250–3700, between could affect or would be of interest to International Standard-Setting 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday our constituents and stakeholders. The Activities through Friday. A complete list of U.S. Update is available on the FSIS Web delegates and alternate delegates can be page. Through the Web page, FSIS is AGENCY: Office of Food Safety, USDA. found in Attachment 2 of this notice. able to provide information to a much ACTION: Notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: broader, more diverse audience. In SUMMARY: This notice informs the public Mary Frances Lowe, United States addition, FSIS offers an email of the sanitary and phytosanitary Manager for Codex Alimentarius, U.S. subscription service which provides standard-setting activities of the Codex Department of Agriculture, Office of automatic and customized access to Alimentarius Commission (Codex), in Food Safety, South Agriculture selected food safety news and accordance with section 491 of the Building, 1400 Independence Avenue information. This service is available at: Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as SW., Room 4861, Washington, DC http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. amended, and the Uruguay Round 20250–3700; Telephone: (202) 205– Options range from recalls to export Agreements Act. This notice also 7760; Fax: (202) 720–3157; Email: information, regulations, directives, and provides a list of other standard-setting USCodex@fsis.usda.gov. notices. Customers can add or delete activities of Codex, including For information pertaining to subscriptions themselves, and have the commodity standards, guidelines, codes particular committees, contact the option to password protect their of practice, and revised texts. This delegate of that committee. Documents accounts. notice, which covers Codex activities pertaining to Codex and specific USDA Nondiscrimination Statement during the time periods from June 1, committee agendas are accessible via 2015, to May 31, 2016, and June 1, 2016, the Internet at http://www.codex No agency, officer, or employee of the to May 31, 2017, seeks comments on alimentarius.org/meetings-reports/en/. USDA shall, on the grounds of race, standards under consideration and The U.S. Codex Office also maintains a color, national origin, religion, sex, recommendations for new standards. Web site at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ gender identity, sexual orientation, wps/portal/fsis/topics/international- ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested disability, age, marital status, family/ affairs/us-codex-alimentarius. persons to submit their comments on parental status, income derived from a SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: this notice. Comments may be public assistance program, or political submitted by one of the following Background beliefs, exclude from participation in, methods: deny the benefits of, or subject to • Federal eRulemaking Portal: This The World Trade Organization (WTO) discrimination any person in the United was established on January 1, 1995, as Web site provides the ability to type States under any program or activity the common international institutional short comments directly into the conducted by the USDA. framework for the conduct of trade comment field on this Web page or How To File a Complaint of attach a file for lengthier comments. Go relations among its members in matters Discrimination to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow related to the Uruguay Round Trade the on-line instructions at the Web site Agreements. The WTO is the successor To file a complaint of discrimination, organization to the General Agreement for submitting comments. complete the USDA Program • Mail, including CD–ROMs, etc.: on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). United Discrimination Complaint Form, which Mail to the U.S. Department of States membership in the WTO was may be accessed online at http://www. Agriculture (USDA), FSIS, 1400 approved and the Uruguay Round ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/docs/ Independence Avenue SW., Mailstop Agreements Act (Uruguay Round 2012/Complain_combined_6_8_12.pdf, 3782, Room 8–163B, Washington, DC Agreements) was signed into law by the or write a letter signed by you or your 20250–3700. President on December 8, 1994, Public authorized representative. • Hand- or courier-delivered items: Law 103–465, 108 Stat. 4809. The Send your completed complaint form Deliver to OPPD, RIMS, Docket Uruguay Round Agreements became or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email: Clearance Unit, Patriots Plaza 3, 355 E effective, with respect to the United Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Street SW., Room 8–164, Washington, States, on January 1, 1995. The Uruguay Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 DC 20250–3700. Round Agreements amended the Trade Independence Avenue SW., Instructions: All items submitted by Agreements Act of 1979. Pursuant to Washington, DC 20250–9410, Fax: (202) mail or email are to include the Agency section 491 of the Trade Agreements Act mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES 690–7442, Email: program.intake@ name and docket number FSIS–2016– of 1979, as amended, the President is usda.gov. 0012. Comments received in response to required to designate an agency to be Persons with disabilities who require this docket will be made available for ‘‘responsible for informing the public of alternative means for communication public inspection and posted without the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), change, including any personal standard-setting activities of each should contact USDA’s TARGET Center information to http:// international standard-setting at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). www.regulations.gov. organization’’ (19 U.S.C. 2578). The VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:01 Jun 29, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30JNN1.SGM 30JNN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of the Renewal of the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection.
FR Citation81 FR 42630 
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