81 FR 9804 - Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Labeling
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 38 (February 26, 2016)
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 38 (February 26, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 9804-9805] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-04106] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 38 / Friday, February 26, 2016 / Notices [[Page 9804]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food Safety and Inspection Service [Docket No. FSIS-2016-0003] Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Labeling AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, USDA. ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), are sponsoring a public meeting on April 13, 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 43rd Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labeling in Foods (CCFL) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), taking place in Ottawa, Canada May 9-13, 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 43rd Session of the CCFL and to address items on the agenda. DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 13, 2016, from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. ADDRESSES: The public meeting will take place at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building, Center for Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, Room 1A-003, College Park, MD 20740. Documents related to the 43rd Session of the CCFL will be accessible via the Internet at http://www.codexalimentarius.org/meetings-reports/en/. Felicia Billingslea, U.S. Delegate to the 43rd Session of the CCFL, invites U.S. 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 43rd Session of the CCFL by conference call. Please use the call-in-number below: Call-in-Number: 1-888-844-9904. The participant code will be posted on the Web page below: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/international-affairs/us-codex-alimentarius/public-meetings. Registration Attendees may register electronically to attend the public meeting by emailing [email protected] by April 11, 2016. The meeting will be held in a Federal building. Early registration is encouraged as it will expedite entry into the building and parking area. Attendees should bring photo identification and plan for adequate time to pass through security screening systems. If you require parking, please include the vehicle make and tag number when you register. Attendees not able to attend the meeting in-person, but wish to participate may do so by phone. For Further Information About the 43rd Session of the CCFL Contact: Office of Nutrition, Labeling, and Dietary Supplements, CFSAN/FDA, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway (HFS-800), College Park, MD 20740, Email: [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC MEETING CONTACT: Barbara McNiff, U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 4861, Washington, DC 20250, Telephone: (202) 690-4719, 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 and the World Health Organization. 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 CCFL is responsible for: (a) Drafting provisions on labeling applicable to all foods; (b) Considering, amending if necessary, and endorsing draft specific provisions on labeling prepared by the Codex Committee's drafting standards, codes of practice, and guidelines; (c) Studying specific labeling problems assigned to it by the Commission; and (d) Studying problems associated with the advertisement of food with particular reference to claims and misleading descriptions. The Committee is hosted by Canada. Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting The following items on the Agenda for the 43rd Session of the CCFL will be discussed during the public meeting:Matters referred to the Committee by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and by other Codex Subsidiary Bodies; Consideration of labelling provisions in draft Codex standards; Organic aquaculture (Proposed Draft Revision of the Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling, and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods); Date Marking (Proposed Draft Revision of the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods); Labelling of non-retail containers (Discussion paper); Issues related to Internet sales of food (Discussion Paper); Proposal to revise the General Guidelines for the Use of the Term ``Halal''; and Other Business and Future Work. Each issue listed will be fully described in documents distributed, or to be distributed, by the Secretariat before the meeting. Members of the public may access or request copies of these documents (see ADDRESSES). Public Meeting At the April 13, 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 Felicia Billingslea for the 43rd Session of the CCFL (see ADDRESSES). Written comments should state that they relate to activities of the 43rd Session of the CCFL. [[Page 9805]] 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. 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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. Email: [email protected]. Fax: (202) 690-7442. 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 22, 2016. Paulo Almeida, Acting U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. [FR Doc. 2016-04106 Filed 2-25-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-DM-P
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER U.S. parties to submit their comments (a) Drafting provisions on labeling
contains documents other than rules or electronically to the following email applicable to all foods;
proposed rules that are applicable to the address: ccfl@fda.hhs.gov. (b) Considering, amending if
public. Notices of hearings and investigations, necessary, and endorsing draft specific
committee meetings, agency decisions and Call-In-Number
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of
provisions on labeling prepared by the
If you wish to participate in the Codex Committee’s drafting standards,
petitions and applications and agency public meeting for the 43rd Session of
statements of organization and functions are codes of practice, and guidelines;
examples of documents appearing in this
the CCFL by conference call. Please use (c) Studying specific labeling
section. the call-in-number below: problems assigned to it by the
Call-in-Number: 1–888–844–9904.
The participant code will be posted Commission; and
on the Web page below: http://www.fsis. (d) Studying problems associated with
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE the advertisement of food with
usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/
international-affairs/us-codex- particular reference to claims and
Food Safety and Inspection Service misleading descriptions.
alimentarius/public-meetings.
[Docket No. FSIS–2016–0003] The Committee is hosted by Canada.
Registration
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Issues To Be Discussed at the Public
Attendees may register electronically
Meeting of the Codex Committee on Meeting
to attend the public meeting by emailing
Food Labeling barbara.mcniff@fsis.usda.gov by April The following items on the Agenda
AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Under 11, 2016. The meeting will be held in for the 43rd Session of the CCFL will be
Secretary for Food Safety, USDA. a Federal building. Early registration is discussed during the public meeting:
encouraged as it will expedite entry into • Matters referred to the Committee
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and
the building and parking area. by the Codex Alimentarius Commission
request for comments. Attendees should bring photo and by other Codex Subsidiary Bodies;
SUMMARY: The Office of the Deputy identification and plan for adequate • Consideration of labelling
Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. time to pass through security screening provisions in draft Codex standards;
Department of Agriculture (USDA), and systems. If you require parking, please • Organic aquaculture (Proposed
the Food and Drug Administration include the vehicle make and tag Draft Revision of the Guidelines for the
(FDA), are sponsoring a public meeting number when you register. Attendees Production, Processing, Labelling, and
on April 13, 2016. The objective of the not able to attend the meeting in-person, Marketing of Organically Produced
public meeting is to provide information but wish to participate may do so by Foods);
and receive public comments on agenda phone. • Date Marking (Proposed Draft
items and draft United States (U.S.) For Further Information About the Revision of the General Standard for the
positions to be discussed at the 43rd 43rd Session of the CCFL Contact: Office Labelling of Prepackaged Foods);
of Nutrition, Labeling, and Dietary
Session of the Codex Committee on • Labelling of non-retail containers
Food Labeling in Foods (CCFL) of the Supplements, CFSAN/FDA, 5100 Paint
(Discussion paper);
Branch Parkway (HFS–800), College
Codex Alimentarius Commission • Issues related to Internet sales of
(Codex), taking place in Ottawa, Canada Park, MD 20740, Email: ccfl@fda.
food (Discussion Paper);
May 9–13, 2016. The Deputy Under hhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE • Proposal to revise the General
Secretary for Food Safety and the FDA Guidelines for the Use of the Term
PUBLIC MEETING CONTACT: Barbara
recognize the importance of providing ‘‘Halal’’; and
interested parties the opportunity to McNiff, U.S. Codex Office, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Room 4861, • Other Business and Future Work.
obtain background information on the Each issue listed will be fully
43rd Session of the CCFL and to address Washington, DC 20250, Telephone:
(202) 690–4719, Fax: (202) 720–3157, described in documents distributed, or
items on the agenda. to be distributed, by the Secretariat
Email: Barbara.McNiff@fsis.usda.gov.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled before the meeting. Members of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
for Wednesday, April 13, 2016, from public may access or request copies of
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Background these documents (see ADDRESSES).
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will Codex was established in 1963 by two Public Meeting
take place at the Food and Drug United Nations organizations, the Food
Administration (FDA), Harvey W. Wiley and Agriculture Organization and the At the April 13, 2016, public meeting,
Federal Building, Center for Safety and World Health Organization. Through draft U.S. positions on the agenda items
Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), 5100 Paint adoption of food standards, codes of will be described and discussed, and
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Branch Parkway, Room 1A–003, College practice, and other guidelines attendees will have the opportunity to
Park, MD 20740. Documents related to developed by its committees, and by pose questions and offer comments.
the 43rd Session of the CCFL will be promoting their adoption and Written comments may be offered at the
accessible via the Internet at http:// implementation by governments, Codex meeting or sent to Felicia Billingslea for
www.codexalimentarius.org/meetings- seeks to protect the health of consumers the 43rd Session of the CCFL (see
reports/en/. and ensure fair practices in the food ADDRESSES). Written comments should
Felicia Billingslea, U.S. Delegate to trade. state that they relate to activities of the
the 43rd Session of the CCFL, invites The CCFL is responsible for: 43rd Session of the CCFL.
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2016. In accordance with sections 776(a)
announce this Federal Register
Paulo Almeida, and (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
publication on-line through the FSIS
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Web page located at: http://www.fsis. Acting U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
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