82 FR 60697 - Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 245 (December 22, 2017)
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 245 (December 22, 2017)
| Page Range | 60697-60698 | |
| FR Document | 2017-27631 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 60697-60698] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-27631] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food Safety and Inspection Service [Docket No. FSIS-2017-0047] Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food 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), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are sponsoring a public meeting on February 22, 2018. 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 12th Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food (CCCF) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), taking place in the Netherlands, March 12-16, 2018. The Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety and the FDA recognize the importance of providing interested parties with the opportunity to obtain background information on the 12th Session of the CCCF and to address items on the agenda. DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 22, 2018, 1:00-4:00 p.m. ADDRESSES: The public meeting will take place at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 5001 Campus Drive, Room 1A-001, College Park, MD 20740. Documents related to the 12th Session of the CCCF will be accessible via the internet at the following address: http://www.codexalimentarius.org/meetings-reports/en/. Dr. Lauren Posnick Robin, U.S. Delegate to the 12th Session of the CCCF and the FDA invite U.S. 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 12th Session of the CCCF by conference call. Please use the call-in-number and the participant code below. Call-in-Number: 1-888-844-9904. Participant Code: 5126092. Registration Attendees may register to attend the public meeting by emailing [email protected] by February 20, 2018. Early registration is encouraged as it will expedite entry into the building and parking area. If you require parking, please include the vehicle make and tag number when you register. The meeting will be held in a Federal building. Attendees should bring photo identification and plan for adequate time to pass through the security screening systems. Attendees who are not able to attend the meeting in person, but wish to participate, may do so by phone. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: About the 12th session of the CCCF--Dr. Lauren Posnik Robin, Branch Chief, Plant Products Branch, Division of Plant Products and Beverages, Office of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, HFS-317, 5001 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20740, Telephone: (240) 402-1639, Email: [email protected]. About the public meeting--Dr. Lauren Posnik Robin, Branch Chief, Plant Products Branch, Division of Plant Products and Beverages, Office of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, HFS-317, 5001 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20740, Telephone: (240) 402-1639, 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 the food trade. The CCCF is responsible for: (a) Establishing or endorsing permitted maximum levels, and where necessary revising existing guideline levels for contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants in food and feed; (b) Preparing priority lists of contaminants and naturally occurring [[Page 60698]] toxicants for risk assessment by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA); (c) Considering and elaborating methods of analysis and sampling for the determination of contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants in food and feed; (d) Considering and elaborating standards or codes of practice for related subjects; and (e) Considering other matters assigned to it by Codex in relation to contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants in food and feed. The Committee is hosted by the Netherlands. Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting The following items on the Agenda for the 12th Session of the CCCF will be discussed during the public meeting:Matters referred to the Committee by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and/or its subsidiary bodies Matters of interest arising from FAO and WHO (Including JECFA) Matters of interest arising from other international organizations Proposed draft and draft maximum levels of lead in selected commodities in the General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed Proposed draft maximum levels for cadmium in chocolate and cocoa-derived products Proposed draft maximum levels for methylmercury in fish including associated sampling plans Proposed draft revision of the Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in food and feed Proposed draft Code of practice for the reduction of 3- monochloropropane-1,2-diol esters and glycidyl esters in refined oils and products made with refined oils, especially infant formula Proposed draft maximum level for total aflatoxins in ready-to- eat peanuts and associated sampling plan Proposed draft maximum levels for total aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in nutmeg, chili and paprika, ginger, pepper and turmeric and associated sampling plans Proposed draft guidelines for risk analysis of chemicals inadvertently present in food at low levels Discussion paper on maximum levels for hydrocyanic acid in cassava and cassava-based products and mycotoxin contamination in these products Discussion paper on future work on maximum levels for lead for inclusion in the General Standard for Contaminants and toxins in Food and Feed Discussion paper on aflatoxins and sterigmatocystin contamination in cereals Discussion paper on the development of a Code of Practice for the prevention and reduction of cadmium contamination in cocoa Priority list of contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants for evaluation by JECFA 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 February 22, 2018 public meeting, draft U.S. positions on the agenda items will be described, discussed, and attendees will have the opportunity to pose questions and offer comments. Written comments may be offered at the meeting or emailed to Dr. Lauren Posnick Robin (see ADDRESSES). Written comments should state that they relate to activities of the 12th Session of the CCCF. 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). Done at Washington, DC on: December 19, 2017. Paulo Almeida, Acting U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. [FR Doc. 2017-27631 Filed 12-21-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-DM-P
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Additional Public Notification (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), electronically to the following email
Public awareness of all segments of should contact USDA’s TARGET Center address: Lauren.Robin@fda.hhs.gov.
rulemaking and policy development is at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). Call-in-Number:
important. Consequently, FSIS will If you wish to participate in the
announce this Federal Register Done at Washington, DC, on December 19, public meeting for the 12th Session of
publication on-line through the FSIS 2017. the CCCF by conference call. Please use
web page located at: http:// Paul Kiecker, the call-in-number and the participant
www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register. Acting Administrator. code below.
FSIS also will make copies of this [FR Doc. 2017–27637 Filed 12–21–17; 8:45 am]
Call-in-Number: 1–888–844–9904.
publication available through the FSIS Participant Code: 5126092.
BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P
Constituent Update, which is used to Registration
provide information regarding FSIS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Attendees may register to attend the
policies, procedures, regulations,
public meeting by emailing
Federal Register notices, FSIS public
Food Safety and Inspection Service Lauren.Robin@fda.hhs.gov by February
meetings, and other types of information
20, 2018. Early registration is
that could affect or would be of interest [Docket No. FSIS–2017–0047] encouraged as it will expedite entry into
to our constituents and stakeholders.
the building and parking area. If you
The Update is available on the FSIS web Codex Alimentarius Commission:
require parking, please include the
page. Through the web page, FSIS is Meeting of the Codex Committee on
vehicle make and tag number when you
able to provide information to a much Contaminants in Food
register. The meeting will be held in a
broader, more diverse audience. In
AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Under Federal building. Attendees should
addition, FSIS offers an email
Secretary for Food Safety, USDA. bring photo identification and plan for
subscription service which provides
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and adequate time to pass through the
automatic and customized access to
request for comments. security screening systems. Attendees
selected food safety news and
who are not able to attend the meeting
information. This service is available at: SUMMARY: The Office of the Deputy in person, but wish to participate, may
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. do so by phone.
Options range from recalls to export Department of Agriculture (USDA), and
information, regulations, directives, and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
the Food and Drug Administration About the 12th session of the CCCF—
notices. Customers can add or delete (FDA), U.S. Department of Health and
subscriptions themselves, and have the Dr. Lauren Posnik Robin, Branch Chief,
Human Services are sponsoring a public Plant Products Branch, Division of Plant
option to password protect their meeting on February 22, 2018. The
accounts. Products and Beverages, Office of Food
objective of the public meeting is to Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA,
USDA Non-Discrimination Statement provide information and receive public HFS–317, 5001 Campus Drive, College
comments on agenda items and draft Park, MD 20740, Telephone: (240) 402–
No agency, officer, or employee of the
United States (U.S.) positions to be 1639, Email: Lauren.Robin@fda.hhs.gov.
USDA shall, on the grounds of race,
discussed at the 12th Session of the About the public meeting—Dr. Lauren
color, national origin, religion, sex,
Codex Committee on Contaminants in Posnik Robin, Branch Chief, Plant
gender identity, sexual orientation,
Food (CCCF) of the Codex Alimentarius Products Branch, Division of Plant
disability, age, marital status, family/
Commission (Codex), taking place in the Products and Beverages, Office of Food
parental status, income derived from a
Netherlands, March 12–16, 2018. The Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA,
public assistance program, or political
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for HFS–317, 5001 Campus Drive, College
beliefs, exclude from participation in,
Food Safety and the FDA recognize the Park, MD 20740, Telephone: (240) 402–
deny the benefits of, or subject to
importance of providing interested 1639, Email: Lauren.Robin@fda.hhs.gov.
discrimination any person in the United
parties with the opportunity to obtain
States under any program or activity SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
background information on the 12th
conducted by the USDA.
Session of the CCCF and to address Background
How To File a Complaint of items on the agenda. The Codex was established in 1963 by
Discrimination DATES: The public meeting is scheduled two United Nations organizations, the
To file a complaint of discrimination, for Thursday, February 22, 2018, 1:00– Food and Agriculture Organization
complete the USDA Program 4:00 p.m. (FAO) and the World Health
Discrimination Complaint Form, which ADDRESSES: The public meeting will Organization (WHO). Through adoption
may be accessed online at http:// take place at the Food and Drug of food standards, codes of practice, and
www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ Administration (FDA), Harvey W. Wiley other guidelines developed by its
docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_ Federal Building, Center for Food Safety committees, and by promoting their
12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you and Applied Nutrition, 5001 Campus adoption and implementation by
or your authorized representative. Drive, Room 1A–001, College Park, MD governments, Codex seeks to protect the
Send your completed complaint form 20740. health of consumers and ensure that fair
or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email: Documents related to the 12th Session practices are used in the food trade.
Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, of the CCCF will be accessible via the The CCCF is responsible for:
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Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 internet at the following address: http:// (a) Establishing or endorsing
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, www.codexalimentarius.org/meetings- permitted maximum levels, and where
DC 20250–9410. reports/en/. necessary revising existing guideline
Fax: (202) 690–7442. Dr. Lauren Posnick Robin, U.S. levels for contaminants and naturally
Email: program.intake@usda.gov. Delegate to the 12th Session of the CCCF occurring toxicants in food and feed;
Persons with disabilities who require and the FDA invite U.S. interested (b) Preparing priority lists of
alternative means for communication parties to submit their comments contaminants and naturally occurring
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toxicants for risk assessment by the Joint in the General Standard for USDA Non-Discrimination Statement
FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Contaminants and toxins in Food and No agency, officer, or employee of the
Additives (JECFA); Feed USDA shall, on the grounds of race,
(c) Considering and elaborating • Discussion paper on aflatoxins and color, national origin, religion, sex,
methods of analysis and sampling for sterigmatocystin contamination in gender identity, sexual orientation,
the determination of contaminants and cereals disability, age, marital status, family/
naturally occurring toxicants in food • Discussion paper on the development parental status, income derived from a
and feed; of a Code of Practice for the public assistance program, or political
(d) Considering and elaborating prevention and reduction of cadmium beliefs, exclude from participation in,
standards or codes of practice for related contamination in cocoa deny the benefits of, or subject to
subjects; and
(e) Considering other matters assigned • Priority list of contaminants and discrimination any person in the United
naturally occurring toxicants for States under any program or activity
to it by Codex in relation to
evaluation by JECFA conducted by the USDA.
contaminants and naturally occurring
toxicants in food and feed. • Other business and future work How To File a Complaint of
The Committee is hosted by the Each issue listed will be fully Discrimination
Netherlands. described in documents distributed, or To file a complaint of discrimination,
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public to be distributed, by the Secretariat complete the USDA Program
Meeting before the Meeting. Members of the Discrimination Complaint Form, which
public may access or request copies of may be accessed online at http://
The following items on the Agenda these documents (see ADDRESSES).
for the 12th Session of the CCCF will be www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/
discussed during the public meeting: Public Meeting docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_
12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you
• Matters referred to the Committee by At the February 22, 2018 public or your authorized representative.
the Codex Alimentarius Commission meeting, draft U.S. positions on the Send your completed complaint form
and/or its subsidiary bodies agenda items will be described, or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email:
• Matters of interest arising from FAO discussed, and attendees will have the Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
and WHO (Including JECFA) opportunity to pose questions and offer
• Matters of interest arising from other Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400
comments. Written comments may be Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
international organizations offered at the meeting or emailed to Dr.
• Proposed draft and draft maximum DC 20250–9410.
Lauren Posnick Robin (see ADDRESSES). Fax: (202) 690–7442.
levels of lead in selected commodities Written comments should state that they
in the General Standard for Email: program.intake@usda.gov
relate to activities of the 12th Session of Persons with disabilities who require
Contaminants and Toxins in Food and the CCCF.
Feed alternative means for communication
• Proposed draft maximum levels for Additional Public Notification (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.),
cadmium in chocolate and cocoa- should contact USDA’s TARGET Center
Public awareness of all segments of at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD).
derived products rulemaking and policy development is
• Proposed draft maximum levels for Done at Washington, DC on: December 19,
important. Consequently, FSIS will 2017.
methylmercury in fish including
announce this Federal Register
associated sampling plans Paulo Almeida,
publication on-line through the FSIS
• Proposed draft revision of the Code of Acting U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
web page located at: http://
practice for the prevention and [FR Doc. 2017–27631 Filed 12–21–17; 8:45 am]
www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register.
reduction of dioxins and dioxin-like BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P
PCBs in food and feed FSIS also will make copies of this
• Proposed draft Code of practice for publication available through the FSIS
the reduction of 3- Constituent Update, which is used to
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
monochloropropane-1,2-diol esters provide information regarding FSIS
and glycidyl esters in refined oils and policies, procedures, regulations, Food Safety and Inspection Service
products made with refined oils, Federal Register notices, FSIS public
meetings, and other types of information [Docket No. FSIS–2017–0051]
especially infant formula
• Proposed draft maximum level for that could affect or would be of interest
Notice of Request for Revision of an
total aflatoxins in ready-to-eat peanuts to our constituents and stakeholders.
Approved Information Collection
and associated sampling plan The Update is available on the FSIS web
(Generic Clearance for the Collection
• Proposed draft maximum levels for page. Through the web page, FSIS is
of Qualitative Feedback on Agency
total aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in able to provide information to a much
Service Delivery)
nutmeg, chili and paprika, ginger, broader, more diverse audience. In
pepper and turmeric and associated addition, FSIS offers an email AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection
sampling plans subscription service which provides Service, USDA.
• Proposed draft guidelines for risk automatic and customized access to ACTION: Notice and request for
analysis of chemicals inadvertently selected food safety news and comments.
information. This service is available at:
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
present in food at low levels
• Discussion paper on maximum levels http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. SUMMARY: In accordance with the
for hydrocyanic acid in cassava and Options range from recalls to export Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
cassava-based products and information, regulations, directives, and Office of Management and Budget
mycotoxin contamination in these notices. Customers can add or delete (OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and
products subscriptions themselves, and have the Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing
• Discussion paper on future work on option to password protect their its intention to request a renewal of the
maximum levels for lead for inclusion accounts. approved information collection
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| Dates | The public meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 22, 2018, 1:00-4:00 p.m. | |
| Contact | About the 12th session of the CCCF--Dr. Lauren Posnik Robin, Branch Chief, Plant Products Branch, Division of Plant Products and Beverages, Office of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, HFS-317, 5001 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20740, Telephone: (240) 402-1639, Email: [email protected] | |
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