U. S. Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
June 28, 2000

Dear Colleague:

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding a public meeting on July 21, 2000, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (registration from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.) to solicit input on whether the use of the term "fresh" is truthful and not misleading on foods processed with alternative technologies and on what type of criteria FDA should use when considering use of the term with future technologies. The meeting will be held at:

Place: Holiday Inn City Centre, 300 East Ohio Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60611

If you wish to attend this meeting, you must register in writing by close of business, July 14, 2000:

Mail:	Kimberly Phillips or Darlene M. Bailey Food and Drug Administration 300 South Riverside Plaza Suite 550 South Chicago, Illinois 60606
Fax:	312-886-3280

Register on the Web:
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/oc/dockets/meetings/meetingdocket.cfm

Please provide your name, title, business affiliation, address, telephone and fax numbers. If you need special accommodations due to a disability, please inform the contact person when you register.

If, in addition to attending, you wish to make an oral presentation during the meeting, please submit with your registration the following:

1. A brief written statement of the general nature of the views you wish to present and

2. the names and addresses of all persons who will participate in the presentation.

Depending upon the number of people who register to make oral presentations, FDA will limit the time allotted for each presentation.

Written comments should be submitted by August 21, 2000. You may do so by mail, e-mail, or on the web. Please refer to Docket No. 00N-1351:

Written: Dockets Management Branch (HFA-305)
Food and Drug Administration, Room 1061
5630 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20852

E-Mail: FDAdockets@oc.fda.gov

Web: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/oc/dockets/comments/commentdocket.cfm

The attached Federal Register notice provides more detailed information on the content, location, and registration for the meeting. For your convenience, a registration from is available in the Federal Register notice. If you have already received a notice, please share this one with someone else who might be interested.