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Public Meeting To Address Codex Committee On Food Labeling
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Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Bridgette Keefe
WASHINGTON, Mar. 30, 2007 - The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of
Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today
announced a public meeting to provide information and receive comments on draft U.S. positions that will be discussed
at the 35th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labeling (CCFL), to be held in Ottawa, Canada, April 30-May 4, 2007.
The public meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 10, 2007, from 1 - 4 p.m., in Room 107A, Jamie Whitten Federal Building,
1400 Independence Ave, SW., Washington, D.C. Agenda items and documents relating to the 38th Session of CCFL will be
available on the Codex Alimentarius Web site at www.codexalimentarius.net/current.asp.
Codex was created in 1963 by two United Nations organizations: the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health
Organization. Codex develops food standards, guidelines and codes of practice in order to protect the health of consumers,
ensure fair food trade practices and promote coordination of food standards undertaken by international governmental and
non-governmental organizations.
Interested parties should submit their comments on this meeting notice to ccfl@fda.hhs.gov.
For further information concerning the 35th Session of the CCFL, contact Dr. Michael Wehr, FDA, by phone at (301) 436-1284,
by fax at (301) 436-2972 or by e-mail at Michael.Wehr@fda.hhs.gov.
Persons requiring a sign language interpreter or other special accommodations for the public meeting should notify
Edith Kennard, international issues analyst, U.S. Codex Office, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, at
(202) 205-7760, or by fax at (202) 720-3157.
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