[Federal Register: November 21, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 225)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory
committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will
be open to the public.
Name of Committee: Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee.
General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and
recommendations to the agency on FDA's regulatory issues.
Date and Time: The meeting will be held on January 22, 23, and 24,
2002, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: The DoubleTree Hotel, Plaza Rooms I and II, 1750
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD.
Contact: Aleta Sindelar, Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) (HFV-
3), Food and Drug Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., Rockville, MD
20855, 301-827-4515, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-
741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 12546. Please
call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.
Agenda: On January 22, 23 and 24, 2002, the committee will seek
recommendations on the issues of import tolerances under the provisions
of the Animal Drug Availability Act of
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1996, and the antimicrobial drug effects on pathogen load in food-
producing animals as pathogen load relates to the preapproval process
of new animal drug applications (NADAs). Information concerning the
discussion of import tolerances can be found in the August 13, 2001,
CVM Update at: http://www.fda.gov/cvm/index/updates/importol.htm and in
the Federal Register advance notice of proposed rulemaking of August
10, 2001 (66 FR 42167). Information concerning the issues of pathogen
load will be made publicly available to the Veterinary Medicine
Advisory Committee members and the public in advance of the meeting and
posted on the CVM home page at: http://www.fda.gov/cvm. A limited
number of paper copies of the background information will be available
at the meeting.
Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or
views, orally or in writing, on the issues pending before the
committee. Written submissions may be made to the contact person by
January 4, 2002. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled
between approximately 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on January 22, and between
approximately 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. on January 24, 2002. The time allotted
for each presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make oral
presentations should notify the contact person before January 4, 2002,
and submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or
arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed
participants, and an indication of the approximate time requested to
make their presentation. You will be notified of your allotted time
prior to the meeting. Your entire statement should be submitted for the
record.
Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).
Dated: November 8, 2001.
Linda A. Suydam,
Senior Associate Commissioner.
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