[Federal Register: March 6, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 44)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99N-1168]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 00-048N]
Relative Risk to Public Health From Foodborne Listeria
Monocytogenes Among Selected Categories of Ready-to-Eat Foods; Draft
Risk Assessment Document and Risk Management Action Plan; Availability;
Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS, and Food Safety and
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in cooperation with
the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
published a notice of availability of a draft risk assessment on the
relationship between foodborne Listeria monocytogenes and human health
and a proposed risk management action plan for L. monocytogenes in the
Federal Register of January 19, 2001. Interested persons were given
until March 20, 2001, to comment on these documents. Because a public
meeting to receive comments on these documents has been scheduled close
to the end of the comment period and in response to the requests of the
National Food Processors Association and the LM Working Group for an
extension of the comment period, FDA and FSIS are extending the comment
period until May 21, 2001.
DATES: Submit written comments by May 21, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Dockets Management Branch
(HFA-305), Docket No. 99N-1168, Food and Drug Administration, 5630
Fishers Lane, rm. 1060, Rockville, MD 20852. Two copies of any comments
are to be submitted, except that individuals may submit one copy.
Received comments may be reviewed at the FDA Dockets Management branch
(address above) between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Submit one original and two copies of written comments to FSIS
Docket Clerk, Docket No. 00-048N, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food
Safety and Inspection Service, rm. 102, Cotton Annex, 300 12th Street
SW., Washington, DC 20250-3700. All comments submitted in response to
this notice will be available for public inspection in the Docket
Clerk's office between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For information concerning the draft risk assessment document:
Sherri B. Dennis, Risk Assessment Coordinator, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-032), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-260-3984, FAX 202-260-9653, e-mail:
sdennis@cfsan.fda.gov.
For information concerning the risk management action plan: Kathy
Gombas, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-615), Food
and Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-205-
4231, FAX 202-260-0136, e-mail: kgombas@cfsan.fda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of January 19, 2001,
(66 FR 5515), the Department of Health and Human Services and USDA
announced the availability of two documents: A draft risk assessment on
the relationship between foodborne L. monocytogenes and human health
and a draft risk management action plan. Comments were sought on the
technical aspects of the draft risk assessment in the following areas:
(1) The assumptions made, (2) the modeling technique, (3) the data
used, and (4) the transparency of the draft risk assessment document.
The agencies also invited comments on the risk management strategies as
presented in the draft action plan. Interested persons were given until
March 20, 2001, to comment on the draft risk assessment and draft risk
management action plan. Because a public meeting to receive comments on
these documents has been scheduled close to the end of the comment
period, and in response to the requests of the National Food Processors
Association and the LM Working scheduled close to the end of the
comment period, and in response to the requests of the National Food
Processors Association and the LM Working Group for an extension of the
comment period, FDA and FSIS are extending the comment period until May
21, 2001.
To be considered, submit written comments to FDA Dockets Management
Branch or the FSIS Dockets Clerk (addresses above) by May 21, 2001.
Printed copies of the draft risk assessment and the risk management
action plan may be requested by faxing your name and mailing address
with the
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names of the documents you are requesting to the CFSAN Outreach and
Information Center at 1-877-366-3322. The documents may be reviewed at
the FDA Dockets Management Branch or the FSIS Docket Clerk's Office at
the addresses and hours noted above. The draft risk assessment and the
draft risk management action plan documents are also available
electronically as follows: www.cfsan.fda.gov, www.fsis.usda.gov,
www.foodsafety.gov. The draft risk assessment is also available
electronically at www.foodriskclearinghouse.umd.edu.
Dated: February 28, 2001.
Ann M. Witt,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 01-5378 Filed 3-1-01; 4:23 pm]
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