[Federal Register: August 20, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 161)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 98-026-2]

 
Public Meeting; Center for Veterinary Biologics

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: This is the second notice to producers of veterinary 
biological products, product users, and other interested persons that 
we are holding our eighth public meeting to discuss regulatory and 
policy issues related to the manufacture, distribution, and use of 
veterinary biological products. This notice includes information on the 
agenda for the public meeting and identifies a contact person for 
obtaining registration forms, lodging information, and copies of the 
agenda.

PLACE, DATES, AND TIMES OF MEETING: The eighth public meeting will be 
held in the Scheman Building at the Iowa State Center, Ames, IA. The 
meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, September 
23, 1998, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 24, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kay Wessman, Center for Veterinary 
Biologics--Inspection and Compliance, VS, APHIS, 510 South 17th Street, 
Suite 104, Ames, IA 50010; telephone (515) 232-5785 (extension 127); 
fax (515) 232-7120; or e-mail: Kay.Wessman@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register on April 14, 1998 (63 FR 18180, Docket No. 98-026-1), the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it 
would be holding its eighth public meeting on veterinary biologics in 
Ames, IA, on September 23 and 24, 1998. In that notice, APHIS requested 
that interested persons submit suggestions for agenda topics. Based on 
the submissions received and on other considerations, the agenda for 
the eighth public meeting will include, but may not be limited to, the 
following topics:
    1. State of the Center for Veterinary Biologics;
    2. Electronic submissions demonstrations;
    3. Federal preemption and the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act;
    4. Association of Feline Practitioners vaccination guidelines
    5. Panel discussion on legal issues;
    6. Mutual Recognition Agreement between the United States and the 
European Union;
    7. International harmonization;
    8. Vaccinovigilance and veterinary biologics in the United States;
    9. Drug Export Reform and Enhancement Act;
    10. Panel discussion on international issues;
    11. Formulating vaccines with aluminum adjuvants;
    12. Relative potency and reference requalification; and
    13. Future of vaccines in animal health.
    In addition, we have scheduled two community networking sessions in 
which all meeting attendees and participants will be invited to form 
small working groups to discuss and provide input on critical issues 
concerning our program, such as: What is the Center for Veterinary 
Biologics doing well? Where do we need to improve our services? Given 
the center's budgetary constraints, what should our priorities be? In 
what areas should we target our major resources?
    Registration forms, lodging information, and copies of the agenda 
for the eighth public meeting may be obtained from the person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. The registration deadline is 
September 15, 1998. A block of hotel rooms has been set aside for this 
meeting until September 1, 1998.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day of August, 1998.
Joan M. Arnoldi,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 98-22461 Filed 8-19-98; 8:45 am]
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