[Federal Register: June 9, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 110)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

 
Food Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

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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: Food 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 June 24 and 25, 1999, 
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: Holiday Inn at Ballston, Ballroom, 4610 North Fairfax 
Dr., Arlington, VA.
    Contact Person: Catherine M. DeRoever, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition (HFS-22), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St. 
SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-205-4251, FAX 202-205-4970, or e-mail 
``cderoeve@bangate.fda.gov'', or FDA Advisory Committee Information 
Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 
10564. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on 
this meeting.
    Agenda: On June 24, 1999, the committee will discuss a science-
based enforcement strategy for filth and extraneous materials that 
emphasizes food safety. Further, there will be a discussion regarding 
the public health implications of patulin, a mycotoxin frequently found 
in apple juice and products containing apple juice. On June 25, 1999, 
the committee will be conducting an informational meeting during which 
it will be receiving reports of several working groups, including 
reports on ``significant scientific agreement'' for health claims, 
dietary supplement good manufacturing practices, whether food labels 
can and should be used to communicate information on emerging science 
to consumers, and research incentives for health claims for food 
products.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or 
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. 
Written submissions may be made to the contact person by June 21, 1999. 
Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. and between approximately 4 p.m. 
and 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 24, 1999, and between approximately 
8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. on June 25, 1999. Time allotted for each 
presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral 
presentations should notify the contact person before June 21, 1999, 
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.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: June 2, 1999.
Sharon Smith Holston,
Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs.
[FR Doc. 99-14549 Filed 6-8-99; 8:45 am]
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