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Public Meeting To Address Agenda Items for the 40th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives
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Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Peggy Riek
WASHINGTON, March 3, 2008 - The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety,
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a public meeting to provide information and
receive public comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions that will be discussed at the 40th
Session of the Codex Committee on
Food Additives (CCFA) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), to be held in Beijing, China, on April 21-25, 2008.
The public meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 12, 2008, from 1 to 4 p.m., in the Harvey Wiley
Federal Building Auditorium, Room 1A003, FDA, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN),
5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740. Pre-registration is encouraged to expedite entry in
the building and its parking area. Attendees must present photo identification at the door to gain
admittance to the building. To pre-register, please send your name, organization, mailing address,
phone number, e-mail address as well as your vehicle make and license tag number if you require parking,
by March 10, 2008, to ccfa@fda.hhs.gov.
Agenda items and documents related to the 40th Session of the CCFA may be accessed prior to the public
meeting 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.
For further information regarding the 40th Session of CCFA or to submit comments in advance, contact Dennis Keefe,
Office of Food Additive Safety, CFSAN, FDA, at (301) 436-1284, or by e-mail at
Dennis.Keefe@fda.hhs.gov.
Persons requiring a sign language interpreter or other special accommodations should contact
Doreen Chen-Moulec, International Issues Analyst, U.S. Codex Office, FSIS, at (202) 720-4063, or by e-mail
at
Doreen.Chen-Moulec@fsis.usda.gov.
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