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Public Meeting to Address Codex Committee on General Principles |
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Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Bridgette Keefe
WASHINGTON, March 8, 2006 - The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety,
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a public meeting to provide information and
receive comments on agenda items that will be discussed at the 23rd Session of the Codex Committee on
General Principles (CCGP) which convenes in Paris, France, April 10-14, 2006.
The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 21, 2006, from 1 - 4 p.m. in Room 107-A of the Jamie Lee
Whitten Building, USDA, 1400 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C. Agenda items and documents related
to the 23rd Session of CCGP will be available at the following address:
www.codexalimentarius.net/web/current.jsp.
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 about the public meeting, to request a sign language interpreter or for any other
special accommodations, please contact Jasmine Matthews, U.S. Codex Office, FSIS, at (202) 205-7760 or by
fax at (202) 720-3157.
For further information pertaining to the 23rd Session of the CCGP, contact F. Edward Scarborough, U.S.
manager for Codex, at (202) 205-7760 or by e-mail at
ed.scarbrough@fsis.usda.gov.
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