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Public Meeting to Address Agenda Items For Codex Committee on
Methods of Analysis and Sampling
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| Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Bridgette Keefe
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2006 - The Office of the Under
Secretary for Food Safety, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and
the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services will conduct a public meeting to provide information and
receive public comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions that will
be discussed at the 27th Session of the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis
and Sampling (CCMAS), to be held in Budapest, Hungary, May 15 - 19, 2006.
The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 9, 2006, from 10:30 a.m. to
noon in Conference Room 1A 002 of the Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building, 5100
Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, Md. Documents related to the 27th Session
of CCMAS will be accessible via the World Wide Web at the following address:
https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106100507/http://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, ensures fair food trade practices and promotes coordination of food
standards undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organizations.
For further information about the 27th Session of the CCMAS, contact: U.S. Delegate,
Dr. Gregory Diachenko, director, Division of Chemistry Research and Environmental Review,
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, Harvey Wiley Federal Building, 5100
Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, Maryland 20740; Phone (301) 436-1898; Fax (301) 436-2634;
Email: gregory.diachenko@fda.hhs.gov.
For additional information about the public meeting, contact: Syed Amjad Ali, International
Issues Analyst, U. S. Codex Office, FSIS, Room 4861, South Agriculture Building, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-3700; Phone (202) 205-7760; Fax (202) 720-3157.
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