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Public Meeting to Discuss Agenda Items for the 28th Session of the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products
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Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Bridgette Keefe
WASHINGTON, August 15, 2006 - The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, and the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, today announced a public meeting to provide information and receive comments on agenda items and
draft U.S. positions to be discussed at the 28th Session of the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products
(CCFFP), in Beijing, China, September 18-22.
The public meeting will be held from 1 - 4 p.m. on Wednesday, September 6, in room 3B-047 of the Harvey Wiley
Federal Building, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, Md. Attendees are required to pre-register for the
meeting. Please either e-mail your name, organization, mailing address and phone number to Melissa Ellwanger at
Melissa.Ellwanger@fda.hhs.gov
or call (301) 436-1451.
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 practices in the food trade and promote coordination of food standards
undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organizations.
Agenda items and documents related to the 28th Session of the CCFFP will be available on-line at
https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106102256/http://www.codexalimentarius.net/current.asp.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) invites interested persons to submit comments on this notice. Comments
may be submitted either through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov
or electronically to FSIS.RegulationsComments@usda.gov.
For further information about the public meeting, please contact Amjad Ali, U.S. Codex Office, FSIS, at (202) 205-7760.
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