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Public Meeting to Address Agenda Items for the 38th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene
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Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Bridgette Keefe
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2006 - The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
today announced a public meeting to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items and draft U.S.
positions for the 38th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH), to be held Dec. 4 - 9, in Houston, Texas.
The public meeting is scheduled on Thursday, Nov. 9, from 1 - 4 p.m., in the conference room at the south end of the
USDA cafeteria located in the USDA South Agriculture Building, 1400 Independence Ave, SW, Washington, D.C. Pre-registration
is not required for this meeting; however, attendees must present a photo ID for identification to gain admittance to this
meeting.
Agenda items and documents related to the 38th Session of the CCFH will be available prior to the public meeting at
https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106093400/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,
ensure fair food trade practices and promote coordination of food standards undertaken by international governmental and
non-governmental organizations. The CCFH was established to elaborate codes, standards and related texts for food hygiene.
The U.S. Delegate to the CCFH, Dr. Robert Buchanan of FDA, invites interested parties to submit their comments on the notice
electronically to the following e-mail address:
Rebecca.Buckner@fda.hhs.gov.
For further information concerning the 38th Session of the CCFH, contact Rebecca Buckner, FDA, at (301) 436-1486, by fax
at (301) 436-2668 or by e-mail at
Rebecca.Buckner@fda.hhs.gov.
For additional information about the public meeting or to request a sign language interpreter or any other special
accommodations, contact Amjad Ali, international issues analyst, U.S. Codex Office, at (202) 720-7760 or by fax at
(202) 720-3157.
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