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Meeting of the Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration

Agenda

The Science Board will hear about and discuss a review of the draft assessment of Bisphenol A (BPA) for use in food contact applications by the Science Board BPA Subcommittee. The Science Board will discuss 2009 agenda topics. The Science Board will also hear an overview of current methods for detection of contaminants in FDA-regulated products.

Meeting Materials

Draft Agenda
Meeting Roster
Subcommittee Roster
Briefing Materials
FDA Statement on Release of Bisphenol A (BPA) Subcommittee Report

Dockets Posting Page

Public Participation Information

Interested persons may present data, information, or views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee.

• Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before October 24, 2008.
• Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. on October 31, 2008.  Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person and submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed participants, and an indication of the approximate time requested to make their presentation on or before October 16, 2008.

Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. If the number of registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open public hearing session. The contact person will notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by October 17, 2008.

Contact Information

• Carlos Pena
  Office of Commisioner
  Food and Drug Administration
  5600 Fishers Lane, HF-33
  Rockville, MD  20857
  Phone: 301-827-6687 FAX: 301-827-3042
  e-mail: Carlos.Pena@fda.hhs.gov
• FDA Advisory Committee Information Line
  1-800-741-8138
  (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC, area)
  code 3014512603
  Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.

FDA intends to make background material available to the public no later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the background material will be made publicly available at the location of the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be posted on FDA’s Web site after the meeting.

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Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

Updated 10/30/2008

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