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Federal Register - Grassroots Regulatory Partnership Meeting (Seafood Industry)
 
 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, HHS
 
Date:     12/07/95
Citation: 60 FR 62867
 
Subject:  Grassroots Regulatory Partnership Meeting; Southeast Region,
          New Orleans and Nashville Districts; Seafood Industry
 
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
 
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (Office of External Affairs,
Office of Regulatory Affairs, Office of the Southeast Region, New Orleans and
Nashville Districts, and Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition) is
announcing a free public meeting as a followup to a meeting held in April 1995.
The New Orleans and Nashville Offices of FDA will meet with interested persons
in the States of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee to address
specific issues of concern to the seafood processing industry, other
stakeholders, and FDA. Because the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference
addressed the issue of Vibrio vulnificus in raw oysters, this meeting will not
cover that issue. Any other seafood issue will be open for discussion.  The
agency is holding this meeting to promote the President's initiative for a
partnership approach between front-line regulators and the people affected by
the work of regulatory agencies, and to create local partnerships.
 
DATES: The public meeting will be held on Friday, January 19, 1996, from 10
a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
 
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Grand Casino Hotel Gulfport,
3305 West Beach Blvd., Gulfport, MS 39501, 601-870-7770 or 1-800-354-2450.
 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra S. Baxter, FDA Nashville District, 297
Plus Park Blvd., Nashville, TN 37217, 615-781-5372, FAX 615-781-5383.
 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of April 20, 1995 (60 FR
19753), FDA announced that a series of Grassroots Regulatory Partnership
Meetings would be held. This document announces a followup meeting to the one
held on April 25, 1995, in Atlanta, GA. Those persons interested in attending
this public meeting should FAX or send their registration, and comments or
questions desired to be addressed to the meeting to the above contact person by
January 5, 1996. There is no registration fee for this meeting. However, due to
space limitations, early registration is required. The goal of this meeting is
to listen to concerns and ideas of the regulated seafood industry and other
stakeholders, and to identify possible next steps for the agency.
 
 
Dated: December 1, 1995.
 
William B. Schultz,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy.
 
[FR Doc. 95-29767 Filed 12-6-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4160-01-F
 
The Contents entry for this article reads as follows:
 
Meetings:
 
  Seafood industry; grassroots regulatory partnership meeting, 62867
 
Angel M. Suarez, RS_- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Shellfish Program Implementation, 200 C Street, SW (HFS-628)
Washington, DC 20204 Tel 202-401-7338 FAX 202-205-5560
Internet ams@cfsan.fda.gov