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USDA and HHS Agencies Work Together to Examine the
Jurisdiction of Certain Food Categories
Agencies to Hold Public Meeting
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Steven Cohen, FSIS: 202-720-9113
Kimberly Rawlings, FDA: 301-827-6242
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2005
- The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the US.
Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced
a joint public meeting to discuss and solicit public comment on a
consistent regulatory approach concerning the jurisdiction over
certain food products that contain meat and poultry.
The meeting will be held December 15, 2005, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 North River Road, Rosemont, IL.
By law, FSIS has authority over meat and poultry products. FDA has
authority over all foods not under FSIS' jurisdiction. As the
principal regulators, FSIS and FDA formed a working group to examine
jurisdictional issues for food categories that contain meat and
poultry ingredients. The group concluded that past decisions
involving certain product categories are no longer consistent,
largely due to marketplace changes. For example, FSIS regulates corn
dogs, while FDA regulates bagel dogs.
The working group has
recommended an approach that will utilize defined conditions and
factors when making jurisdictional decisions for existing and future
food products containing meat and poultry. Food products that
primarily contain meat and poultry ingredients, such as bagel dogs,
meat and poultry-based sandwiches, and natural casings, are
recommended to be regulated by FSIS. Those food products that
contain meat and/or poultry as ingredients for the purpose of
accentuating flavor only and do not contribute to the identity of
the food product, such as pizza, are recommended to be under FDA's
jurisdiction.
FSIS and FDA are holding the public meeting to
invite public input on the approach recommended by the working
group, and to help determine what, if any, administrative,
operational, marketing, or labeling costs may be associated with the
contemplated regulatory changes.
Those interested in
attending the public meeting can register online at
https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081105051043/https://register.grad.usda.gov/conferences/fda/
fda-fsis_reg_form.cfm or by faxing
registration information (including name, title, firm name, address,
telephone number, e-mail address and fax number) to 301-436-2605 at
least five working days prior to the public meeting.
FSIS and FDA will also be accepting public comments on the federal
register notice containing the working group's recommendations.
Comments may be submitted to Docket No. 05-013N, by any of the
following methods:
The following is a link to the Federal Register Notice: https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081105051043/http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/FRPubs/05-013N.pdf
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