[Federal Register: September 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 178)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

 
Availability of the Final Report on the Joint Institute for Food 
Safety Research

AGENCY: Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, USDA; 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final Report on the Joint Institute 
for Food Safety Research.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture and the Department 
of Health and Human Services announce the availability of the final 
report on the Joint Institute for Food Safety Research on the web 
address http://www.foodsafety.gov/dms/jifsrrp2.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 3, 1998, President Clinton directed 
the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Department 
of Agriculture (USDA) to develop a plan to create a Joint Institute for 
Food Safety Research (the Institute or JIFSR). The Institute is to (1) 
coordinate planning and priority setting for food safety research among 
the two Departments, other government agencies, and the private sector 
and (2) foster effective translation of research results into practice 
along the farm-to-table continuum. The ultimate goal of the Institute 
is to coordinate food safety research such that the incidence of 
foodborne illness is reduced to the greatest extent feasible. These 
coordinated and expanded efforts will strive for more efficient 
delivery of the scientific information needed to develop effective food 
safety guidance, policies, and regulations in support of public health 
goals. DHHS and USDA will have joint leadership of the Institute and 
will use existing resources to support it. This acknowledgment of the 
critical need to coordinate and expand food safety research also 
emphasizes the companion needs to strengthen and expand public-private 
partnerships and to augment collaboration among state, local, and other 
Federal agencies, thereby providing effectively the scientific 
information required to help achieve public health goals. The full 
report as submitted to the President on July 2, 1999 is available at 
the Internet address http://www.foodsafety.gov/dms/jifsrrp2.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William C. Wagner, Interim Executive 
Director, (202) 401-4952, (202) 401-4888 (fax), email: 
wwagner@reeusda.gov.

    Dated: September 3, 1999.
Eileen Kennedy
Deputy Under Secretary, Research, Education and Economics Department of 
Agriculture.
William Raub
    Dated: September 3, 1999.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science Policy, Department of Health and 
Human Services.
[FR Doc. 99-24049 Filed 9-14-99; 8:45 am]
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