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USDA to Hold Public Meeting to Address Agenda Items for the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Food |
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Congressional and Public Affairs
Bill Bagley (202) 720-9113
WASHINGTON, March 1, 2012 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS) and the Department of Health and Human Services' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are sponsoring a
public meeting to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items, and draft U.S. positions to be discussed
at the 20th Session of the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF),
which will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from May 7 - 11, 2012.
The public meeting will be held on March 23, 2012 from 1 - 4 p.m. at the Jamie L. Whitten Building, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 107-A, Washington, D.C. 20250. Documents and agenda items related to the 20th Session of
the CCRVDF will be accessible at the Codex website at www.codexalimentarius.org.
The following items will be discussed during the public meeting:
- Draft Maximum Residue Limits (MRL) for Veterinary Drugs
- Revision of the Committee's Risk Analysis Principles
- Proposed amendments to the Committee's terms of reference
- Risk management recommendations for the veterinary drugs for which no MRL has been recommended by the expert scientific committee because of human health concerns
Codex was established in 1963 by two United Nations organizations: the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World
Health Organization. Codex seeks to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade through
adoption of food standards, codes of practice and other guidelines developed by its committees, and by promoting their
adoption and implementation by governments.
For more information, or to submit written comments about the 20th Session of the CCRVDF, contact: Kevin Greenlees,
Senior Advisor for Science & Policy, Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation, HFV-100, FDA, Center for Veterinary Medicine,
7520 Standish Place, Rockville, Md. 20855, telephone: (240) 276-8214, fax: (240) 276-9538 or email:
Kevin.Greenlees@fda.hhs.gov.
For more information about the public meeting contact: Kenneth Lowery, US CODEX Office, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Room 4861, Washington, D.C. 20250, telephone: (202) 690-4042, fax: (202)720-3157 or email: Kenneth.Lowery@fsis.usda.gov.
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Last Modified: March 1, 2012 |
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