FEDERAL REGISTER: National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods; Re-establishment - (Federal Register Volume 73, Number 153 Page 45937)
August 7, 2008 – 11:07 pmDOCID:fr07au08-31
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of re-chartering of Committee.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice is announcing the re-chartering of the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) by the Secretary of Agriculture on June 5, 2008. The Committee is being renewed in cooperation with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The establishment of the Committee was recommended by a 1985 report of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Food Protection, Subcommittee on Microbiological Criteria, “An Evaluation of the Role of Microbiological Criteria for Foods.’ The current charter for the NACMCF is available for viewing on the NACMCF homepage at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/About_FSIS/NACMCF/index.asp.
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