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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 183 / Friday, September 21, 2007 / Notices 
the presence in food and feed (including 
aquaculture) of antimicrobial resistant 
microorganisms and antimicrobial 
resistance genes and the transmission 
through food and feed of antimicrobial 
resistant microorganisms and 
antimicrobial resistance genes. The Task 
Force is also to develop appropriate risk 
management advice based on that 
assessment to reduce such risk. The 
Task Force, which is hosted by the 
Republic of Korea, is to complete its 
work within four sessions. 
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 
Meeting 
The following items on the agenda for 
the First Session on AMR will be 
discussed during the September 24, 
2007, public meeting: 
• Matters Referred to the Committee 
from Other Codex Bodies. 
• Review of the Work by FAO, WHO 
and the World Organisation for Animal 
health (OIE) on Antimicrobial 
Resistance. 
• Consideration of the Elaboration of 
Standards, Guidelines or Other Texts on 
Antimicrobial Resistance (comments 
submitted in response to Circular Letter 
2006/38–AMR). 
Each issue listed will be fully 
described in documents distributed, or 
to be distributed, by the Korean 
Secretariat to the Meeting. Members of 
the public may access copies of these 
documents at http:// 
www.codexalimentarius.net/ 
current.asp. 
Public Meeting 
At the September 24, 2007, public 
meeting, draft U.S. positions on these 
agenda items will be described and 
discussed, and attendees will have the 
opportunity to pose questions and offer 
comments. Written comments may be 
offered at the meeting or sent to the U.S. 
Delegate on AMR, Dr. David White, at 
david.white@fda.hhs.gov. Written 
comments should state that they relate 
to activities of the First Session of the 
Task Force on AMR. 
Additional Public Notification 
Public awareness of all segments of 
rulemaking and policy development is 
important. Consequently, in an effort to 
ensure that minorities, women, and 
persons with disabilities are aware of 
this notice, FSIS will announce it online 
through the FSIS Web page located at 
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/ 
2007_Notices_Index/. FSIS will also 
make copies of this Federal Register 
publication available through the FSIS 
Constituent Update, which is used to 
provide information regarding FSIS 
policies, procedures, regulations, 
Federal Register notices, FSIS public 
meetings, and other types of information 
that could affect or would be of interest 
to constituents and stakeholders. The 
Update is communicated via Listserv, a 
free electronic mail subscription service 
for industry, trade groups, consumer 
interest groups, health professionals, 
and other individuals who have asked 
to be included. The Update is also 
available on the FSIS Web page. 
Through Listserv and the Web page, 
FSIS is able to provide information to a 
much broader and more diverse 
audience. In addition, FSIS offers an 
electronic mail subscription service 
which provides automatic and 
customized access to selected food 
safety news and information. This 
service is available at http:// 
www.fsis.usda.gov/news_and_events/ 
email_subscription. Options range from 
recalls to export information to 
regulations, directives and notices. 
Customers can add or delete 
subscriptions themselves and have the 
option to password protect their 
account. 
Done at Washington, DC on: September 17, 
2007. 
F. Edward Scarbrough, 
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 
[FR Doc. E7–18719 Filed 9–20–07; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2007–0035] 

National Advisory Committee on 

Microbiological Criteria for Foods 
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 
Service, USDA. 
ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 
SUMMARY: This notice announces that 
the National Advisory Committee on 
Microbiological Criteria for Foods 
(NACMCF) will hold public meetings of 
the full Committee and subcommittees 
on September 24–28, 2007. The 
Committee will discuss: (1) Assessment 
of the food safety importance of 
Mycobacterium avium subspecies 
paratuberculosis, (2) Determination of 
the most appropriate technologies for 
the Food Safety and Inspection Service 
(FSIS) to adopt in performing routine 
and baseline microbiological analyses, 
and (3) Parameters for inoculated-pack 
challenge study protocols. 
DATES: The full Committee will hold an 
open meeting on Friday, September 28, 
from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. The 
Subcommittee on Assessment of the 
Food Safety Importance of 
Mycobacterium avium subspecies 
paratuberculosis will hold an open 
meeting on Monday, September 24, 
2007, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 
Subcommittee on Determination of the 
Most Appropriate Technologies for the 
FSIS to Adopt in Performing Routine 
and Baseline Microbiological Analyses 
will hold open meetings on Monday, 
September 24, 2007, from 1:30 p.m. to 
5 p.m, and on Tuesday, September 25 
and Wednesday, September 26 from 
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Subcommittee 
on parameters for Inoculated-Pack 
Challenge Study Protocols will hold 
open meetings on Wednesday, 
September 26 and Thursday, September 
27, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
ADDRESSES: The September 24–27, 2007, 
subcommittee meetings will be held at 
the Aerospace Center, 901 D. Street, 
SW., Rooms 369–371, Washington, DC 
20024. The September 28, 2007, full 
Committee meeting will be held in the 
conference room at the south end of the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 
cafeteria located in the South Building, 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20250. All documents 
related to the full Committee meeting 
will be available for public inspection in 
the FSIS Docket Room, U.S. Department 
of Agriculture, 1400 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Room 2534 South 
Building, Washington, DC 20250, 
between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, as soon as they 
become available. The NACMCF 
documents will also be available on the 
Internet at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ 
regulations/2007_Notices_Index/. 
FSIS will finalize an agenda on or 
before the meeting dates and post it on 
the FSIS Web page at http:// 
www.fsis.usda.gov/News/ 
Meetings_&_Events/. Please note that 
the meeting agenda is subject to change 
due to the time required for Committee 
discussions; thus, sessions could start or 
end earlier or later than anticipated. 
Please plan accordingly if you would 
like to attend a particular session or 
participate in a public comment period. 
Also, the official transcript of the 
September 28, 2007, full Committee 
meeting, when it becomes available, 
will be kept in the FSIS Docket Room 
at the above address and will also be 
posted on http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ 
About/NACMCF_Meetings/. 
The mailing address for the contact 
person is: Karen Thomas-Sharp, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, FSIS, Office 
of Public Health Science, 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW., 333 
Aerospace Center, Washington, DC 
20250–3766. 
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
Persons interested in making a 
presentation, submitting technical 
papers, or providing comments at the 
September 28, plenary session should 
contact Karen Thomas-Sharp, phone 
(202) 690–6620, fax (202) 690–6334, e-
mail: Karen.thomas-sharp@fsis.usda.gov 
or at the mailing address above. Persons 
requiring a sign language interpreter or 
other special accommodations should 
notify Mrs. Thomas-Sharp by September 
17, 2007. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
Background 
The NACMCF was established in 
1988, in response to a recommendation 
of the National Academy of Sciences for 
an interagency approach to 
microbiological criteria for foods, and in 
response to a recommendation of the 
U.S. House of Representatives 
Committee on Appropriations, as 
expressed in the Rural Development, 
Agriculture, and Related Agencies 
Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 1988. 
The charter for the NACMCF is 
available for viewing on the FSIS 
Internet Web page at http:// 
www.fsis.usda.gov/About/ 
NACMCF_Charter/. 
The NACMCF provides scientific 
advice and recommendations to the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services 
on public health issues relative to the 
safety and wholesomeness of the U.S. 
food supply, including development of 
microbiological criteria and review and 
evaluation of epidemiological and risk 
assessment data and methodologies for 
assessing microbiological hazards in 
foods. The Committee also provides 
scientific advice and recommendations 
to the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention and the Departments of 
Commerce and Defense. 
Dr. Richard Raymond, Under 
Secretary for Food Safety, U. S. 
Department of Agriculture, is the 
Committee Chair; Dr. Robert E. Brackett, 
Director of the Food and Drug 
Administration’s Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), is the 
Vice-Chair; and Gerri Ransom, FSIS, is 
the Executive Secretary. 
At the subcommittee meetings the 
week of September 24–27, 2007 the 
groups will discuss: 
• Assessment of the food safety 
importance of Mycobacterium avium 
subspecies paratuberculosis, 
• The determination of the most 
appropriate technologies for the FSIS 
adopt in performing routine and 
baseline microbiological analyses, and 
• Parameters for inoculated pack 
challenge study protocols. 
Documents Reviewed by NACMCF 
FSIS intends to make available to the 
public all materials that are reviewed 
and considered by NACMCF regarding 
its deliberations. Generally, these 
materials will be made available as soon 
as possible after the full Committee 
meeting. Further, FSIS intends to make 
these materials available in electronic 
format on the FSIS Web page, as well as 
in hard copy format in the FSIS Docket 
Room. Often, an attempt is made to 
make the materials available at the start 
of the full Committee meeting when 
sufficient time is allowed in advance to 
do so. 
Disclaimer: NACMCF documents and 
comments posted on the FSIS Web site 
are electronic conversions from a variety 
of source formats. In some cases, 
document conversion may result in 
character translation or formatting 
errors. The original document is the 
official, legal copy. 
In order to meet the electronic and 
information technology accessibility 
standards in section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act, NACMCF may add 
alternate text descriptors for non-text 
elements (graphs, charts, tables, 
multimedia, etc.). These modifications 
only affect the online copies of the 
documents. 
Copyrighted documents will not be 
posted on the FSIS Web site, but will be 
available for inspection in the FSIS 
Docket Room. 
Additional Public Notification 
Public awareness of all segments of 
rulemaking and policy development is 
important. Consequently, in an effort to 
ensure that minorities, women, and 
persons with disabilities are aware of 
this notice, FSIS will announce it online 
through the FSIS Web page located at 
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/ 
2007_Notices_Index/. 
FSIS will also make copies of this 
Federal Register publication available 
through the FSIS Constituent Update, 
which is used to provide information 
regarding FSIS policies, procedures, 
regulations, Federal Register notices, 
FSIS public meetings, and other types of 
information that could affect or would 
be of interest to constituents and 
stakeholders. The Update is 
communicated via Listserv, a free 
electronic mail subscription service for 
industry, trade groups, consumer 
interest groups, health professionals, 
and other individuals who have asked 
to be included. The Update is also 
available on the FSIS Web page. 
Through Listserv and the Web page, 
FSIS is able to provide information to a 
much broader and more diverse 
audience. In addition, FSIS offers an 
electronic mail subscription service 
which provides automatic and 
customized access to selected food 
safety news and information. This 
service is available at http:// 
www.fsis.usda.gov/news_and_events/ 
email_subscription/. 
Options range from recalls to export 
information to regulations, directives 
and notices. Customers can add or 
delete subscriptions themselves and 
have the option to password protect 
their account. 
Done at Washington, DC on: September 18, 
2007. 
Alfred V. Almanza, 
Administrator. 
[FR Doc. E7–18699 Filed 9–20–07; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Forest Service 
Plumas County Resource Advisory 
Committee (RAC) 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Plumas County Resource 
Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a 
meeting on September 21, 2007, in 
Quincy, CA. The purpose of the meeting 
is to review applications for Cycle 7 
funding and select projects to be 
recommended to the Plumas or Lassen 
National Forest Supervisor for calendar 
year 2008 funding consideration. The 
funding is available under the Title II 
provisions of the Secure Rural Schools 
and Community Self-Determination Act 
of 2000. 
Date & Address: The meeting will take 
place from 9–4 at the Mineral Building– 
Plumas/Sierra County Fairgrounds, 208 
Fairgrounds Road, Quincy, CA. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Or 
for special Lee Anne Schramel Taylor, 
Forest Coordinator, USDA, Plumas 
National Forest, P.O. Box 11500/159 
Lawrence Street, Quincy, CA 95971; 
(530) 283–7850; or by e-mail 
eataylor@fs.fed.us. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda 
items for the September 21 meeting 
include: (1) Forest Service Update; (2) 
Future Legislation Potential; and (3) 
Recommendations for funding 
distribution, potentially including 
current Cycle 6 projects not yet 
approved. The meetings are open to the 
public and individuals may address the 
Committee after being recognized by the 
Chair. Other RAC information including 
previous meeting agendas and minutes