WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS) today announced it will hold a public meeting to discuss and
receive public input on the Agencys product tracing efforts related to E. coli
O157:H7. The public meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 10,
2010, in the USDA South Building, Jefferson Auditorium, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250.
In March 2009, President Obama announced the formation of the Food Safety
Working Group, and in July, the Group released its Findings, which highlight
steps that FSIS and other Federal agencies are taking to improve food safety.
The public can provide valuable input to strengthen our food safety prevention,
surveillance and response and recovery efforts, as outlined by the
Administrations Food Safety Working Group (http://www.foodsafetyworkinggroup.gov/).
Pre-registration is recommended for this meeting. Registration information and
the meeting agenda will be made available on the agencys Web site at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News/Meetings_&_Events/.
All attendees should enter the building with proof of identification at Wing 5
on Independence Avenue.
FSIS also invites interested persons to submit comments on the issues to be
addressed at the public meeting. The Agency encourages comments to be submitted
before the meeting or no later than May 7, 2010, through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at www.regulations.gov, by mail to: Docket Clerk, USDA, FSIS, Room
2-2127, George Washington Carver Center, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Mailstop 5474,
Beltsville, MD 20705. All comments must identify FSIS-2010-0008. Comments will
be available for viewing at the above link.
Source: USDA FSIS