FSIS & FDA to Hold Public Meeting on Veterinary Drugs in Foods on April 23

March 12, 2012 by Brian Feito|Other U.S.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Food and Drug Administration are sponsoring a public meeting, scheduled for April 23, 2012, 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. To participate in the meeting, the call-in number is 1-888-858-2144 and the participant code is 6208658.

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

FSIS Contact -- Kenneth Lowery (202) 720-3157, email Kenneth.Lowery@fsis.usda.gov

FSIS press release (dated 03/05/12) available here.

Subsequent Federal Register Notice (dated 03/22/12) is available here.

*This notice was updated on 03/15/12 to add participation details.