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FSIS Announces a Public Meeting To Discuss Salmonella Risk Assessments
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Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
April Demert
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2004 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
announced today that it plans to release two draft risk assessments related to Salmonella and will hold a public meeting to
discuss them on October 22, 2004.
The first risk assessment is a quantitative analysis of Salmonella enteritidis in shell eggs and the second is a
quantitative risk assessment of Salmonella in pasteurized liquid egg products. The documents were developed by FSIS
to provide scientific information that the Agency can use to develop pathogen reduction lethality performance standards for
pasteurized shell eggs and egg products.
The public meeting on October 22 will provide a forum to discuss the technical design and assumptions that were used to
create these draft risk assessments. The draft risk assessments and a tentative agenda for the meeting will be made available
on or before October 15 on the FSIS Web site at
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/2004_Notices_Index/.
Written comments on the draft risk assessments may be submitted to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety
and Inspection Service, Docket #04-034N, 300 12th Street, SW, Room 102, Cotton Annex, Washington, DC 20250. Comments must be
received by November 15, 2004.
The meeting on October 22 will be held at the Hyatt Regency Washington Hotel, 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001.
Individuals interested in attending this meeting can pre-register by calling (202) 690-6516 or sending an e-mail to
renee.ellis@usda.gov
. For questions about the risk assessments or the meeting, contact Philip Derfler at (202) 720-2709.
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