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Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Amanda Eamich
WASHINGTON, August 2, 2004 - The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
today announced a public meeting to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items that will be discussed
at the 22nd Session of the Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables (CCPFV) September 27 - October 1, 2004, in
Alexandria, Va. The public meeting will be co-sponsored by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service and the Food Safety and
Inspection Service..
The public meeting, that will precede the formal Codex session, will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m Tuesday, August 31, 2004,
in Room 3501, South Building, United States Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC. The agenda
items to be discussed at the public meeting include: consideration of Codex Draft Revised Standards for various processed fruit
and vegetable products; proposals for Amendments to the Priority List for Standardization of Processed Fruits and Vegetables;
and Methods of Analysis and Sampling for Processed Fruits and Vegetables.
Codex was created in 1962 by two United Nations organizations, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health
Organization. Codex develops food standards, guidelines and codes of practice in order to protect the health of consumers,
ensure fair practices in the food trade and promote coordination of food standards undertaken by international governmental
and non-governmental organizations.
To submit comments or to receive copies of documents on the agenda, contact the FSIS Docket Room, Docket #04-025N, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Room 102, Cotton Annex, 300 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700. The
documents and complete agenda are also available electronically at http://www.codexalimentarius.net.
Persons requiring a sign language interpreter or other special accommodations should notify Ellen Matten at (202) 205-7760, fax (202) 720-3157.
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