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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/690/Add.1
8 October 2003
(03-5321)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 3 October 2003, has been received from the
United States.
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Notice of Public Meeting;  Regulations Implementing Title III of the Public Health Security and
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public meeting (via satellite
downlink) to discuss final regulations implementing two sections in Title III of the Public Health
Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (Bioterrorism Act) regarding
Section 305:  Registration of Food Facilities (Docket No. 2002N-0276) and Section 307:  Prior Notice
of Imported Food Shipments (Docket. No. 2002N-0278) .  FDA expects to publish shortly in the
Federal Register  final rules implementing each of these provisions.  The purpose of the satellite
downlink public meeting is to provide information on the rules to the public and to provide the public
an opportunity to ask questions of clarification.
The satellite downlink public meeting will be held on Tuesday, 28 October 2003, from 1 p.m.
to 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.  The satellite downlink public meeting will be offered in English
with French and Spanish translation, and will be simulcast live in English, French, and Spanish for
Mexico and North, Central and South America.   A list of locations for viewing the downlink publicmeeting is described in the Federal Register  notice and can be found on the FDA web site at
http://www.fda.gov/oc/bioterrorism/bioact.html .  In addition, any interested parties with access to a
satellite dish may view the downlink meetings at the following coordinates:  Live simulcast in English
(channel 6.8), French (channel 5.8) and Spanish (cha nnel 6.2).  Video rebroadcasts will be played at
several locations throughout the world.  Dates and viewing times for the video rebroadcasts forEurope, Asia, South Africa and New Zealand may be found on FDA's bioterrorism web site
http://www.fda.gov/oc/bioterrorism/bioact.html .  Information on additional video rebroadcasts in
English, Spanish, and French will also be available at http://www.fda.gov/oc/bioterrorism/bioact.html .
Technical information on satellite downlink can be found at
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/ohip/dcm/html/cfsan_event_page.htmlG/SPS/N/USA/690/Add.1
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The Federal Register  Notice can be found at
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/03-24921.htm  (search under Docket No. 02N-0276 or
02N-0278).   For further information contact:  Louis J. Carson, Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition (HFS-32), U.S. Food and Drug Administra tion, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park
MD 20740, 301-436-2277, Fax:  301-436-2605, e-mail:  CFSAN-FSS@cfsan.fda.gov , for general
questions about the downlink, submission of advance questions, and requests for a videotaped version
of the meeting.
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