FSIS public meeting to address updates to reinspection program for meat and poultry

May 31, 2001

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service is sponsoring a public meeting to describe plans to update its port-of-entry reinspection of meat and poultry food products, including revamping its computerized assignment and data collection system.

The public meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, June 8, at the Holiday Inn Capitol, Columbia Room, 550 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20024. Any individual wishing to make a prepared statement should contact Anita Manka no later than noon on Thursday, June 7, at (202) 720-6400. There will be time allowed at the end of the meeting for questions and answers.

People requiring a sign language interpreter or other special accommodations should notify Ida Gambrell by June 1 by phone at (202) 690-6523 or by fax at (202) 690-6519. Preregistration for this event is not necessary. Transcripts of the meeting will be available in the FSIS Docket Office, Room 102-Annex, 300 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700.

Source: Food Safety and Inspection Service