Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 01/10/1998

National Food Safety Research Conference

Section 615 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, specifies that ``the Secretary shall sponsor a conference to be known as the National Conference on Food Safety Research, for the purpose of beginning the task of prioritization of food safety research. The Secretary shall sponsor annual workshops in each of the subsequent 4 years after the conference so that priorities can be updated or adjusted to reflect changing food safety concerns.'' By this notice the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) and the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) announce a National Food Safety Research Conference which is planned to solicit comment for setting priorities of USDA food safety research programs. The goal of the conference will be to identify the gaps in the knowledge base of safe food production, processing, handling, storage and preparation. All food products which are considered to be significant sources of food-borne illness will be addressed at the conference--meat, poultry, eggs, milk, fresh fruits, vegetables, and other plant-based foods. The agencies seek broad input from producers, processors, food handlers, consumer