Agricultural Research Service

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

AGENCIES: U.S. Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human

Services, Agricultural Research Service and Office of Food, Nutrition,

and Consumer Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

ACTION: Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Notice of Meeting;

Extension of Written Comment Period; Opportunity to Provide Oral

Comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the

Department of Agriculture (USDA)(a) provide notice of the second

meeting of the Committee, (b) extend the written comment period, and

(c) solicit public testimony.

DATES: (1) The Committee will meet January 11, 1995, for a full-day

meeting beginning at 9:00 a.m. p.s.t., January 12, 1995, for a half-day

meeting beginning at 9:00 a.m. p.s.t., and January 13, 1995 for a full-

day meeting beginning at 9:00 a.m. p.s.t. at the Holiday Inn Financial

District/Chinatown, Jade Room, 750 Kearny Street, San Francisco,

California 94108. (2) Oral testimony, from preregistered participants,

will be accepted January 11, 1995, for one half day beginning 9:00 a.m.

(3) Written comment on the Guidelines should be submitted by January

31, 1995, to insure consideration by the Committee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karil Bialostosky, M.S., Executive Secretary from HHS to the Dietary

Guidelines Advisory Committee, Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Room 2132, Switzer

Building, 330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201, (202) 205-9007.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Task

The eleven-member Committee appointed by the Secretaries of the two

Departments reflects the commitment by the Department of Health and

Human Services and Agriculture to the provision of sound and current

dietary guidance to consumers. The National Nutrition Monitoring and

Related Research Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-445) requires the Secretaries

of HHS and USDA to publish the Dietary Guidelines for Americans at

least every five years.The Directory Guidelines Advisory Committee will

recommend revisions to the Secretaries for the 1995 edition of

Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Announcement of Meeting

The Committee's second meeting will be January 11, 1995, beginning

at 9:00 a.m. (full-day meeting), January 12, 1995, beginning at 9:00

a.m. (half-day meeting), and January 13, 1995, beginning at 9:00 a.m.

(full-day meeting), p.s.t. The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn

Financial District/Chinatown, Jade Room, 750 Kearny Street, San

Francisco, California 94108. The agenda will include (a) oral testimony

from preregistered people or groups (b) discussion of drafts prepared

by members taking into account public testimony and written comments

submitted to date, and (c) formulation of plans for future work of the

Committee.

Public Participation at Meeting

The meeting is open to the public. However, space is limited for

all sessions. Oral testimony from the public will be accepted for one

half day, beginning at 9:00 a.m., on January 11, 1994. Requests to

testify should be mailed by January 1, 1995, to Karil Bialostosky,

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and

Human Services, 330 C Street S.W., Room 2132, Switzer Building,

Washington, D.C. 20201, or faxed to (202) 205-9478. Presenters are

requested to disclose their affiliation and their source of funding to

attend the meeting and limit their comments to five minutes. The

Committee requests the submission of written copies of verbal

statements. Please call Karil Bialostosky (202/205-9007) by December

30, if you will require a sign language interpreter at the meeting.

Written Comment

By this notice, the Committee is extending the deadline to submit

written comments, views, information, and data pertinent to review of

the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Comments should be sent to Karil

Bialostosky, at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health,

Department of Health and Human Services, Switzer Building, Room 2132,

330 C Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, by January 31, 1995, to

insure consideration by the Committee.

Dated: November 10, 1994.

J. Michael McGinnis,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Disease Prevention and Health

Promotion), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

[FR Doc. 94-28914 Filed 11-22-94; 8:45 am]

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