[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 13, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 58553-58554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26829]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 14

[Docket No. FDA-2017-N-6379]


Advisory Committee; Food Advisory Committee; Termination

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the 
termination of the Food Advisory Committee. This document removes the 
Food Advisory Committee from the Agency's list of standing advisory 
committees.

DATES: This rule is effective December 13, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Strambler, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), Food and Drug Administration, 
5001 Campus Dr., Rm. 1C-008, College Park, MD 20740, 240-402-2589, Fax: 
301-436-2637, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Food Advisory Committee (the Committee) 
was established on March 6, 1992 (57 FR 8064). The Committee provides 
advice to the Commissioner of Food and

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Drugs and other appropriate officials on emerging food and cosmetic 
safety, food science, nutrition, and other food-related health issues 
that FDA considers of primary importance for its food and cosmetics 
programs. The Committee may also be asked to provide advice and make 
recommendations on ways of communicating to the public the potential 
risks associated with these issues and on approaches that might be 
considered for addressing the issues.
    The Committee is no longer needed and will be terminated on 
December 12, 2017. Over the past several years, the Committee has met 
very infrequently, and the effort and expense of maintaining the 
Committee are no longer justified. Any relevant food issues in the 
future could be addressed by FDA's Science Board and/or FDA's Risk 
Communication Advisory Committee, with additional augmentation of 
expertise by appropriate subject matter experts serving as temporary 
members on either of those committees. In addition, CFSAN will continue 
to hold workshops, meetings, conferences, and webinars to engage with 
its stakeholders.
    Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B) and (d) and 21 CFR 10.40(d) and (e), 
the Agency finds good cause to dispense with notice and public comment 
procedures and to proceed to an immediate effective date on this rule. 
Notice and public comment and a delayed effective date are unnecessary 
because the Committee is not being adequately used, and the final rule 
merely removes the name of the Food Advisory Committee from the list of 
standing advisory committees in Sec.  14.100 (21 CFR 14.100).
    Therefore, the Agency is amending Sec.  14.100(f) as set forth in 
the regulatory text of the document.

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 14

    Administrative practice and procedure, Advisory committee, Color 
additives, Drugs, Radiation protection.

    Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under 
authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 21 CFR part 
14 is amended as follows:

PART 14--PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE A PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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1. The authority citation for part 14 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. 2; 15 U.S.C 1451-1461, 21 U.S.C. 41-50, 
141-149, 321-394, 467f, 679, 821, 1034; 28 U.S.C. 2112; 42 U.S.C. 
201, 262, 263b, 264; Pub. L. 107-109; Pub. L. 108-155; Pub. L. 113-
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Sec.  14.100  [Amended]

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2. Section 14.100 is amended by removing paragraph (f).

    Dated: December 7, 2017.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2017-26829 Filed 12-12-17; 8:45 am]
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