August 30, 2007
Dear Colleague:
As a key stakeholder of FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine we are writing to you to provide you with an electronic copy of a Federal Register notice that issued today announcing a public meeting, which will be held on October 1, 2007. The objective of the meeting is to identify and recommend actions that persons involved in the production, distribution, importation, regulation, and use of imported products, including government, industry, and consumers can take to promote product safety.
On July 18, 2007, the President by Executive Order 13439 tasked the Federal Government to conduct a comprehensive review of current import safety practices. The Working Group, chaired by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) Secretary Michael O. Leavitt, is comprised of officials from DHHS, the Department of State; the Department of the Treasury; the Department of Justice; the Department of Agriculture; the Department of Commerce; and numerous other federal agencies.
The mission of the Interagency Working Group is to identify actions and appropriate steps that can be pursued, within existing resources, to promote the safety of imported products. As part of this initiative the Working Group is holding a public meeting to identify actions the public and private sectors can take to promote the safety of products imported into the United States.
For additional information about the meeting or the initiative in general please contact Erik Mettler in FDA’s Office of Policy (erik.mettler@fda.hhs.gov) or Tracey Forfa in CVM’s Office of Surveillance and Compliance (tracey.forfa@fda.hhs.gov).
We hope that you will consider participating in this important initiative.
Regards,
Cathy Beck,
Associate Director for Policy and Executive Programs,
Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA
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