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Notices
Federal Register Vol. 86, No. 126
Tuesday, July 6, 2021

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Docket No. APHIS20210023

Addition of Malaysia to the List of Regions Affected With African Swine Fever Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Agriculture USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

We are advising the public that we have added Malaysia to the list of regions that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service considers to be affected with African swine fever ASF. We have taken this action because of confirmation of ASF in Malaysia.
DATES: Malaysia was added to the APHIS list of regions considered affected with ASF on March 2, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
John Grabau, Regionalization Evaluation Services, Veterinary Services, APHIS, 920 Main Campus Drive, Venture II, Raleigh, NC 27606; Phone: 919 855
7738; email: AskRegionalization@
usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations in 9 CFR part 94 referred to below as the regulations govern the importation of specified animals and animal products to prevent introduction into the United States of various animal diseases, including African swine fever ASF. ASF is a highly contagious animal disease of wild and domestic swine. It can spread rapidly in swine populations with extremely high rates of morbidity and mortality. A list of regions where ASF exists or is reasonably believed to exist is maintained on the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service APHIS
website at https www.aphis.usda.gov/
aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animaland-animal-product-import-

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information/animal-health-status-ofregions/. This list is referenced in 94.8a2 of the regulations.
Section 94.8a3 of the regulations states that APHIS will add a region to the list referenced in 94.8a2 upon determining ASF exists in the region, based on reports APHIS receives of outbreaks of the disease from veterinary officials of the exporting country, from the World Organization for Animal Health OIE, or from other sources the Administrator determines to be reliable, or upon determining that there is reason to believe the disease exists in the region. Section 94.8a1 of the regulations specifies the criteria on which the Administrator bases the reason to believe ASF exists in a region.
Section 94.8b prohibits importation of pork and pork products from regions listed in accordance with 94.8, except if processed and treated in accordance with the provisions specified in that section or consigned to an APHISapproved establishment for further processing. Section 96.2 restricts the importation of swine casings that originated in or were processed in a region where ASF exists, as listed under 94.8a.
On February 19, 2021, the veterinary authorities of Malaysia reported to the OIE the occurrence of ASF in that country. Therefore, in response to this outbreak, on March 2, 2021, APHIS
added Malaysia to the list of regions where ASF exists or is reasonably believed to exist. This notice serves as an official record and public notification of that action.
As a result, pork and pork products from Malaysia, including casings, are subject to APHIS import restrictions designed to mitigate the risk of ASF
introduction into the United States.
Congressional Review Act Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs designated this action as not a major rule, as defined by 5 U.S.C. 8042.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 77017772, 77817786, and 83018317; 21 U.S.C. 136
and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.

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Done in Washington, DC, this 16th day of June 2021.
Jack Shere, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
U.S. Codex Office Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling U.S. Codex Office, USDA.
Notice of public meeting and request for comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The U.S Codex Office is sponsoring a public meeting on September 1, 2021. The objective of the public meeting is to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items and draft United States U.S.
positions to be discussed at the 46th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling CCFL of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, to be held virtually, September 27October 1, 2021
with the report adoption on October 7, 2021. The U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius and the Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs recognize the importance of providing interested parties the opportunity to obtain background information on the 46th Session of the CCFL and to address items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for September 1, 2021, from 2:004:00
p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will take place via Video Teleconference only. Documents related to the 46th Session of the CCFL will be accessible via the internet at the following address:
http www.fao.org/fao-whocodexalimentarius/meetings/detail/en/
?meeting=CCFL&session=46.
Dr. Douglas Balentine, U.S. Delegate to the 46th Session of the CCFL, invites U.S. interested parties to submit their comments electronically to the following email address:
douglas.balentine@fda.hhs.gov.
Registration: Attendees must register to attend the public meeting by emailing uscodex@usda.gov by August 30, 2021.
Early registration is encouraged.
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