Consultants in Food / Chemical / Environmental Toxicology and Safety

I am responding to your May 10, 2004 Federal Register notice (69FR 25911-25913) on “Furan in Food, Thermal Treatment; Request for Data and Information.” I understand that your Food Advisory Committee (FAC) and its Contaminants and Natural Toxicants Subcommittee will address this issue at its meeting on the afternoon of June 8, 2004 in Bethesda, MD. I am not sure if I will be able to attend that meeting to present oral testimony, but I would appreciate if my comments could be placed before FAC and Subcommittee members for their preliminary evaluation during the meeting.