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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES p,bl,c Health Serv.ce 



Food and Drug Administration 

 Rockville MD 20857 



NOV 1 . 1993 



The Honorable Tim Johnson 

 Chairman, Subcommittee on 



General Farm Commodities 

 Committee on Agriculture 

 House of Representatives 

 Washington, DC 20515 



D*ar Mr. Chairaan: 



As requested by Mr. Peterson during the hearing, FDA is preparina 

 te^Tn^" r '^i-^- 3154 Which would require official inspection ani 

 testing of all gram imported into the United States. FDA's bill 

 l^ltll:, tl ^' n^^^^i indicated in his testimony, will need to be 

 cleared by the Department of Health and Human Services before 

 being routed to the Subcommittee. 



If we can be of any further assistance, please let me know. 



Sincerely, 



C 



tu^fSc 



Carol R. Scheman 

 Deputy Commissioner 



for External Affairs 

 and 

 Acting Associate Commissioner 



for Legislative Affairs 



Enclosure 



cc: The Honorable Bill Emerson 

 Ranking Minority Member 



