HHS/USDA Postpone Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Meeting

Due to the recent government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have rescheduled the second meeting of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee for January 13-14, 2014. Among those on the agenda are HHS, USDA and Institute of Medicine representatives, committee members and Food Systems Consultant Kate Clancy, who will address “Dietary Guidelines and Sustainability.” The public will have an opportunity to speak, and those who registered to do so before the originally scheduled October 3-4, 2013, meeting “will retain their designation.” Those choosing to participate by Webcast or in person must register by January 6, 2014. Comments are requested either by December 31, 2013, or throughout the committee’s deliberative process. See Federal Register, December 9, 2013.