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Each member country has official mechanisms and representation in these three standard- setting organizations and it is through those channels that public and private sector organizations can contribute their comments, needs and interests. The contact points for each organization in their home office are listed below as well as the U.S. contacts for each organization.


    OIE
    Director General of the OIE
    12 rue de Prony,
    75017 Paris, France.
    Web address: http://www.oie.int

    U.S. Contact:
    USDA, APHIS
    Deputy Administrator, Veterinary Services (VS), Room 320E,
    Jamie Whitten Federal Building, 12th & 14th Streets at Independence Ave. SW,
    Washington D.C. 20250. Phone: (202)720-5193. Fax: (202)690-4171.
    Web address: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/


    IPPC
    Secretariat
    International Plant Protection Convention
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    Viale dele Terme di Caracalla
    00100 Rome, Italy
    Web Address: http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPP/PQ/

    U.S. Contact:
    USDA, APHIS
    Deputy Administrator, Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), Room 302E,
    Jamie Whitten Federal Building, 12th & 14th Streets at Independence Ave. SW,
    Washington D.C. 20250. Phone: (202)720-5601; Fax: (202)690-0472.
    Web address: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/standards


    Codex
    Secretariat of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme
    FAO
    Viale dele Terme di Caracalla
    00100 Rome, Italy
    Web addreaa: http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/faoinfo/economic/esn/codex codex.htm

    U.S. Codex Office.
    U.S. Manager for Codex

    Phone: (202)205-7760; Fax: (202)720-3157 UScodex@usda.gov


    IICA
    Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
    P.O. Box 55
    2200 Coronado, Costa Rica
    Phone:(506)229-0222; Fax:(506)229-4741
    Web address: IICA@ac.cr

    U.S. Contact:
    Directorate, Northern Region Center
    1775 K Street NW Suite 320
    Washington D.C. 20006
    Phone: (202)458-3767;Fax: (202)458-6335
    Web address: IICA wash@IICA wash.org


    NAPPO
    North American Plant Protection Org.
    Observatory Cres. Building 3
    Central Experimental Farm
    Ottawa, Ontario K1A0C6
    Phone: (613)759-5757
    Fax: (613)759-6141
    Web address: www.nappo.org

    U.S. Contact:
    USDA, APHIS
    Deputy Administrator, Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), Room 302E,
    Jamie Whitten Federal Building, 12th & 14th Streets at Independence Ave. SW,
    Washington D.C. 20250. Phone: (202)720-5601; Fax: (202)690-0472.
    Web Address http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/standards