News Article

Laws and Regulations Committee Update 10/6 - 10/12, 2017

Posted on October 12, 2017

Blog: Association of Food & Drug Officials (AFDO)

October 6, 2017

Federal Register

Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Cranberries Grown in States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and Long Island in State of New York

Filed on: 10/06/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/10/2017

FR Document: 2017-21735 PDF 11 Pages (139 KB) Permalink

Environmental Protection Agency

Pesticide Tolerances; Emergency Exemptions: Tolfenpyrad

Filed on: 10/06/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/10/2017

FR Document: 2017-21797 PDF 20 Pages (348 KB) Permalink

Tolerance Exemptions: Tall Oil Fatty Acids

Filed on: 10/06/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/10/2017

FR Document: 2017-21787 PDF 14 Pages (399 KB) Permalink

FDA

Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
10/04/2017	Rhino 7, Papa Zen, Fifty Shades, and Grand X	Dietary Supplement	Unapproved new drug	Gadget Island, Inc. dba Gear Isle

FSIS

Notice 55-17 Verifying that Records are Kept by Official Establishments and Retail Stores that Grind Raw Beef

Notice 54-17 Actions to Facilitate Industry Access to the Public Health Information System

Recalls

Product Recalled	Date of Recall	Retail Distribution List
107-2017 Sandridge RMH Acquisition, LLC Recalls Ready-To-Eat Beef Products Due To Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens \| En Español	Oct 05, 2017	N/A (Class II Recall)

AskFSIS

Retail operations separated from FSIS

Supporting microbiological independence for a non-O157 STEC

GIPSA
High Plains Livestock, LLC, Portales, N.M. Suspended Four-Years in Settlement with GIPSA (PDF; 47KB)

AMS
USDA Withdraws a Proposal to Change Export Reporting Requirements for Apples and Grapes

USDA Helping Growers Build Success with New Technology

HHS

Eric Hargan Sworn In as HHS Deputy Secretary

National Academies

Strategies to Limit Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in Young Children: Proceedings of a Workshop- In Brief

October 9, 2017

Federal Register

Agricultural Marketing Service

Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Cranberries Grown in States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and Long Island in State of New York

Filed on: 10/06/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/10/2017

FR Document: 2017-21735 PDF 11 Pages (139 KB) Permalink

Environmental Protection Agency

Rules

Pesticide Tolerances; Emergency Exemptions:

Tolfenpyrad

Filed on: 10/06/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/10/2017

FR Document: 2017-21797 PDF 20 Pages (348 KB) Permalink

Tolerance Exemptions: Tall Oil Fatty Acids

Filed on: 10/06/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/10/2017

FR Document: 2017-21787 PDF 14 Pages (399 KB) Permalink

FDA

The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration Hosts a Webinar on Foodborne Illness Source Attribution Estimates for 2013
Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
10/06/2017	Whole Foods Market 365	Organic Raisin Bran	Undeclared Peanuts	Whole Food Markets
10/05/2017	A1	Dietary Supplement A1 Slim	Unapproved new drug; tainted with sibutramine, phenolphthalein and N-Desmethyl sibutramine	Kiriko, LL

FSIS
Oct 06, 2017 | PDF

Establishment Specific Datasets Now Available
FSIS Announces New Leadership in the Office of Public Health Science
Revised Compliance Guideline for Whole Grains Statements Posted on the FSIS Website
FSIS Announces Webinars for the Compliance Guideline for Label Approval
Agencies to Host a Public Meeting on the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System
Agencies to Host a Public Meeting on Whole Genome Sequencing

AskFSIS
Appendix A: Compliance Guideline use with RTE Mix of Meat and Poultry

October 10, 2017

FDA

Warning Letters

Letter Issue Date	Company Name	Issuing Office	Subject	Close Out Date
09/29/2017	Bush Brothers & Company	Cincinnati District Office	Low Acid Canned Food Regulation/Adulterated	Not Issued *

Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
10/06/2017	Great American Deli	Chicken Salad Wheatberry Sandwich	Undeclared Eggs and Soy	Great American Deli

October 11, 2017

FDA

Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
10/09/2017	Cascadian Farm	Organic Cinnamon Raisin Granola	Undeclared Almonds	General Mills

GRAS Notices

GRN No.	Substance	FDA's Letter
728	Phospholipase C from Pseudomonas sp. 62186 produced in Bacillus licheniformis	Pending
727	Trehalase from Trichoderma reesei produced in Trichoderma reesei	Pending
726	Polyphenol extract from olive	Pending
725	Inactivated Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086	Pending
724	Preparation containing six bacterial phages specific to shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli	Pending
723	Benzalkonium chloride	Pending
722	Lactobacillus plantarum Lp-115	Pending
721	Galacto-oligosaccharides	Pending

AskFSIS

Export Certificate Distribution

Imported Tongue Residue Samples

Condensation

Transportation of Heads from Cattle less than 30 months with SRM to another Official Establishment

FSIS Directive 12,600.2 Activities Requiring Inspection – Product Reconditioning

FSIS Directive 12,600.2 - Verifying HACCP Monitoring Activities Outside Approved Hours of Operation

FSIS Directive 12,600.2 - 12 Hour Rule

AMS
Referendum on Proposed Amendments to the Marketing Order for Hazelnuts Grown in Oregon and Washington Voting to Begin Oct 16, 2017

Oct. 31 – Nov. 2, 2017 National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Meeting

October 12, 2017

Federal Register

Food and Drug Administration

Proposed Rules

Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption; Correction