Federal Register

Food Safety and Inspection Service

Notices

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

Mechanically Tenderized Beef Products

Filed on: 02/01/2018 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/02/2018

FR Document: 2018-02092 PDF 8 Pages (213 KB) Permalink

CFSAN

FDA Takes Important New Steps to Strengthen Oversight of Food Imports

@FDA_ORA, @SGottliebFDA, @FDAFood

• Ø #FDAORA issues advisory letter to Gallbladder Attack for using website to market unapproved drugs making false claims to treat or prevent many diseases, including dementia, cancer, Alzheimer’s: https://go.usa.gov/xnpzY #healthfraud
• Ø Announcing the first accredited body under the #FSMA Third-Party Accreditation Program #TAP - it's ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board @ANAB_ACCREDIT https://go.usa.gov/xn7Ug
• Ø FDA starts accepting applications TODAY for #VQIP (Voluntary Qualified Importer Program). Questions about the benefits? We’ve got answers for importers of FDA-regulated human and/or animal food. https://go.usa.gov/xn7n4
• Ø Importing food, drugs, or other FDA-regulated products? Get the info you need for commercial or personal shipments, and find #FDAORA contacts for questions about entries: https://go.usa.gov/xnR2t #ORAImports
• Ø Today, FDA and @USDA launched a new effort to improve coordination on key food safety issues such as produce safety, biotechnology and dual-jurisdiction facilities. https://go.usa.gov/xnGhr
• Ø Today, FDA and @USDA launched a new effort to improve coordination on key food safety issues such as produce safety, biotechnology and dual-jurisdiction facilities. https://go.usa.gov/xnGhr

CVM

FDA Takes Important New Steps to Strengthen Oversight of Food Imports

AMS

USDA Fruit and Tree Nut Purchase Program Announced

USDA Vegetable Purchase Program Announced

February 2, 2018

February 6, 2018

Federal Register

Food and Drug Administration

State Enforcement Notifications

Filed on: 02/06/2018 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/07/2018

FR Document: 2018-02417 PDF 6 Pages (106 KB) Permalink

Survey on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Selected Institutional Foodservice and Retail Food Stores Facility Types

Filed on: 02/06/2018 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date:02/07/2018

FR Document: 2018-02413 PDF 16 Pages (134 KB) Permalink

Survey on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Selected Retail and Foodservice Facility Types

Filed on: 02/06/2018 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/07/2018

FR Document: 2018-02414 PDF 15 Pages (129 KB) Permalink

Agriculture Department

Notices

Requests for Information: Improving Customer Service

Filed on: 02/06/2018 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/07/2018

FR Document: 2018-02388 PDF 4 Pages (175 KB) Permalink

Environmental Protection Agency

Pesticide Tolerances: Fomesafen

Filed on: 02/06/2018 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/07/2018

FR Document: 2018-02344 PDF 22 Pages (220 KB) Permalink

Isoxaben

Filed on: 02/06/2018 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/07/2018

FR Document: 2018-02346 PDF 22 Pages (222 KB) Permalink

FDA

Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
02/02/2018	Southern Grove	Unsalted Almonds	Undeclared Wheat and Soy	Kanan Enterprises, Inc.

@SGottliebFDA, @FDAFood, @FDArecalls, @FDA_ORA

• Ø Jim Gorny is back at the FDA! See why @foodsafetynews says this is “good news for anyone who eats fresh produce in the United States” https://go.usa.gov/xnAvh
• Ø Your nose knows! Sensory analysts at #FDAORA use their nose to protect you from spoiled & contaminated food. LEARN MORE in this #FDAconsumerupdate https://go.usa.gov/xnQdB
• Ø Kanan Enterprises Conducts Voluntary Recall of Southern Grove Unsalted Almond Due to Undeclared Wheat and Soy http://dlvr.it/QF9Nvr

APHIS

APHIS Accepts Comments on Updated Import Requirements for Fresh Citrus Fruit from Colombia

NTP

A Strategic Roadmap for Establishing New Approaches to Evaluate the Safety of Chemicals and Medical Products in the US

February 7, 2018

Federal Register

Environmental Protection Agency

Proposed Rules

Modification of Significant New Use of a Certain Chemical Substance

Filed on: 02/07/2018 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/08/2018

FR Document: 2018-02461 PDF 22 Pages (275 KB) Permalink

Notices

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

Application for Reference and Equivalent Method Determination

Filed on: 02/07/2018 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/08/2018

FR Document: 2018-02542 PDF 3 Pages (195 KB) Permalink

Submission of Unreasonable Adverse Effects Information

Filed on: 02/07/2018 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/08/2018

FR Document: 2018-02547 PDF 5 Pages (184 KB) Permalink

Assignment and Application of the Unique Identifier under the Toxic Substances Control Act

Filed on: 02/07/2018 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/08/2018

FR Document: 2018-02548 PDF 7 Pages (311 KB) Permalink

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Proposed Rules

General Administrative Regulations:

Subpart L - Reinsurance Agreement - Standards for Approval; Regulations for the 2019 and Subsequent Reinsurance Years

Filed on: 02/07/2018 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/08/2018

FR Document: 2018-02489 PDF 13 Pages (189 KB) Permalink

FDA

Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on the agency’s scientific evidence on the presence of opioid compounds in kratom, underscoring its potential for abuse

Correction; Draft Guidance for Industry; Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Prevention Controls for Food for Animals

Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities; Animal Drug Adverse Event Reporting and Recordkeeping

Warning Letters

Letter Issue Date	Company Name	Issuing Office	Subject	Close Out Date
01/31/2018	Long Life Unlimited	Cincinnati District Office	New Drug/Misbranded	Not Issued *
11/16/2017	U.L. Manufacturing Company Ltd.	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition	Acidified Foods/Emergency Permit Control/Adulterated	Not Issued *
08/10/2017	MS Fruit & Vegetable Co., LLC	Cincinnati District Office	CGMP/Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated	Not Issued *

FSIS

Product Recalled	Date of Recall
009-2018 Guymon Extracts, Inc. Recalls Fully Cooked Pork Products Due to Possible Processing Deviation	Feb 06, 2018
008-2018 Olymel S.E.C./ L.P. Recalls Pork Products Produced Without Benefit of Import Inspection	Feb 06, 2018

AMS

USDA Seeks National Mango Board Nominees

APHIS

Perdue Announces Emergency Funding for Spotted Lanternfly in Pennsylvania

FTC

Advertising Firm Barred from Assisting in the Marketing and Sale of Weight-Loss Supplements Deceptively Pitched to Consumers

FTC Approves Final Order Requiring Canadian Fertilizer and Chemical Companies PotashCorp and Agrium to Divest 2 Production Facilities as Condition of Merger

NIH

Now Available: ODS 2017 Annual Report

ODS Practicum Applications Being Accepted Now Through March 12

@FDA_ORA, @SGottliebFDA, @FDAFood, @US_FDA

• · Get FDA food updates via email. Check out the new, improved subscription service app http://go.fda.gov/subscriptionmanagement …
• · Announcing the first accredited body under the #FSMA Third-Party Accreditation Program #TAP - it's ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board @ANAB_ACCREDIT https://go.usa.gov/xn7Ug
• · Larger #farms must now comply with the #FSMA Produce Safety Rule. What do these science-based standards for safe growing, harvesting, packing & holding of fruits & vegetables mean for #farmers? https://go.usa.gov/xn7HU
• · What is #healthfraud? Products that make unproven claims to prevent, treat, or cure disease. LEARN MORE: https://go.usa.gov/xnyVp

February 8, 2018

Federal Register

Environmental Protection Agency

Rules

Pesticide Tolerances:

Cyflufenamid

Filed on: 02/08/2018 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/09/2018

FR Document: 2018-02670 PDF 26 Pages (230 KB) Permalink

Zoxamide

Filed on: 02/08/2018 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/09/2018

FR Document: 2018-02668 PDF 13 Pages (195 KB) Permalink

AMS

USDA Clarifies Grower’s Trust Protection Eligibility and Notification Requirements in Final Rule Amending PACA Regulations

02/22 to 02/23 Agricultural Outlook Forum

FSIS

Notices

Number	Title	Date Issued	Expiration Date
09-18	Requirements for the Disposition of Non-Ambulatory Disabled Veal Calves	Feb 07, 2018	Feb 01, 2019