News Article
Laws and Regulations Committee Update 2/4 - 2/5, 2019
Posted on February 08, 2019
Blog: Association of Food & Drug Officials (AFDO)
February, 4, 2019
Federal Register
Notices
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Filed on: 02/04/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/05/2019
FR Document: 2019-01040 PDF 4 Pages (115 KB) Permalink
- Ø Export certificate request forms under Dairy Grading Branch
Filed on: 02/04/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/05/2019
FR Document: 2019-01054 PDF 5 Pages (118 KB) Permalink
- Ø Regarding pasteurized eggs and FSIS compliance
Agricultural Marketing Service
Proposed Rules
Meats, Prepared Meats, and Meat Products (Grading, Certification, and Standards)
Filed on: 02/04/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/05/2019
FR Document: 2019-00869 PDF 36 Pages (471 KB) Permalink
Environmental Protection Agency
Proposed Rules
Tolerance and Tolerance Exemption Actions:
Fenoxaprop-ethyl, Flufenpyr-ethyl, Imazapyr, Maleic hydrazide, Pyrazon, Quinclorac, Triflumizole, et. al.
Filed on: 02/04/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/05/2019
FR Document: 2019-00787 PDF 25 Pages (439 KB) Permalink
USDA
Canadian, Mexican Agriculture Leaders to Take Part in USDA’s 2019 Outlook Forum
FSIS
- FSIS Welcomes New Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety
- Label Backlog Update and Tips for the Label Approval Process
- Delay in FSIS’ Plans to Discontinue PFGE for E. coli and Move to WGS as the Primary Characterization Tool
- Updates to the FSIS Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook
- FSIS Posts Individual Category Status and Aggregate Results for Poultry Carcasses, Chicken Parts, and Comminuted Poultry Tested for Salmonella
Recalls
|
Product Recalled |
Date of Recall |
Retail Distribution List |
|
011-2019 Taylor Farms TX, Inc. Recalls Chicken Products Due To Misbranding And Undeclared Allergens |
Feb 02, 2019 |
N/A (Class II Recall) |
|
Feb 01, 2019 |
No retail sales |
|
|
Jan 29, 2019 |
||
|
003-2019 Johnsonville, LLC Recalls Raw Ground Frozen Cheddar Cheese and Bacon Flavored Pork Patty Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination | En Español |
Jan 18, 2019 |
APHIS
FTC
@FrankYiannasFDA
- Ø Strategy group predicts more change in food industry in the next 10 years than in the last 50. A future, safer food system isn’t a matter of chance; it’s a matter choice. Let’s not simply try to predict it; let’s create it, together. https://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/
- Ø The last food mile is changing in ways we never imagined. Let's make sure we keep food safety central to the innovations. https://www.forbes.com/
- Ø [*retweet @FineDiningLover*] Blockchain is still going to transform the way we eat and sooner than you think. https://www.finedininglovers.com/stories/blockchain-supply-chain-future-food-trend/ … #FoodTrends #Blockchain #IrishBeef #Supplychain #deloitte
@FDA_ORA
- Ø To Eat or Not to Eat? That is the question! Are all the decorative glitters and dusts you use on cakes & cookies safe to eat? Sometimes they are, sometimes they are not. LEARN MORE in this #FDAConsumerUpdate: https://go.usa.gov/xE3Dz
February 5, 2019
Federal Register
Notices
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Filed on: 02/05/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date:02/06/2019
FR Document: 2019-01148 PDF 3 Pages (114 KB) Permalink
- · National Agricultural Statistics Service: Egg, Chicken, and Turkey Surveys
Filed on: 02/05/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/06/2019
FR Document: 2019-01305 PDF 3 Pages (86.9 KB) Permalink
- · National Agricultural Statistics Service: On-farm and Off-farm Stock Reports
Agricultural Marketing Service
Rules
Assessment Rates:
Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Pummelos Grown in Florida
Filed on: 02/05/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/06/2019
FR Document: 2019-01141 PDF 14 Pages (246 KB) Permalink
Raisins Produced from Grapes Grown in California
Filed on: 02/05/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/06/2019
FR Document: 2019-01139 PDF 13 Pages (142 KB) Permalink
Environmental Protection Agency
Proposed Rules
Pesticide Petitions:
Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
Filed on: 02/05/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/06/2019
FR Document: 2019-01108 PDF 6 Pages (166 KB) Permalink
- · 5 pesticide petitions, including one of each: amended tolerance for non-inert, new tolerance exemption for inert, new tolerance exemption for non-inert, new tolerance for inert, new tolerance for non-inert
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Notices
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
Federal Plant Pest and Noxious Weeds Regulations
Filed on: 02/05/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/06/2019
FR Document: 2019-01144 PDF 4 Pages (96.6 KB) Permalink
- · Reinstatement of Information Collection
Standards for Privately Owned Quarantine Facilities for Ruminants
Filed on: 02/05/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 02/06/2019
FR Document: 2019-01145 PDF 4 Pages (174 KB) Permalink
- · Reinstatement of Information Collection
FDA
Recalls
|
Date |
Brand |
Product Description |
Reason/Problem |
Company |
|
02/04/2019 |
Pita Chips |
Undeclared milk |
Frito-Lay |
|
|
02/04/2019 |
Hipster Chipster Cookies |
Undeclared Milk, Egg, Walnuts |
Whole Foods Market |
FSIS
Recalls
|
Product Recalled |
Date of Recall |
|
Feb 04, 2019 |
AMS
USDA Announces the Availability of Support for States to Improve Agricultural Marketing Efforts
@FrankYiannasFDA
- · Enhanced supply chain traceability & transparency is the equivalent to ‘shining a light’ on each segment of the food system. It will drive accountability & help deter undesired behaviors & practices. Better traceability can’t wait. #traceability https://www.optelgroup.com/tracabilite
@FDArecalls
- · Allergy Alert Issued by Santa Rosa Whole Foods Market for Undeclared Walnut, Milk and Eggs in “Hipster Chipster” Cookies http://dlvr.it/QyBZLx