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Laws and Regulations Committee 11/24 - 12/1, 2017

Posted on December 01, 2017

Blog: Association of Food & Drug Officials (AFDO)

November 24, 2017

Federal Register

Environmental Protection Agency

Notices

Pesticide Petitions: Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

Filed on: 11/24/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/27/2017

FR Document: 2017-25564 PDF 7 Pages (133 KB) Permalink

Pesticide Product Registrations: New Active Ingredients

Filed on: 11/24/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/27/2017

FR Document: 2017-25566 PDF 4 Pages (162 KB) Permalink

Food and Drug Administration

Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Announcement of Office of Management and Budget Approvals

Filed on: 11/24/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/27/2017

FR Document: 2017-25452 PDF 2 Pages (86.4 KB) Permalink

Export of Food and Drug Administration-Regulated Products - Export Certificates

Filed on: 11/24/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/27/2017

FR Document: 2017-25456 PDF 7 Pages (110 KB) Permalink

FDA

Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
11/22/2017	Colorado Nut Company and various other private labels	Cashew Cranberry Cherry Jubilee, Oat Bran Nutty Crunch, Honey Nutty Granola, Peanut Delight, and Frontier Trail Mix	Undeclared milk	Colorado Nut Company

GRAS Notices

GRN No.	Substance	FDA's Letter
740	Glycolipids from Dacryopinax spathularia	Pending
739	Mannanase enzyme from Talaromyces leycettanus produced in Aspergillus niger	Pending
738	Thaumatin	Pending
737	Soy leghemoglobin	Pending
736	Lactobacillus casei subsp. paracasei Lpc-37	Pending
735	2’-Fucosyllactose	Pending

askFSIS

Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures Record

Potential Differences Between Establishment and PHIS HACCP Processing Categories

Eligibility of Veal Product Imported from the Netherlands

Expected Availability of an Establishment’s Salmonella Initiative Program (SIP) Sampling Results

Inspection Program Personnel (IPP) Response if Establishment Testing Results Exceed the Standard for Salmonella Process Control

Documenting Noncompliance under the Salmonella Initiative Program (SIP)

HACCP System Validation Requirements

Neutralizing Buffered Peptone Water (nBPW) in raw poultry sampling: lecithin and allergen concerns

OEHHS

Proposition 65

Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for Acceptance of a Request for a Safe Use Determination (SUD) for Chlorothalonil in Certain Foods

Ø OEHHA has received a request from California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation seeking an extension of the comment period for a SUD for chlorothalonil in certain foods. OEHHA hereby extends the public comment period until 5 p.m., Monday, December 18, 2017 for the materials on chlorothalonil.

November 27, 2017

Federal Register

Agricultural Marketing Service

Rules

Pecans Grown in States of Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas: Establishment of Reporting Requirements and New Information Collection

Filed on: 11/27/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/28/2017

FR Document: 2017-25735 PDF 22 Pages (271 KB) Permalink

Walnuts Grown in California: Decreased Assessment Rate

Filed on: 11/27/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/28/2017

FR Document: 2017-25736 PDF 8 Pages (144 KB) Permalink

Environmental Protection Agency

Rules

Tolerance Exemptions: Polyethyleneimine

Filed on: 11/27/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/28/2017

FR Document: 2017-25715 PDF 15 Pages (194 KB) Permalink

NTP

NTP Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting, December 7-8, 2017

Peer Review of the Draft Report on Carcinogens Monograph on Antimony Trioxide, January 24, 2018

November 28, 2017

Federal Register

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Rules

Imports: Fresh Mango Fruit from Vietnam Into the Continental United States

Filed on: 11/28/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/29/2017

FR Document: 2017-25764 PDF 22 Pages (225 KB) Permalink

Food and Drug Administration

Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for Human Food and Cosmetics Manufactured from, Processed with, or Otherwise Containing Material from Cattle

Filed on: 11/28/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/29/2017

FR Document: 2017-25767 PDF 8 Pages (25.7 KB) Permalink

FDA

Talking FSMA in the Land of Cotton and Looking for Middle Ground

Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
11/23/2017	Fit & Active	Chocolatey Chip Protein Meal Bars	Foreign matter: small piece of yellow plastic	Leclerc

askFSIS

PHIS Scheduling on Inactive Days

Water Supply

Final Rule “Records To Be Kept by Official Establishments and Retail Stores That Grind Raw Beef Products”

Water Reuse - Measures to reduce contamination

Ingredients Letter of Guarantee

Potable water certification

Application of Rules of Practice (ROP)

Importance of the Rules of Practice

What are the Rules of Practice?

Due Process Under Rules of Practice

GAO

FDA Continues to Evaluate and Respond to Business Concerns about the Produce Rule

OEHHS

Proposition 65

Notice of Amendment to Article 6, Clear and Reasonable Warnings Adoption of Sections 25607.32 AND 25607.33, Hotel Exposure Warnings

Ø Amendments were approved and will become operative on August 30, 2018.

CSPI

New Study Confirms Buying Red Yeast Rice Supplements is a Crap Shoot

Don’t Rely on a Gummy Multivitamin If You Can Swallow a Tablet

November 29, 2017

Federal Register

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Proposed Rules

Clothing Storage Unit Tip Overs: Request for Information