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Laws and Regulations Committee Update 10/23 - 10/25, 2017

Posted on October 27, 2017

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Rules

Decreased Assessment Rates: Pistachios Grown in California, Arizona, and New Mexico

Filed on: 10/23/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/24/2017

FR Document: 2017-22711 PDF 17 Pages (328 KB) Permalink

FDA

New Web Page and Timeline List Key FSMA Compliance Dates

Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
10/21/2017	Ready.Chef.Go!	Seafood meal bags	Listeria monocytogenes	Randalls, Tom Thumb and Albertsons
10/21/2017	Meijer	Various packaged produce items	Listeria Monocytogenes	Meijer
10/21/2017	Earthbound Farm LLC	Chopped Asian Style Salad Kit	Undeclared milk and egg	Earthbound Farm LLC
10/21/2017	CP Fresh	Salad kits and stir fry mixes	Listeria monocytogenes	Triple B Corporation
10/21/2017	Charlie's Produce, Alaska Carrot	Salad kits and stir fry mixes	Listeria monocytogenes	Triple B Corporation
10/20/2017	BrightFarms	Salad and Basil products	E. coli	BrightFarms
10/20/2017	SCA Pharmaceuticals LLC	Injectable drugs	Lack of Sterility Assurance	SCA Pharmaceuticals LLC
10/20/2017	Albertsons, Safeway Vons, and Pak'N Save	Fresh vegetable trays and cups	Listeria monocytogenes	Albertsons, Safeway Vons, and Pak'N Save
10/20/2017	Whole Foods Market	Salads sold by the pound at salad bar	Listeria Monocytogenes	Whole Foods Market
10/20/2017	H-E-B	Soup	Listeria monocytogenes	H-E-B

FSIS

Oct 20, 2017 | PDF

· FSIS Posts Information Identifying Establishments Currently Participating in the Salmonella Initiative Program
· National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) Announces Publication of the 2015 Integrated Report
· FSIS Posts Aggregate Results for Chicken Parts, Comminuted Poultry, and Poultry Carcasses Tested for Salmonella and Campylobacter
· Agencies to Host a Public Meeting on the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System
· Agencies to Host a Public Meeting on Whole Genome Sequencing

Recalls

Product Recalled	Date of Recall	Retail Distribution List
114-2017 Fresh Foods Manufacturing Co. Recalls Chicken Products due to Possible Listeria Contamination \| En Español	Oct 20, 2017

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Notices

National Organic Program: Interim Instruction, Maintaining the Integrity of Organic Imports

Filed on: 10/24/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/25/2017

FR Document: 2017-23093 PDF 5 Pages (178 KB) Permalink

Ø This interim instruction explains the USDA organic regulations’ current requirements for certifiers engaged in the oversight of organic products imported into the United States. It also recommends best practices that certifiers may use in order to comply with the existing regulations. AMS invites organic handlers, certifying agents, importers , consumers, and other interested parties to submit comments on the interim instruction. Specifically, comments should address the parts of the instruction that recommend best practices that certifiers may use to ensure compliance with the USDA organic regulations. This document is not intended to request comments on the existing USDA organic regulations found at 7 CFR Part 205.

FDA

Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
10/23/2017	Pacific Coast Fruit Company	Bagged Processed Salads	Listeria monocytogenes	Pacific Coast Fruit Company
10/23/2017	Just Cut	Broccoli Florets	Listeria monocytogenes	Paragon Wholesale Foods Corp.
10/23/2017	Tres Latin Foods	Pupusas	Undeclared milk	Tres Latin Foods
10/21/2017	Giant Eagle	Breaded Shrimp	Undeclared egg	Giant Eagle

Warning Letters

Letter Issue Date	Company Name	Issuing Office	Subject	Close Out Date
10/16/2017	Masa NY, LLC	New York District Office	Seafood HACCP/CGMP for Foods/Adulterated/Insanitary Conditions	Not Issued *
10/12/2017	Performance Food Group Inc	Dallas District Office	Seafood HACCP/CGMP for Foods/Adulterated/Insanitary Conditions	Not Issued *
10/11/2017	Nathan's Soup & Salad Henrietta Inc.	New York District Office	Seafood HACCP/CGMP for Foods/Adulterated/Insanitary Conditions	Not Issued *
10/04/2017	Estiatorio Milos	New York District Office	Seafood HACCP/CGMP for Foods/Adulterated/Insanitary Conditions	Not Issued *
06/27/2017	Smoked Seafood, Inc. dba Little Mermaid Smokehouse	Los Angeles District Office	Seafood HACCP/CGMP for Foods/Adulterated/Misbranded	Not Issued *

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Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
10/23/2017	King Soopers, City Market	Deli broccoli salads and coleslaw	Listeria monocytogenes, Mann2017	King Soopers