FDA

Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
11/09/2017	Figi’s	Bulk dark chocolate gingersnaps and Christmas gingersnap variety	Undeclared Milk	Figi’s Companies

 

USDA

Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Delay of Effective Date

 

FSIS

Recalls

Product Recalled	Date of Recall
119-2017 Empire Kosher Poultry Inc. Recalls Chicken Products Due To Possible Extraneous Material Contamination	Nov. 9, 2017

Nov 09, 2017 | PDF

• FSIS Posts Next Set of Establishment Specific Datasets

 

askFSIS

Retail Exemption - Preparation of Meat Requirements

Must a Mercury-in-Glass (MIG) thermometer be used when thermometers are calibrated?

 

OEHHS

The Proposition 65 List - The current Proposition 65 list is dated November 10, 2017

Chemicals Listed Effective November 10, 2017 as Known to the State of California to Cause Reproductive Toxicity: Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS)

• Ø  PFOS and PFOA added to Proposition 65 list based on formal identification by the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), an authoritative body, that the chemicals cause reproductive toxicity.

November 13, 2017

Federal Register

Agriculture Department

Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Filed on: 11/13/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/14/2017

FR Document: 2017-24564  PDF 5 Pages (119 KB)  Permalink

 

Filed on: 11/13/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/14/2017

FR Document: 2017-24626  PDF 4 Pages (89.6 KB)  Permalink

 

Environmental Protection Agency

Rules

Pesticide Tolerances: Benzovindiflupyr

Filed on: 11/13/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/14/2017

FR Document: 2017-24109  PDF 23 Pages (216 KB)  Permalink

 

FDA

Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
11/10/2017	Yorgo Foods Inc.	varieties of Hommus and Baba Ghannouj	Listeria monocytogenes	Yorgo Foods

 

November 14, 2017

 

Federal Register

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Notices

Petitions: Verdeca LLC; Determination of Nonregulated Status of Soybean Genetically Engineered for Increased Yield

Filed on: 11/14/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/15/2017

FR Document: 2017-24634  PDF 5 Pages (182 KB)  Permalink

 

Federal Trade Commission

Rules

Disposal of Consumer Report Information and Records

Filed on: 11/14/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/15/2017

FR Document: 2017-24728  PDF 7 Pages (140 KB)  Permalink

 

Food and Drug Administration

Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Infant Formula Requirements

Filed on: 11/14/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/15/2017

FR Document: 2017-24688  PDF 18 Pages (233 KB)  Permalink

 

FDA

Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
11/13/2017	Dilettante Chocolates	Espresso Beans	Undeclared almonds	Seattle Gourmet Foods

 

USDA

Secretary Perdue Announces Hass Avocado Board Appointments

USDA Market News Enhances National Weekly Shell Egg Inventory Report

USDA Reminds Public: Don’t Move Wood Out of Areas Quarantined for Asian Longhorned Beetle

 

FSIS

Recalls

Product Recalled	Date of Recall
120-2017 Pride of Iowa Sandwiches, Inc. Recalls Chicken, Pork and Beef Products Produced without Benefit of Inspection	Nov. 13, 2017

 November 15, 2017

Federal Register

Agricultural Marketing Service

Rules

Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Pummelos Grown in Florida; Change in Size Requirements for Oranges

Filed on: 11/15/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/16/2017

FR Document: 2017-24701  PDF 18 Pages (263 KB)  Permalink

 

Environmental Protection Agency

Rules

Pesticide Tolerances: Tebufenozide

Filed on: 11/15/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/16/2017

FR Document: 2017-24881  PDF 19 Pages (336 KB)  Permalink

 

Food and Drug Administration

Proposed Rules

Guidance: Best Practices for Convening a Generally Recognized as Safe Panel

Filed on: 11/15/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/16/2017

FR Document: 2017-24845  PDF 19 Pages (144 KB)  Permalink

 

FDA

Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. on FDA advisory about deadly risks associated with kratom

Warning Letters

Letter Issue Date	Company Name	Issuing Office	Subject	Close Out Date
08/07/2017	Hello Life, Inc	Chicago District Office	Labeling/Dietary Supplements/Promotional Claims False & Misleading/Misbranded	Not Issued *

 

@FDAfood, @US_FDA, @SGottliebFDA

NJ DOH Issues Cease-and-Desist Orders to Company that Illegally Sold Raw Milk in NJ

Nestle USA Initiates Voluntary Recall of Hot Pockets® Four Cheese Pizza Snack Bites Due to Undeclared Allergens

FDA actively working with our partners at the Drug Enforcement Administration to further evaluate kratom and determine how it should be scheduled

• Ø  Remarks from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., as prepared for delivery at the FDA OCI Meeting, November 14, 2017

 

USDA

Availability of Petition for Deregulation of GE Soybean for Increased Yield

 

FSIS

Recalls

Product Recalled	Date of Recall
121-2017 Sukhi's Gourmet Indian Foods Recalls Chicken Tikka Masala Products Due To Possible Listeria Contamination | En Español	Nov. 14, 2017

 

NIH

Obesity during pregnancy may lead directly to fetal overgrowth, NIH study suggests

 

NAD

Beech-Nut Says It Has Permanently Discontinued Claims Challenged by Nestle, Maker of Gerber Products

 

CSPI

Food Safety Groups Oppose Trump Administration Delay of Key Produce Safety Requirements

 

Food & Water Watch

Public Water Wins at the Ballot Box in New Jersey

 November 16, 2017

Federal Register

Agriculture Department

Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Filed on: 11/16/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/17/2017

FR Document: 2017-24940  PDF 3 Pages (39.5 KB) Permalink

• Ø  This notice solicits comments on the Summer Meal Study - This study will help identify strategies to increase participation in summer meals as well as assess the nutritional quality of the meals served to children.

 

Notices

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

Food and Drug Administration Recall Regulations

Filed on: 11/16/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/17/2017

FR Document: 2017-24923  PDF 9 Pages (115 KB)  Permalink

• Ø  This notice solicits comments on FDA recalls for human drugs, biological products, devices, animal drugs, food, cosmetics, and tobacco.

 

Premarket Notification for a New Dietary Ingredient

Filed on: 11/16/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/17/2017

FR Document: 2017-24925  PDF 8 Pages (37.1 KB)  Permalink

• Ø  This notice solicits comments on the procedure by which a manufacturer or distributor of a new dietary ingredient or of a dietary supplement containing a new dietary ingredient is to submit to FDA information upon which it has based its conclusion that a dietary supplement containing the new dietary ingredient will reasonably be expected to be safe.

 

FDA

FDA Announces Draft Guidance on Best Practices for Convening a GRAS Panel

FDA Takes Steps to Build a Stronger Workforce

Consumer Update: Fortify Your Knowledge About Vitamins (updated Nov. 14)

Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
11/15/2017	Yorgo's, Trader Joe's	Hummus, tahini sauces, yogurt dips, more	Listeria monocytogenes	Yorgo's Foods, Inc.
11/15/2017	Casa Sanchez	Guacamole	Listeria monocytogenes	Casa Sanchez Foods

 

FSIS

Recalls

Product Recalled	Date of Recall	Retail Distribution List
122-2017 Texas Natural Meats Recalls Beef Products Due To Possible Specified Risk Materials Contamination	Nov. 54, 2017	N/A (Class II Recall
121-2017 Sukhi's Gourmet Indian Foods Recalls Chicken Tikka Masala Products Due To Possible Listeria Contamination | En Español	Nov. 14, 2017
120-2017 Pride of Iowa Sandwiches, Inc. Recalls Chicken, Pork and Beef Products Produced without Benefit of Inspection | En Español	Nov. 13, 2017	Nov 15, 2017

 

FTC

Internet Marketers of Dietary Supplement and Skincare Products Banned from Deceptive Advertising and Billing Practices

• Ø  A network of online marketers and the three people behind it have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they sold more than 40 weight-loss, muscle-building, and wrinkle-reduction products to consumers using unsubstantiated health claims, fake magazine and news sites, bogus celebrity endorsements, and phony consumer testimonials. The court order settling the FTC’s charges imposes a judgment of $179 million – the amount that the FTC alleges consumers nationwide paid the defendants over a period of more than five years – which will be suspended after the defendants pay approximately $6.4 million to the Commission.

 

OIG

Top Management & Performance Challenges Facing HHS

 

CSPI

Food Safety Takes a Back Seat to Trade in the Trump Administration