News Article

Laws and Regulations Committee Update 12/1 - 12/7, 2017

Posted on December 07, 2017

Blog: Association of Food & Drug Officials (AFDO)

December 1, 2017

Federal Register

Notices

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

Establishing and Maintaining Lists of United States Manufacturers/Processors with Interest in Exporting Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition-Regulated Products to China

Filed on: 12/01/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date:12/04/2017

FR Document:2017-26042 PDF 7 Pages (96.5 KB) Permalink

Agricultural Marketing Service

Proposed Rules

Decreased Assessment Rates: Oranges and Grapefruit Grown in Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas

Filed on: 12/01/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date:12/04/2017

FR Document: 2017-25737 PDF 16 Pages (254 KB) Permalink

Pecans Grown in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas

Filed on: 12/01/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date:12/04/2017

FR Document:2017-25738 PDF 37 Pages (295 KB) Permalink

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Notices

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

Approval of Laboratories for Conducting Aquatic Animal Tests for Export Health Certificates

Filed on: 12/01/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date:12/04/2017

FR Document:2017-26060 PDF 5 Pages (99.6 KB) Permalink

Foot-And-Mouth Disease: Prohibition on Importation of Farm Equipment

Filed on: 12/01/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date:12/04/2017

FR Document:2017-26058 PDF 4 Pages (97.7 KB) Permalink

Importation of Poultry Meat and Other Poultry Products from Sinaloa and Sonora; Poultry and Pork Transiting the United States

Filed on: 12/01/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date:12/04/2017

FR Document: 2017-26057 PDF 6 Pages (104 KB) Permalink

Environmental Protection Agency

Rules

Pesticide Tolerances: Ethofumesate

Filed on: 12/01/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date:12/04/2017

FR Document: 2017-25828 PDF 29 Pages (251 KB) Permalink

Prometryn

Filed on: 12/01/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date:12/04/2017

FR Document: 2017-26083 PDF 18 Pages (343 KB) Permalink

Quinclorac

Filed on: 12/01/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/04/2017

FR Document: 2017-26078 PDF 20 Pages (347 KB) Permalink

Temporary Tolerance Exemptions:

Bacillus thuringiensis Cry14Ab-1 Protein in or on Soybean

Filed on: 12/01/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date:12/04/2017

FR Document: 2017-26080 PDF 10 Pages (391 KB) Permalink

Tolerance Exemptions:

Pseudomonas fluorescens 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD-4)

Filed on: 12/01/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/04/2017

FR Document:2017-26086 PDF 11 Pages (473 KB) Permalink

FDA

Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
11/30/2017	Bull, Chao Jimengnan	Dietary Supplement	Unapproved drug with sildenafil	Nutra Labs Inc.
11/28/2017	Plow & Hearth	Chocolate Covered Cashews	Undeclared Peanut	Virginia Diner, Inc.

AskFSIS

Specified Risk Materials (SRMs) are not Eligible for Use as Human Food

Identification of Specified Risk Materials (SRMs)

Zero tolerance - Intestines and Stomachs

Illness Caused by E. coli O157:H7

HACCP Training Requirements

Clarification of 9 CFR 417.5 (b) “When the specific Event Occurs”

FNS

USDA Publishes School Meals Rule, Expands Options, Eases Challenges

Donated Food Storage, Distribution, and Product Dating

AMS

Agriculture Secretary Perdue Announces National Pork Board Appointments

USDA
Secretary Perdue Statement: U.S. Farm Exports to Continue Strong in FY 2018

December 4, 2017

Federal Register

Agriculture Department

Rules

Inflation Catch-Up Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalty Amounts

Filed on: 12/04/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/05/2017

FR Document:2017-26194 PDF 23 Pages (127 KB) Permalink

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Notices

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

Importation of Baby Squash and Baby Courgettes from Zambia

Filed on: 12/04/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/05/2017

FR Document: 2017-26152 PDF 4 Pages (98.7 KB) Permalink

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Release of Aceria drabae for Biological Control of Hoary Cress

Filed on:12/04/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date:12/05/2017

FR Document: 2017-26154 PDF 4 Pages (97.7 KB) Permalink

FDA

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., sends a letter to State Agriculture Commissioners reinforcing the agency’s commitment to work in partnership with the states to effectively implement FSMA

IFSAC Webinar on Updated Foodborne Illness Source Attribution Estimates

@FDAfood

#FDAORA issues #warningletter to Indiana dairy farm for violations of regulations for proper use of animal drugs in animals used for human food: https://go.usa.gov/xnKwe

FSIS

Product Recalled	Date of Recall	Retail Distribution List
127-2017 Rafedain Shish Kabob Restaurant, Inc. Recalls Chicken Patty Shish Kabob Products Due To Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens \| En Español	Dec 01, 2017	Dec 04, 2017
126-2017 Caesar's Pasta, LLC Recalls Beef Meatball Products Due To Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens \| En Español	Dec 01, 2017

Dec 01, 2017 | PDF

FSIS Releases Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Plan
FSIS Identifies Additional Food Safety Research Priorities
FSIS to Host Webinar on Listeria Controls at Retail
FSIS Announces Update to the Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook
IFSAC Webinar on Updated Foodborne Illness Source Attribution Estimates

AMS

USDA Announces Sorghum Board Appointments

GIPSA

Verschoor Meats, Inc. Assessed $5,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 43KB)

Barnesville Livestock, LLC Assessed $2,500 Civil Penalty (PDF; 43KB)

Federal Register

Agricultural Marketing Service

Notices

U.S. Grade Standards: Carcass Beef

Filed on: 12/05/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/06/2017

FR Document: 2017-26273 PDF 7 Pages (230 KB) Permalink

Food and Drug Administration

Proposed Rules

Review of Existing Regulatory and Information Collection Requirements; Extension of Comment Period

Filed on: 12/05/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/06/2017

FR Document: 2017-26199 PDF 5 Pages (35.6 KB) Permalink

FDA, @FDAfood

FDA issues warning letter to Indiana dairy farm for violations of regulations for proper use of animal drugs in animals used for human food

Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
12/04/2017	Comforts	Comforts FOR BABY Purified Water with Fluoride	Mold (Talaromyces penicillium)	Kroger Company

AMS

USDA Cites Arizona Company Tomato Specialties LLC, d/b/a The Avocado Company International for PACA Violations

APHIS/BRS

Availability of Petition for Deregulation of GE Low-Gossypol Cotton

GIPSA

Verschoor Meats, Inc. Assessed $5,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 43KB)

Barnesville Livestock, LLC Assessed $2,500 Civil Penalty (PDF; 43KB)

OIG

Semiannual Report to Congress

National Academies

What You're Reading - November 2017

White House

Agency Contingency Plans:

· DC Courts (December 04, 2017)
· General Services Administration (December 04, 2017)

December 6, 2017

FDA

FDA Network Takes a New Approach to Produce Safety

Warning Letters

Letter Issue Date	Company Name	Issuing Office	Subject	Close Out Date
12/01/2017	Bedessee Imports, Inc	New York District Office	Seafood HACCP/CGMP for Foods/Adulterated/Insanitary Conditions	Not Issued *
11/30/2017	Wellness Resources, Inc.	Minneapolis District Office	New Drug/Labeling/Misbranded	Not Issued *
11/15/2017	Hilgenkamp Farm Inc	Kansas City District Office	Food/Edible Tissue/Drug Residue/Adulterated	Not Issued *
07/14/2017	Whitestone Feeds LLC	Cincinnati District Office	Adultered Animal Food/Misbranded	Not Issued *
05/19/2017	Tufos To Go LLC	Cincinnati District Office	CGMP Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated	Not Issued *

Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
12/05/2017	HERB-OX	Beef Flavor Granulated Bouillon	Undeclared Milk	Creative Packaging