News Article

Laws and Regulations Committee Update 3/20 - 3/21, 2019

Posted on March 22, 2019

Blog: Association of Food & Drug Officials (AFDO)

FDA

Warning Letters

Letter Issue Date	Company Name	Issuing Office	Subject	Close Out Date
03/11/2019	Merchants Market St. Croix LLC	San Juan District Office	Seafood HACCP/CGMP for Foods/Adulterated/Insanitary Conditions	Not Issued *
03/11/2019	Nutra Pharma	Center for Drug Evaluation and Research	Unapproved New Drugs/Misbranded	Not Issued *
03/07/2019	Flea Assassin, LLC	Dallas District Office	New Animal Drug/Adulterated	Not Issued *
03/05/2019	Hanna's Herb Shop	Denver District Office	New Drug/Misbranded	Not Issued *
03/04/2019	Alpha Feed Mill, Inc	Chicago District Office	CGMP/Medicated Feeds/Adulterated	Not Issued *
02/05/2019	LaMarquise Inc.	Cincinnati District Office	CGMP Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated	Not Issued *

USDA

FSIS

Recalls

Product Recalled	Date of Recall
033-2019 La Rosita Fresh Market Inc. Recalls Ground Beef Products due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination	Mar 19, 2019

Notices

Number	Title	Date Issued	Expiration Date
08-19	Imported Raw Poultry Products Sampled for Salmonella and Campylobacter Analysis	Mar 19, 2019	Apr 01, 2020

AMS

APHIS

OEHHA

Ø This proposed regulation would establish the naturally occurring level of lead in candies containing chili and/or tamarind as required by Health and Safety Code section 110552.

@SGottliebFDA

Ø Last month FDA announced steps to strengthen regulation of dietary supplements. Today we announced another step in this process, a May 16 meeting with stakeholders to discuss how to better protect the public from unsafe, unlawful, or misbranded supplements https://go.usa.gov/xEM52

@SecretarySonny

Ø Enjoyed meeting with @TerezaCrisMS today — discussed strong relationship between our countries relating to grain and animal protein production, the need to partner in support of ag biotechnologies, and safe, science-based trade for our products like pork and beef.
Ø Thanks @POTUS for the great win for U.S. producers today, looking forward to big exports of U.S. wheat. More to come as we strengthen our bilateral relationship with Brazil.

@FrankYiannasFDA

Ø European Court of Auditors (ECA) says better ‘traceability’ needed as a deterrent to organic food fraud, claiming only 40% of products examined could be traced back to producer. Yet another use case & benefit of better food traceability. https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/organic-farming-improved-but-still-flaws-with-traceability-eu-auditors-find/
Ø THREAD: Today, @SGottliebFDA & I issued a statement about our new requests in the President’s 2020 Budget to advance the #FDA food safety program. New funding would be used to strengthen public health through the use of new & emerging technologies. https://go.usa.gov/xEMZV
Ø We must continue to embrace innovation across the food safety system to make sure we secure our public health mission. That’s why as part of the President’s 2020 Budget, we’ve proposed new funding across multiple aspects of our food safety system.
Ø We believe that the additional resources requested from Congress will help our program better protect our nation’s food supply and lay the foundation for efforts to create a New Era of Smarter Food Safety.

@FDA_ORA

Ø FDA’s Special Agents/@TheJusticeDept: Six individuals and two companies in Florida charged in illegal dietary supplement scheme https://go.usa.gov/xE6CQ

Federal Register

Agricultural Marketing Service

Rules

Marketing Order: Onions Grown in South Texas