Federal Register

Food Safety and Inspection Service

Rules

Changes to the Inspection Coverage in Official Establishments that Slaughter Fish of the Order Siluriformes

Filed on: 05/16/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/17/2017

FR Document: 2017-09993 PDF 13 Pages (69.1 KB) Permalink

 

Agriculture Department

Notices

Requests for Information: Improving Customer Service

Filed on: 05/15/2017 at 04:15 pm Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/18/2017

FR Document:2017-10063 PDF 3 Pages (172 KB) Permalink

 

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Notices

Meetings: National Conference on Weights and Measures

Filed on: 05/16/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/17/2017

FR Document:2017-09990 PDF 10 Pages (113 KB) Permalink

 

FDA

Warning Letters

Letter Issue Date	Company Name	Issuing Office	Subject	Close Out Date
05/12/2017	Merit Pet Prodcuts, LLC	New England District Office	Unapproved New Animal Drug/Adultered/Misbranded/Misleading	Not Issued *
05/05/2017	Barnier Production	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition	Low Acid Canned Food Regulation/Adulterated	Not Issued *
05/05/2017	Fabrica de Conservas A Poveira, S.A.	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition	Low Acid Canned Food Regulation/Adulterated	Not Issued *
05/01/2017	Thor Inc.	Denver District Office	CGMP/Manufacturing, Packaging, Labeling, or Holding Operations for Dietary Supplements/Adulterated	Not Issued *

Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
05/15/2017	Chef Luca's	Baked Cheese Lasagna	Undeclared Egg	Italian Gluten Free Food CL
05/13/2017	Green Chile Food Company	Various burritos	Listeria monocytogenes	Green Chile Concepts, LLC
05/12/2017	Peak; Harris Teeter Farmer's Market	Spinach	Listeria monocytogenes	The Horton Fruit Co., Inc.
05/12/2017	Whole Foods Market	Oatmeal Chocolate Chips Cookies	Undeclared Walnuts	Whole Foods Market

 

AskFSIS
Annual Dollar Limitations for Retail Sales to HRI

 

GIPSA
Fred Berger, Ltd., d/b/a Berger Cattle Company and Fred J. Berger, d/b/a FT Ranch Assessed a $10,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 50KB)

Darrell Bouma Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 48KB)

May 18, 2017

Federal Register

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Notices

Meetings: Importation, Interstate Movement, and Environmental Release of Certain Genetically Engineered Organisms

Filed on: 05/17/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/18/2017

FR Document:2017-10062 PDF 2 Pages (97.1 KB) Permalink

 

Food and Nutrition Service

Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Study of Third Party Processor Services, Fees, and Business Practices

Filed on: 05/18/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/19/2017

FR Document: 2017-10112 PDF 7 Pages (259 KB) Permalink

 

FDA

Recalls

Date	Brand Name	Product Description	Reason/ Problem	Company
05/17/2017	Henning's Wisconsin Cheese	Colby Jack Cheese	Proper pasteurization cannot be verified	Henning's Cheese
05/15/2017	De Mi Pais	Queso Fresco	Listeria monocytogenes	Global Garlic Inc.
05/12/2017	Quesos de la Costa	White cheese	Listeria monocytogenes	La Nica Products, Inc.

 

FSIS

Notice 27-17 Religious Exempt and Very Low Volume Raw Poultry Exploratory Sampling Program

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert For Imported Veal Products Due To Possible Non-O157 Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) O103 Contamination

 

AskFSIS

“Frenching” a Veal Rack

Noncompliance records (NR) Association – PHIS task code

HACCP Recordkeeping

 

APHIS-BRS

USDA Confirms Distribution of Unauthorized GE Petunia

USDA Announces Public Meetings on Proposed Revisions to Biotechnology Regulations

 

GIPSA
GIPSA Seeks Comments on U.S. Standards for Beans (PDF; 46KB)

GIPSA Seeks Comments on U.S. Standards for Lentils (PDF; 46KB)

 

USDA

VIDEO: Secretary Perdue’s First Days at USDA

 

AMS

Market News Organic Reporting Webinar

May 19, 2017