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Laws and Regulations Committee Update 7/5 - 7/7, 2017

Posted on July 07, 2017

Blog: Association of Food & Drug Officials (AFDO)

July 5, 2017

Federal Register

Agricultural Marketing Service

Rules

Decreased Assessment Rates:

Sweet Onions Grown in the Walla Walla Valley of Southeast Washington and Northeast Oregon

Filed on: 07/05/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/06/2017

FR Document: 2017-14177  PDF  10 Pages (216 KB)  Permalink

                         

National Organic Program: Sunset 2017 Amendments to the National List

Filed on: 07/05/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/06/2017

FR Document: 2017-14006  PDF  13 Pages (113 KB) Permalink

 

Environmental Protection Agency

Rules

Pesticide Tolerances: Flubendiamide

Filed on: 07/03/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/05/2017

FR Document: 2017-14108  PDF  10 Pages (313 KB) Permalink

 

Indaziflam

Filed on: 07/03/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/05/2017

FR Document: 2017-14107  PDF  22 Pages (524 KB)  Permalink

 

Pyroxsulam

Filed on: 07/03/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/05/2017

FR Document: 2017-14091  PDF  13 Pages (189 KB) Permalink

 

Tolerance Exemptions:

Oxirane, 2-methyl, polymer with oxirane, hydrogen sulfate, ammonium salt and potassium salt

Filed on: 07/03/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/05/2017

FR Document: 2017-14111  PDF  13 Pages (450 KB)  Permalink

 

Titanium dioxide

Filed on: 07/03/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/05/2017

FR Document: 2017-14099  PDF  17 Pages (302 KB)  Permalink

 

Notices

Pesticide Emergency Exemptions: Agency Decisions and State and Federal Agency Crisis Declarations

Filed on: 07/03/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/05/2017

FR Document: 2017-14089  PDF  8 Pages (91.5 KB)  Permalink

 

Pesticide Product Registrations: Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations

Filed on: 07/03/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/05/2017

FR Document: 2017-14088  PDF  8 Pages (71.3 KB)  Permalink

 

FDA

Warning Letters

Letter Issue Date

Company Name

Issuing Office

Subject

Close Out Date

06/29/2017

Evanger's Dog & Cat Food Co

Chicago District Office

Acidified Foods/Adulterated

Not Issued *

05/23/2017

A. I. Foods Corporation

Los Angeles District Office

Seafood HACCP/CGMP for Foods/Adulterated/Insanitary Conditions

Not Issued *

05/08/2017

Harbor Marine Product Inc

Los Angeles District Office

Seafood HACCP/CGMP for Foods/Adulterated/Insanitary Conditions

Not Issued *

03/13/2017

SK Food Group

San Francisco District Office

CGMP/Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated/L. monocytogenes

Not Issued *

 

Recalls

Date

Brand Name

Product Description

Reason/ Problem

Company

07/05/2017

Anarkali  

Naan (bread)  

Undeclared milk

Raja Foods

06/30/2017

Dierbergs Kitchen  

Deli Products  

Undeclared Milk and Fish (Anchovy)

Dierbergs Ma

 

OMB

M-17-27, Assessment and Enforcement of Domestic Preferences In Accordance with Buy American Laws

 

FSIS

Willow Tree Poultry Farm Recalls Chicken Salad Products Due To Misbranding And Undeclared Allergens

Jun 30, 2017 | PDF

Federal Register Notice Announcing 100% Reinspection of Imported Fish of the Order Siluriformes

FSIS to Implement PHR Update for Scheduling PHREs

Reminder: Educational Meetings on the Implementation of Siluriformes Inspection

 

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No Visible Feces under Voluntary Inspection of Exotics

Support for lethality and stabilization procedures

Salmonella Initiative Program (SIP) and an establishment’s HACCP plan

Addressing Aerobic Plate Count (APC) Testing in the Hazard Analysis In An Establishment That Utilizes LTD Sanitation Procedures

Food Defense Plans

HACCP Records

Rules of Practice Related to Notice of Intended Enforcement (NOIE)

 

AMS

USDA Restricts PACA Violators in California, Florida and New York from Operating in the Produce Industry

 

USDA
In China, Perdue Welcomes U.S. Beef back to Market


July 6, 2017

Federal Register

Food Safety and Inspection Service

Notices

Guidance: Importing Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products into the United States

Filed on: 07/06/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/07/2017

FR Document: 2017-14287   PDF 7 Pages (58.5 KB) Permalink

 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Notices

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Finding of No Significant Impact for the Field Release of Genetically Engineered Diamondback Moths

Filed on:  07/06/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date:07/07/2017

FR Document:2017-14345 PDF 3 Pages (80.3 KB) Permalink

 

Environmental Protection Agency
Rules

Pesticide Tolerances: Flonicamid

Filed on: 07/06/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date:07/07/2017

FR Document:  2017-14339 PDF 14 Pages (192 KB) Permalink

 

Prosulfuron

Filed on: 07/06/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/07/2017

FR Document:  2017-14315 PDF 23 Pages (275 KB) Permalink

 

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Notices

United States Standards:

Beans

Filed on: 07/06/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/07/2017

FR Document:  2017-14309  PDF  6 Pages (155 KB) Permalink

 

Lentils

Filed on: 07/06/2017 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/07/2017

FR Document: 2017-14308  PDF  5 Pages (154 KB) Permalink

 

FDA

Recalls

Date

Brand Name

Product Description

Reason/ Problem

Company

07/05/2017

CLIF  

Snack Bars  

Undeclared peanut and some tree nuts

Undeclared peanut and some tree nuts

06/29/2017

Ultra-Sten, D-Zine  

Marketed as a dietary supplement  

Presence of anabolic steroids

Hardcore Formulations

 

FSIS

Notice 35-17 Disposition Instructions for "Woody Breast" and "White Striping" Poultry Conditions

 

AskFSIS

Ability of FSIS laboratories to offer non-O157 STEC testing

 

FNS

Compliance with and Enforcement of the Buy American Provision in the NSLP


July 7, 2017

FDA

'Conversation' Series: Expert Insights on Protecting Consumers – Both People and Animals

 

OMB-OIRA

AGENCY: USDA-FNS

RIN: 0584-AE53

Status: Pending Review

TITLE: Child Nutrition Programs: Flexibilities for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Requirements

STAGE: Interim Final Rule

ECONOMICALLY SIGNIFICANT: No

** RECEIVED DATE: 07/06/2017

LEGAL DEADLINE: None  

FSIS

FSIS Guidance for Importing Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products into the United States

 

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Adjustment of Total Egg Solids

Donating Experimental Product

Economically Adulterated Product

Donated Product

Official Numbers

Custom and Producer-Grower Poultry Slaughter Exemptions

Injected Solutions and Water Reuse

FSIS Directive 12,700.1 - Providing Notification to FSIS

FSIS Directive 12,700.1 - Inedible product for pet food

Water Reuse

Recall of Meat and Poultry Products

Use of ice to cool product

Potable water certification

Detached Ova

Frequency of Food DefenseTasks Performed by IPP in Egg Product Plants

 

APHIS

USDA Announces Final EA, FONSI, and Permit for GE Diamondback Moth

 

AMS

USDA Files Action Against Fresh Growers Direct in New York for PACA Violations

USDA Files Action Against Lucas Trading Company LLC in Missouri for PACA Violations

USDA Continues to Enhance Livestock Mandatory Reporting for Swine and Pork


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