August 12, 2019

FDA

Recalls

Date	Brand	Product Description	Product Type	Reason/Problem	Company
08/09/2019	Dole	Baby Spinach	Food & Beverages, Produce, Vegetable Products	Potential Salmonella contamination	Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.

FSIS

Aug 09, 2019 | PDF

• Tips for Faster Label Approval Process
• FSIS Posts Updated Dataset on Imports

Recalls

Product Recalled	Date of Recall
083-2019 Taylor Farms Illinois Inc. Recalls Chicken Products due to Possible Processing Defect | En Español	Aug 09, 2019

AMS

USDA Reaches a Consent Decision and Civil Penalty with Clinton Livestock Auction LLC, Sandra Berry and Jack Blake Berry for P&S Act Violations

@FrankYiannasFDA

• · Study, AI taught to predict food recalls from on-line customer reviews with 74% accuracy. A new era of Smarter Food Safety is dawning. @BUSPH #smarterfoodsafety https://www.bu.edu/sph/2019/08/05/ai-can-predict-product-recalls-from-customer-reviews/

@SecretarySonny

• · .@USDA, @CBP, states, and the U.S. pork industry remain vigilant to prevent African Swine Fever from entering our borders or ports #ASF. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eu-bulgaria-swineflu

August 13, 2019

Federal Register

Food and Drug Administration

Notices

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

Substances Prohibited from Use in Animal Food or Feed; Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed

Filed on: 08/13/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 08/14/2019

FR Document: 2019-17478 PDF 4 Pages (12 KB) Permalink

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Notices

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

Irradiation Phytosanitary Treatment of Imported Fruits and Vegetables

Filed on: 08/13/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 08/14/2019

FR Document: 2019-17467 PDF 4 Pages (175 KB) Permalink

List of Regions Affected by African Swine Fever:

Addition of Cambodia

Filed on: 08/13/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 08/14/2019

FR Document: 2019-17468 PDF 2 Pages (84.5 KB) Permalink

Addition of Vietnam

Filed on: 08/13/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 08/14/2019

FR Document: 2019-17471 PDF 2 Pages (84.4 KB) Permalink

Agricultural Marketing Service

Notices

2019 Rates Charged for AMS Services

Filed on: 08/13/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 08/14/2019

FR Document: 2019-17361 PDF 4 Pages (220 KB) Permalink

Environmental Protection Agency

Rules

Clonostachys rosea strain CR-7; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Filed on: 08/13/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 08/14/2019

FR Document: 2019-17309 PDF 9 Pages (156 KB) Permalink

• · Exemption from tolerance for residues in or on all food commodities

Notices

Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations

Filed on: 08/13/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 08/14/2019

FR Document: 2019-17404 PDF 7 Pages (31.2 KB) Permalink

APHIS

APHIS Announces Plan to Use Farm Bill Funding to Support Animal Disease Prevention and Management

OEHHA

OEHHA Statement Regarding US EPA’s Press Release and Registrant Letter on Glyphosate

• · OEHHA objects to US EPA’s characterization of any warning concerning glyphosate’s carcinogenicity as “a false claim”.
• · EPA Takes Action to Provide Accurate Risk Information to Consumers, Stop False Labeling on Products

@Secretary Sonny

• · I bought a hog Saturday, saw some good lambs, some good goats. The auction ring was filled up with community. http://www.lewistownsentinel.com/news/local-news/2019/08/ag-secretary-makes-stop-in-mifflin-county/ …

@FDA_ORA

• · FDA’s Special Agents/@TheJusticeDept: Seafood processor pleads guilty to selling foreign crab meat falsely labeled as Atlantic blue crab from U.S. https://go.usa.gov/xyJ2Z
• · The FDA Form 483, as well as other evidence/documentation collected on-site, is considered by FDA Investigators after an inspection to determine next steps. The Agency's main goal is to protect the public health
• · Have you ever heard of an FDA Form 483? FDA Investigators may issue “a 483” to a firm after an inspection. Investigators look for conditions that violate the Food Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C) Act & note it on the form. LEARN MORE: http://go.usa.gov/xyrmd

@FDAfood

• · #Foodwaste is a BIG problem. Want to know how your small efforts can make a difference? Here’s a handy infographic with simple tips >>https://bit.ly/2KtPcum #NoWastedFood

August 14, 2019

FDA

FDA Issues Fact Sheet on Menu Labeling Implementation

FDA issues first warning letter to the importer of tahini implicated in recent Salmonella outbreak under the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs

Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy Lowell Schiller's Remarks at the National Industrial Hemp Council 2019 Hemp Business Summit

Warning Letters

Posted Date	Letter Issue Date	Company	Issuing Office	Subject
08/13/2019	08/02/2019	Min Jiang Food Store, Inc., dba Koi Koi Trading	Office of Human and Animal Food Division 5 West	Seafood HACCP/CGMP for Foods/Adulterated/Insanitary Conditions
08/13/2019	08/06/2019	T&W LLC	Office of Human and Animal Food Division 5 West	Airline Catering Facility/Adulterated/Misbranded
08/13/2019	07/30/2019	Brodt Zenatti Holdings LLC		Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP)

FSIS

Recalls

Product Recalled	Date of Recall	Retail Distribution List
083-2019 Taylor Farms Illinois Inc. Recalls Chicken Products due to Possible Processing Defect	Aug 09, 2019	Aug 13, 2019

Notices

Number	Title	Date Issued	Expiration Date
25-19	Dioxin Survey for Domestic Farm-Raised and Wild-Caught Siluriformes Fish	Aug 13, 2019	Sep 01, 2020

Petitions

Petition Submitted by National Bison Association (NBA) (Jul 22, 2019)

• · The petition requests that FSIS amend 9 CFR 412.2 to allow for the generic approval of labels of products that receive voluntary FSIS inspection (e.g., exotic species under 9 CFR part 352).
• · FSIS Response Acknowledging Receipt of Petition (July 29, 2019)

FAS

Secretary Perdue Statement on U.S.-EU Beef Agreement

@FDACommissioner

• · Today, #FDA announced the issuance of the first warning letter using our new authority under FSMA’s Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) regulation: https://go.usa.gov/xVczH
• · The warning letter to a U.S. food importer follows an FDA inspection conducted in response to a recent Salmonella outbreak in tahini, which revealed that the importer was not in compliance with the FSVP.
• · We will continue to work with food importers that are developing plans to adhere to the FSVP regulation. Neglecting to meet our food safety requirements puts consumers at risk, and our top priority is using the full range of our available tools to protect public health.
• · We’re committed to ensuring that the U.S. food supply remains among the safest in the world, and we will continue to implement our new import strategy to provide a multi-layered, data-driven, smarter approach to imported food safety.

@FrankYiannasFDA

• · THREAD: #FDA announced issuance of the first warning letter using the authority under the #FSMA Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) regulation for a tahini importer connected to a Salmonella outbreak in May: https://go.usa.gov/xVczH
• · Implementation of the #FSVP regulation, which places responsibility on importers to verify that their foreign suppliers are producing food that meets U.S. food safety standards, is a key element of our import strategy and is vital to our overall implementation of #FSMA.
• · Our new import strategy describes how we’re integrating new import oversight tools, with existing tools, as part of a comprehensive approach to imported food safety. Learn more about our new strategy here: https://t.co/APgbtkoO9e

@US_FDA

• · FDA announced issuance of the first warning letter using the authority under the #FSMA Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) regulation for a tahini importer connected to a Salmonella outbreak in May: https://go.usa.gov/xVczH
• · Since 2017, the FDA has been conducting #FSVP inspections, with a primary focus on helping importers understand the requirements and how to take corrective actions if deficiencies are observed.
• · Moving forward, the FDA will take more steps to ensure compliance with #FSVP, including reinspecting importers that had deficiencies in previous inspections and by acting immediately when #FSVP deficiencies are found that pose an imminent public health risk.

@FDA_Global

• · #Importers, be advised. #FDA has begun enforcing an FDA Food Safety and Modernization Act (#FSMA) regulation placing responsibility on importers to verify their foreign food suppliers are producing food that meets U.S. food safety standards https://go.usa.gov/xV3sQ .

@FDAMedia

• · Today, FDA Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy Lowell Schiller discussed the agency’s work related to products containing cannabis or cannabis-derived compounds such as cannabidiol at the National Industrial Hemp Council 2019 Hemp Business Summit: https://t.co/LbZ1HEvKH9
• · As #FDA moves forward with implementing the menu labeling requirements for restaurants and similar retail food establishments with 20+ locations, we continue to work flexibly to help establishments comply. https://t.co/caS2S6gfjQ

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