June 26, 2019

Federal Register

Agriculture Department

Notices

Determination of Total Amounts of Fiscal Year 2020 WTO Tariff-Rate Quotas for Raw Cane Sugar and Certain Sugars, Syrups and Molasses

Filed on: 06/26/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 06/27/2019

FR Document: 2019-13653 PDF 3 Pages (161 KB) Permalink

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Notices

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Biological Control of Brazilian Peppertree

Filed on: 06/26/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 06/27/2019

FR Document: 2019-13705 PDF 3 Pages (80.8 KB) Permalink

FDA

Forward Into the Past With FDA’s New History Exhibit

June 25, 2019 - FDA issues warnings to companies selling illegal, unapproved kratom drug products marketed for opioid cessation, pain treatment and other medical uses

Warning Letters

Letter Issue Date	Company	Issuing Office	Subject
07/19/2018	Fortune Food Product, Inc.	Division of Human and Animal Food Operations East VI	CGMP Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated
05/16/2019	KratomNC	Center for Drug Evaluation and Research	Unapproved New Drug/Misbranded
05/31/2019	Somalabs, Inc	Division of Human and Animal Food Operations East I	CGMP/Manufacturing, Packaging, Labeling, or Holding Operations for Dietary Supplements/Adulterated
06/11/2019	Cali Botanicals, LLC	Center for Drug Evaluation and Research	Unapproved New Drug/Misbranded
06/13/2019	Allandale Dairy	Division of Human and Animal Food Operations West I	Illegal Drug Residue

FSIS

Recalls

Product Recalled	Date of Recall	Retail Distribution List
070-2019 C&S Wholesale Grocers Recalls Meat and Poultry Products due to Possible Temperature Abuse During Transport at Two Stores in New York	Jun 20, 2019	Jun 25, 2019
069-2019 Ruiz Foods Products Inc. Recalls Bacon Breakfast Wrap Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination | En Español	Jun 14, 2019	Jun 25, 2019

@FrankYiannasFDA

• · [retweet @FDA_Global] ICMI: Foodborne pathogens don’t recognize borders, so food producers, no matter where located, must pursue a culture of safety – systematically recognizing hazards & taking routine steps to prevent them, FDA Deputy Commissioner Yiannas says at UN https://go.usa.gov/xmh36

June 27, 2019

Federal Register

Agriculture Department

Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Filed on: 06/27/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 06/28/2019

FR Document: 2019-13773 PDF 3 Pages (85.5 KB) Permalink

• · Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling of All Covered Commodities

Food Safety and Inspection Service

Notices

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

Industry Responses to Noncompliance Records

Filed on: 06/27/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 06/28/2019

FR Document: 2019-13817 PDF 7 Pages (214 KB) Permalink

Agricultural Marketing Service

Rules

Marketing Orders:

Raisins Produced from Grapes Grown in California

Filed on: 06/27/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 06/28/2019

FR Document: 2019-12019 PDF 8 Pages (138 KB) Permalink

Environmental Protection Agency

Rules

Pesticide Tolerances:

Ethiprole

Filed on: 06/27/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 06/28/2019

FR Document: 2019-13546 PDF 20 Pages (302 KB) Permalink

Mefentrifluconazole

Filed on: 06/27/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 06/28/2019

FR Document: 2019-13520 PDF 25 Pages (387 KB) Permalink

Proposed Rules

Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals In or On Various Commodities (May 2019)

Filed on: 06/27/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 06/28/2019

FR Document: 2019-13774 PDF 5 Pages (89.3 KB) Permalink

USDA

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Kicks off the 2019 Feds Feed Families Nationwide Food Drive

AMS

USDA Restricts PACA Violators in Arizona, California, New Jersey and Tennessee from Operating in the Produce Industry

USDA Announces National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Accepting Grant Proposals

@FDAfood

• · #OUTBREAK OVER. @CDCgov announced that the outbreak related to various #tahini produced by Achdut, LTD of Ariel, Israel appears to be over. The U.S. FDA has concluded its investigation activities related to this outbreak.

@FDAanimalhealth

• · FDA is an important partner in advancing promising agricultural biotechnology innovations.
• · Gene editing in animals holds incredible promise for the future to improve animal health, provide a more plentiful and safe food supply, and even to help bring life-saving treatments to market. https://go.usa.gov/xyrVB
• · FDA supports the development of beneficial products from animal gene editing, and is committed to streamlined, risk-based regulatory oversight. We want to make sure these products are safe and do what they claim, but also don’t have unintended effects.
• · FDA does not regulate an animal as a drug, but instead our framework evaluates intentional genomic alternations (IGA)s in animals based upon the risk they pose to the animal and human health.
• · As technology advances, we’ll continue to refine the risk based approach. For intentional genomic alterations in animals that have already been identified to pose minimal risk, we don’t intend to enforce investigational and approval requirements. https://go.usa.gov/xyrMF

@FDA_ORA

• · How do human & animal food labs improve the safety of our #foodsupply? Check out the revised Human and Animal Food Testing Laboratories Best Practices Manual from the #PartnershipforFoodProtection, a collaborative partnership including the #FDAORA https://bit.ly/2UBmNr1
• · During several Salmonella Enteritidis outbreaks in eggs in her district, #FDAORA state liaison Diane McDaniel & her colleagues dubbed themselves “Chicken Queens & Princesses” LEARN MORE: https://go.usa.gov/xyquM #IAmORA

June 28, 2019

Federal Register

Food and Nutrition Service

Proposed Rules

Delayed Implementation of Grains Ounce Equivalents in the Child and Adult Care Food Program

Filed on: 06/28/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/01/2019

FR Document: 2019-13733 PDF 16 Pages (303 KB) Permalink

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

Proposed Rules

Elimination of Certain Standards of Fill for Distilled Spirits; Amendment of Malt Beverage Net Contents Labeling Regulation

Filed on: 06/28/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/01/2019

FR Document: 2019-13767 PDF 42 Pages (275 KB) Permalink

Elimination of Certain Standards of Fill for Wine

Filed on: 06/28/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/01/2019

FR Document: 2019-13768 PDF 34 Pages (230 KB) Permalink

Environmental Protection Agency

Rules

Pesticide Tolerances:

Fluopyram

Filed on: 06/28/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/01/2019

FR Document: 2019-13523 PDF 22 Pages (308 KB) Permalink

Valifenalate

Filed on: 06/28/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/01/2019

FR Document: 2019-13990 PDF 19 Pages (435 KB) Permalink

FSIS

FSIS's final response to a petition submitted by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine requesting that FSIS declare and regulate feces as an adulterant, amend 9 CFR 317.212, 318.125(b)(2)(i), 381.125(b)(2)(ii) and 318.96.

FSIS's final response to a petition submitted by Import Export Associates Inc. for CKF Foods requesting that FSIS review its procedures for reinspection of imported chitterlings.

CVM

FDA Provides Third Status Report on Investigation into Potential Connection Between Certain Diets and Cases of Canine Heart Disease

@FrankYiannasFDA

• · Enjoyed touring Central Coast farms in California yesterday with Natalie Krout-Greenberg of @CDFAnews. Great to see firsthand some of the good work happening on the ground to further advance produce safety. https://plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/?p=18019 … @US_FDA
• · I’m about to facilitate a panel on behalf of @US_FDA at the Forbes Ag Tech Summit on “Smarter Tech, Safer Food.” The conversation will be aligned with our New Era of Smarter Food Safety Initiative. Learn more https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/statement-acting-fda-commissioner-ned-sharpless-md-and-deputy-commissioner-frank-yiannas-steps-usher … #smarterfoodsafety

@SecretarySonny

• · At USDA we’re in the food business, from consumer to producer. We visited @ImpossibleFoods today to learn more about the opportunities, advancements and technologies of the food innovation space.

@FDAfood

• · Drinking raw milk can cause some serious diseases. Know the facts about pasteurization, not the myths. http://go.usa.gov/xmMjN #NationalDairyMonth
• · #OUTBREAK OVER. @CDCgov announced that the outbreak related to Karawan #Tahini, El-Karawan Tahini, or Soco Tahini appears to be over. The U.S. FDA has concluded its investigation activities related to this outbreak.
• · These products have a 2 year shelf life. Our recommendation, if you still have any of this tahini in your cabinets, do not eat and throw it away.

@FDA_ORA

• · Debarment is an effective tool that FDA uses to protect the public because it prevents bad actors who are debarred from working in any capacity for firms whose work is regulated by FDA. I am Kenny Shade, #ORA’s debarment specialist. LEARN MORE: https://go.usa.gov/xmuVd #IAmORA

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