Laws and Regulations Committee Update – January 3 – 5, 2022
January 3, 2022
Federal Register
International Trade Administration
Notices
Lemon Juice from Argentina
Filed on: 01/03/2022 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 01/04/2022
FR Document:2021-28506 PDF 5 Pages (98.8 KB) Permalink
White House
January 4, 2022
Federal Register
International Trade Administration
Notices
Xanthan Gum from the People’s Republic of China
Filed on: 01/04/2022 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 01/05/2022
FR Document: 2021-28508 PDF 4 Pages (102 KB) Permalink
White House
FDA
Recalls
Date | Brand | Description | Product Type | Recall Reason | Company |
01/03/2022 | Renaissance Food Group | Chicken Salad Croissants | Food & Beverages | Due to undeclared fish | GHGA, LLC |
USDA
[Note: DOJ and USDA to develop a system for farmers, ranchers, and other producers to submit complaints about potential violations of antitrust laws and the Packers and Stockyards Act.]
@SecVilsack
- Today, @TheJusticeDept and @USDA are announcing a new joint initiative to better coordinate antitrust and market regulatory enforcement efforts—including launching within 30 days a new portal for reporting concerns about potential violations of the competition laws.
- This summer, I met a farmer in Iowa who told me he lost $150 per head selling cattle to a processor who would end up making $1800 per head. He asked me: “Mr. Secretary, how is that fair?” It’s not.
- The Biden Administration has the backs of America’s producers and consumers. We are here to get goods moving again and to return a larger share of the dollar to those growing and harvesting our food.
- This afternoon, @POTUS and I will have a discussion with farmers and ranchers about the Biden-Harris Administration’s plan for a fairer, more competitive, and more resilient meat and poultry supply chain. Watch live at 1:30 pm ET. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku4ot1dYRcA&feature=emb_logo
@WhiteHouse
- Today, President Biden is announcing his plan for a more competitive, fairer, and resilient meat and poultry sector, with better earnings for producers and more choices and affordable prices for consumers.
- @POTUS’s plan will: -Expand independent processing capacity -Invest in training, safe workplaces, & fair wages for workers -Increase transparency in cattle markets so ranchers get fair prices for their work -Strengthen protections for farmers, ranchers, & consumers And more.
@FDAFood
- For the millions of men and women on the front lines of growing, processing, preparing, selling, and delivering food for people and animals – continue to protect yourself, your family, and community, see when you are eligible for #COVID19 booster…. https://bit.ly/3HxB8J0
- Attention food importers! @US_FDA Voluntary Qualified Importer Program – #VQIP – started accepting applications January 1, 2022 for FY23. The benefits of VQIP include expedited review and importation of FDA-regulated human and/or animal food. https://go.usa.gov/xeFaq
January 5, 2022
FDA
FDA Roundup: January 4, 2022
[Note: mentions FDA is continuing to postpone some inspectional activities and only continue mission-critical work, including mission-critical foreign inspections. Planned prioritized surveillance foreign inspection assignments scheduled to begin in February 2022 will be postponed. Remote FSVP activities are continuing]
Recalls
Date | Brand | Description | Product Type | Recall Reason | Company |
01/04/2022 | Pure Being | Advent Calendars for Cats and Dogs | Animal & Veterinary, Pet Food, Food & Beverages, Pet Food | Potential choking hazard | ALDI |
FSIS
Notice 01-22: Raw Pork Products Sampling Program
USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case Against Mohammad Aziz
USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case against Clinton Stockyards Inc.
USDA
Statement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on USMCA Dairy Panel Ruling
@US_FDA
- FDA implemented temporary changes to its inspectional activities to ensure the safety of its employees and those of the firms it regulates as the agency further adapts to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic and the spread of the omicron variant.
@SecVilsack
- RT Ambassador Katherine Tai: I’m pleased to announce that the U.S. has prevailed in the first dispute settlement panel ever brought under the #USMCA. It’s agreed that Canada is breaching its USMCA commitments by reserving most of its dairy tariff-rate quota for the exclusive use of CA processors.
- Good news for U.S. dairy farmers. This enforcement action reflects the Biden-Harris Administration’s deep commitment to enforcing the USMCA and to ensuring that U.S. trade policy works for American farmers.