December 27, 2022
FDA
FDA Roundup: December 23, 2022
Recalls
| Date | Brand | Description | Product Type | Recall Reason | Company |
| 12/23/2022 | Wegmans Organic | Microgreens, sweet pea leaves, cat grass | Food & Beverages | Potential presence of Salmonella | Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. |
| 12/23/2022 | Melissa’s | Pasta Para Duros | Food & Beverages | Undeclared Wheat | World Variety Produce, Inc. |
FSIS
Constituent Update – December 23, 2022
USDA
Statement by Secretary Vilsack on the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
APHIS
USDA Extends Public Comment Period on Environmental Documents for Deregulation of American Chestnut Developed Using Genetic Engineering
GAO
Freight Rail: Information on Precision-Scheduled Railroading
@FrankYiannasFDA
- .@FrankYiannasFDA, Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response @US_FDA, sits down with GS1 US President and CEO, Bob Carpenter, to discuss how the ‘New Era of Smarter #FoodSafety’ will transform the food #supplychain and also build consumer trust. http://ow.ly/RaM830rp26y
December 28, 2022
Federal Register
Agricultural Marketing Service
Notices
Meetings: Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee
Filed on: 12/28/2022 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/29/2022
FR Document: 2022-28390 PDF 4 Pages (98.4 KB) Permalink
United States Standards: Canola
Filed on: 12/28/2022 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/29/2022
FR Document: 2022-28392 PDF 3 Pages (99.6 KB) Permalink
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Rules
Domestic Quarantine: Quarantined Areas and Regulated Articles
Filed on: 12/28/2022 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/29/2022
FR Document: 2022-27280 PDF 63 Pages (175 KB) Permalink
FDA
Warning Letters
| Posted Date | Issue Date | Company | Issuing Office | Subject |
| 12/27/2022 | 11/07/2022 | Land View, Inc. | Division of Human and Animal Food Operations West VI | CGMP/Medicated Feeds/Adulterated |
| 12/27/2022 | 11/28/2022 | Bainbridge Beverage West, LLC | Division of Human and Animal Food Operations West V | Juice HACCP/CGMP for Foods/Adulterated/Insanitary Conditions |
| 12/27/2022 | 06/01/2022 | Supreme Fruit Produce, Inc. | Division of Southwest Imports | Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) |
| 12/27/2022 | 12/09/2022 | Ruth Special Food Store LLC | Division of Northeast Imports | Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) |
| 12/27/2022 | 11/10/2022 | EarthLab, Inc., dba Wise Woman Herbals | Division of Human and Animal Food Operations West VI | CGMP/Dietary Supplement/Adulterated/Misbranded |
| 12/27/2022 | 12/09/2022 | Big Olaf Creamery LLC dba Big Olaf | Division of Human and Animal Food Operations East IV | CGMP/Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated/L. monocytogenes |
FSIS
Public Health Information System Establishment Profile Update – Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Details
NIH
Winter Scoop Newsletter Now Available
@FTC
- What’s new – and what isn’t – in the FTC’s just-published Health Products Compliance Guidance: #health #HealthClaims #advertising #marketing #ConsumerProtection
@FDAfood
- Join SOT and @FDAfood on Jan 19 for a virtual colloquium titled “Alternative Toxicological Approaches for Process-Formed Constituents in Food” that will mention compounds such as acrylamide, 4-MEI, furan, PAH, and 3-MCPD and potential human health risk
@FrankYiannasFDA
Strengthening food system resilience & security is impossible without greater food system transparency, data-driven insights, and collective action. #2023goals
December 30, 2022
Federal Register
Agricultural Marketing Service
Proposed Rules
Kiwifruit Grown in California: Increased Assessment Rate
Filed on: 12/30/2022 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 01/03/2023
FR Document: 2022-28369 PDF 10 Pages (106 KB) Permalink
Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West: Salable Quantities and Allotment Percentages for the 2023-2024 Marketing Year
Filed on: 12/30/2022 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 01/03/2023
FR Document: 2022-28391 PDF 24 Pages (129 KB) Permalink
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Notices
Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Release of Ganaspis brasiliensis for Biological Control of Spotted-wing Drosophila in the Contiguous United States
Filed on: 12/30/2022 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 01/03/2023
FR Document: 2022-28530 PDF 3 Pages (103 KB) Permalink
Rules
Uniform Compliance Date for Food Labeling Regulations
Filed on: 12/30/2022 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 01/03/2023
FR Document: 2022-27902 PDF 7 Pages (79.1 KB) Permalink
Health and Human Services Department
Notices
Meetings: 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
Filed on: 12/30/2022 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 01/03/2023
FR Document: 2022-28510 PDF 4 Pages (102 KB) Permalink
FDA
Recalls
| Date | Brand | Description | Product Type | Recall Reason | Company |
| 12/29/2022 | Caesar’s Pasta & Orefresco | Frozen manicotti | Food & Beverages | Listeria monocytogenes | Caesar’s Pasta, LLC |
| 12/29/2022 | Sun Sprouts | Alfalfa Sprouts | Food & Beverages, Foodborne Illness, Produce | Salmonella | SunSprout Enterprises |
| 12/29/2022 | Sun Sprouts | Alfalfa Sprouts | Food & Beverages, Foodborne Illness, Produce | Salmonella | SunSprout Enterprises |
USDA
APHIS
APHIS Streamlines the Process for Updating Pest Regulation Lists
APHIS Amends Karnal Bunt (Tilletia indica) Regulated Areas in La Paz, Maricopa, and Pinal Counties in Arizona
APHIS Prohibits Imports of Fresh Bell Peppers (Capsicum annuum) from Spain due to Detections of Mediterranean Fruit Fly
AMS
USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Anderson County Livestock Exchange, LLC.
USDA Announces Virtual Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee Meeting
@FDA_ORA
- #ICYMI: Dan Solis, #FDAORA Assistant Commissioner for Import Operations, muses on the importance of federal, state, & local partnerships in providing frontline #PublicHealth protection. #ORANewsandStories
