Federal Register Update — October 1-2, 2024

October 1, 2024

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Proposed Rules

Safety Standard:

Infant and Infant/Toddler Rockers; Supplemental Information

Filed on: 10/01/2024 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/02/2024

FR Document: 2024-22062 PDF 5 Pages (119 KB)  Permalink

USDA

USDA and FFAR Announce Innovation Challenge Projects Aimed at Catalyzing Transformative Research Solutions

National Academies

Cannabis Policy Impacts Public Health and Health Equity

CSPI

California continues leading nation on food additive safety, bans harmful food dyes in schools

Marler Blog

This breaks my heart – Justice has been denied – so far

Letters from Congress to FSIS and Boar’s Head

Twitter

@FDSInspects

• A change to @FDA_ORA is coming soon! The organization is realigning to better support the agency’s mission and so is our X account! Stop by tomorrow to say hello and to learn our new handle name!
• We are now @FDAInspectsc… the Office of Inspections and Investigations!

@FDAfood

• FDA has resources to help #farmers and other food producers who may be affected by severe weather conditions including #Helene. We’ve got info on assessing potential damage to your food crops plus who to contact for contamination events. https://fda.gov/about-fda/office-human-and-animal-food-operations/resources-human-and-animal-food-producers-affec
• The 2024 Food Facility Biennial Registration Renewal period starts October 1 and ends December 31.For information on the @US_FDA renewal process >> https://fda.gov/food/cfsan-constituent-updates/fda-reminds-animal-and-human-food-facilities-register-or-renew-their-food-facility-registration-ffr
• @US_FDA is honored to be part of the @WhiteHouse National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, we’ve made great strides & remain committed to ending hunger and reducing diet-related diseases by 2030 #WHConfHungerHealth

@DrCaliff_FDA

• Making regulatory decisions based on the best science available to us is a team effort. As such, FDA’s advisory committees, which provide us independent expert advice, are a vital part of our regulatory process.  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03242-w?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nonoa_20240930&utm_content=10.1038/s41591-024-03242-w

October 2, 2024

Federal Register

Environmental Protection Agency

Proposed Rules

Pesticide Tolerance; Exemptions, Petitions, Revocations, etc.:

Sulfentrazone

Filed on: 10/02/2024 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/03/2024

FR Document: 2024-22809  PDF 12 Pages (142 KB)  Permalink

FDA

October 1, 2024 – FDA’s Unified Human Foods Program, New Model for Field Operations, and Other Modernization Efforts Go into Effect

October 1, 2024 – FDA Roundup: October 1, 2024

FDA Issues Warning Letter to Manufacturer of Apple Cinnamon Fruit Puree Products Containing Elevated Levels of Lead and Chromium

FDA Introduces Streamlined Complaint Process in New Human Foods Program

Warning Letters

Posted Date	Letter Issue Date	Company Name	Issuing Office	Subject
10/01/2024	09/24/2024	Ice Cream House LLC	Division of Human and Animal Food Operations East I	CGMP/Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated/L. monocytogenes
10/01/2024	09/13/2024	Far East Summit LLC	Division of Human and Animal Food Operations West VI	Unapproved New Drugs/Misbranded
10/01/2024	08/13/2024	NRS Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Sunflour Bakery	Division of Human and Animal Food Operations West V	CGMP/Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated
10/01/2024	09/26/2024	Supercore Products Group, Inc.	Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)	CGMP/Finished Pharmaceuticals/Unapproved New Drug/Misbranded
10/01/2024	09/04/2024	Troya Del Campo USA LLC	Division of Southwest Imports	Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP)
10/01/2024	09/11/2024	JJH Trading Inc.	Division of West Coast Imports	Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP)
10/01/2024	09/11/2024	Healthwest Minerals, Inc. dba Mt. Capra Products	Division of Human and Animal Food Operations West VI	Interstate Commerce/Food/Adulterated
10/01/2024	09/12/2024	Pacific Exchange Distributors LLC	Division of West Coast Imports	Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP)

USDA

USDA Celebrates Long-Standing Partnerships with Rural Cooperatives as Part of 60th Anniversary of National Cooperative Month

USDA Invests $1.7 Billion to Support Farmers, Deliver Nutrition Assistance, and Bolster Rural Economies

AMS

USDA Announces Results of Soybean Request for Referendum

FNS

Register for the Final Meeting of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

Reagan-Udall

Reminder: Virtual Public Meeting on FDA’s Final Rule on Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods

Twitter

@US_FDA

• The agency has published a digital health and artificial intelligence glossary to serve as an educational resource to help support consistent use of digital health and AI terminology by the FDA and interested parties. https://fda.gov/science-research/artificial-intelligence-and-medical-products/fda-digital-health-and-artificial-intelligence-glossary-educational-resource?utm_source=CDRHTwitterD

@FDA_Global

• How complying with @US_FDA’s food safety rules can prevent human pathogens from contaminating Colombian basil & other fresh herbs was the topic at the FDA/@ICA/@IICA’s first Produce Safety Symposium for the country’s fresh produce sector last week.