Laws and Regulations Committee Update 10/8 – 10/11, 2018
FDA
Recalls
| Date | Brand | Product Description | Reason / Problem | Company |
| 10/05/2018 | Ladyfingers | Country Ham Rolls | Listeria monocytogenes | Ladyfingers Catering, LLC |
| 10/04/2018 | Working Cow Homemade Ice Cream | No Sugar Added Ice Cream (Vanilla; Chocolate flavors) | Listeria monocytogenes | Working Cow Homemade Ice Cream, Inc. |
| 10/04/2018 | Callie’s Charleston Biscuits | Country Ham Biscuits and Cocktail Ham Biscuits | Listeria monocytogenes | Callie’s Charleston Biscuits LLC |
| 09/28/2018 | Margie | Pasteurized Cow’s Milk Cheese | Improper Pasteurization | Sprout Creek Farm Inc. |
FSIS
Recalls
087-2018 Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods Recalls Ready-To-Eat Meat and Poultry Products Due to Possible Listeria Contamination
086-2018 Canteen/Covenco Recalls Ready-To-Eat Breaded Chicken Products Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens
Oct 05, 2018 | PDF
- FSIS Reorganization to Align with USDA Business Center Model
- FSIS Updates Two Chemistry Methods
- USDA Highlights New Food Items Added to FoodKeeper App
- Establishment Specific Datasets Now Available
- Reminder: USDA and FDA Will Hold a Joint Public Meeting on Use of Animal Cell Culture Technology to Develop Products Derived from Livestock and Poultry
@SGottliebFDA
- Food recalls will start giving consumers more information about the stores where certain products were sold. To help consumers stay safe, #FDA is now giving out more information about retailers who receive shipments of potentially contaminated foods.
AMS
USDA Settles a Case with Erath County Dairy Sales Inc. Resulting in a $2,500 Penalty
USDA Lifts PACA Reparation Sanctions on Texas Produce Business
USDA Cites Valley Produce Corp. in Georgia for PACA Violations
October 9, 2018
Federal Register
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Notices
Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Field Testing of a Swine Influenza Vaccine, DNA
Filed on: 10/09/2018 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/10/2018
FR Document: 2018-21926 PDF 5 Pages (28.3 KB) Permalink
Oral Rabies Vaccine Trial
Filed on: 10/09/2018 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/10/2018
FR Document:2018-21924 PDF 3 Pages (83.2 KB) Permalink
AMS
USDA Shelf Stable Chicken Purchase Program Announced
October 10, 2018
FDA
Warning Letters
| Date | Company | Issuing Office | Subject | Close Out Date |
| 09/04/2018 | Environmental Trade Inc. | Atlanta District Office | CGMP/Animal Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated/L. monocytogenes | Not Issued * |
| 08/02/2018 | Caviar Petrossian S.A. | Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition | Seafood HACCP/Adulterated | 10/09/2018 |
Recalls
| Date | Brand | Product Description | Reason / Problem | Company |
| 10/06/2018 | Bazzini’s | Pistachios | Salmonella | Bazzini LLC |
OMB
| AGENCY: HHS-FDA | RIN: 0910-AH93 | Status: Pending Review |
| TITLE: Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption, Extension of Compliance Dates for Subpart E | ||
| STAGE: Final Rule | ECONOMICALLY SIGNIFICANT: Yes | |
| ** RECEIVED DATE: 10/09/2018 | LEGAL DEADLINE: None |
October 11, 2018
Federal Register
EPA
Pesticide Product Registrations: Applications for New Uses
Filed on: 10/11/2018 at 08:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/12/2018
FR Document: 2018-22255 PDF 5 Pages (170 KB) Permalink
FDA
Resources for Food Producers in Flooded Areas Due To Hurricane Michael
Recalls
| Date | Brand | Product Description | Reason / Problem | Company |
| 10/09/2018 | Sweet Me Creamery | Ice Cream | Undeclared peanuts | Kemps |
FSIS
Recalls
088-2018 Malone’s Fine Sausage, Inc. Recalls Pork Head Cheese Products due to Possible Listeria Contamination
@FDA_ORA, @FDARecalls, @FDAanimalhealth
- ATTN: Do you have problems navigating the agency? Do you need confidential information/advice on the regulatory process? If so, look no further than the ORA #Ombudsman, Jessica Zeller. LEARN how she can help you: http://go.usa.gov/xnRU5 #OmbudsDay
- Voluntary Recall Issued for Sweet Me Creamery Brookie Dough Ice Cream that may Contain an Undeclared Peanut Allergen http://dlvr.it/QmxL33
- FDA reminds animal food producers that crops harvested from flooded fields are often unacceptable because of contamination. For more information and available resources go to: https://go.usa.gov/xP9HZ #HurricaneMichael