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Federal Register Update – December 1 – 2, 2022

December 9, 2022

December 1, 2022

Federal Register

Environmental Protection Agency

Proposed Rule

Pesticides; Agricultural Worker Protection Standard; Reconsideration of the Application Exclusion Zone Amendments

Filed on: 12/01/2022 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/02/2022

FR Document: 2022-26296  PDF 2 Pages (107 KB)  Permalink

Notices

Pesticide Emergency Exemptions: Agency Decisions and State and Federal Agency Crisis Declarations

Filed on: 12/01/2022 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/02/2022

FR Document: 2022-26249  PDF 5 Pages (100 KB)  Permalink

FSIS

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Fully Cooked Summer Sausage Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination

APHIS

APHIS Removes the Mexican Fruit Fly (Anastrepha ludens) Quarantine in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas

GAO

Broadband: USDA Should Set Performance Goals and Improve Fraud Risk Management for Funding Program

Twitter

@USDAFoodSafety

  • There’s still time to submit comments on our proposed framework for controlling Salmonella in poultry. Deadline is 12/16. View the notice for more details

@SecVilsack

  • For the first time in our history, @USDA is announcing the formation of a permanent Tribal Advisory Committee. We’re working to do a better job of finding ways to look to the future and restore trust within the communities we serve.

December 2, 2022

Federal Register

Environmental Protection Agency

Proposed Rule

Changes to Reporting Requirements: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and to Supplier Notifications for Chemicals of Special Concern; Community Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting

Filed on: 12/02/2022 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/05/2022

FR Document: 2022-26022  PDF 30 Pages (180 KB)  Permalink

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Filed on: 12/02/2022 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/05/2022

FR Document: 2022-26399  PDF 8 Pages (123 KB)  Permalink

[Note: related to Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program]

White House

Statement from President Joe Biden on Congressional Action to Avert a Rail Shutdown

AMS

USDA Seeks Feedback on Proposed Updates to its Institutional Meat Purchase Specifications

Twitter

@FDAfood

  • OUTBREAK OVER: @US_FDA, @CDCgov, and state and local partners, investigated a multistate outbreak of E. coli O121:H19 infections linked to Earth Grown frozen #falafel. Dec 1, 2022, CDC announced that the outbreak is over. FDA’s investigation is complete.

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The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) is a regulatory organization that connects food and medical-products safety stakeholders and impacts the regulatory environment by shaping sound, science-based rules, law, regulations, and sharing best practices that protect public health.