Federal Register Update — December 18-19, 2023
December 18, 2023
Environmental Protection Agency
Proposed Rules
Pesticide Tolerance; Exemptions, Petitions, Revocations, etc.:
Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (November 2023)
Filed on: 12/18/2023 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/19/2023
FR Document: 2023-27780 PDF 6 Pages (110 KB) Permalink
Rules
Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals:
Calcium Formate
Filed on: 12/18/2023 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/19/2023
FR Document: 2023-27857 PDF 7 Pages (108 KB) Permalink
Proposed Rules
Provisions to Improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s Quality Control System
Filed on: 12/18/2023 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/19/2023
FR Document: 2023-27821 PDF 3 Pages (88.8 KB) Permalink
Notices
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
2024-2025 National School Foods Study
Filed on: 12/18/2023 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/19/2023
FR Document: 2023-27763 PDF 19 Pages (236 KB) Permalink
FDA
FDA Roundup: December 15, 2023
Recalls
| Date | Brand Name(s) | Product Description | Product Type | Recall Reason Description | Company Name |
| 12/16/2023 | Multiple brand names | Various Deli Salads | Food & Beverages | Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Herold’s Salads Inc. |
| 12/16/2023 | Eban’s Bakehouse | Cookie Bites | Food & Beverages | Undeclared milk and soy | Eban’s Bakehouse |
| 12/15/2023 | Nature’s Wonder | Mung Bean Sprouts | Food & Beverages | Listeria monocytogenes | Chang Farm |
| 12/15/2023 | Citi Trade Int’l Limited | Notoginseng Formula Special Gout Granule | Food & Beverages | Undeclared drugs, Diclofenac and Dexamethasone | 8th Avenue Pharmacy |
| 12/15/2023 | Quaker | Granola Bars and Granola Cereals | Food & Beverages, Foodborne Illness | Potential for Salmonella contamination | The Quaker Oats Company |
| 12/15/2023 | Fresh Express & Publix | Spinach | Food & Beverages | Listeria monocytogenes | Fresh Express |
FSIS
Constituent Update – December 15, 2023
Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc. Recalls Boneless Chicken Bites Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
Cancellation of FSIS Directives
USDA
USDA Now Accepting Applications for the 1890 National Scholars Program
APHIS
USDA Protects Fruit, Vegetable and Livestock Producers with Emergency Funding to Address Exotic Fruit Fly and New World Screwworm Outbreaks
AMS
USDA Seeks National Softwood Lumber Board Nominees
USDA Seeks Nominees for the Avocado Administrative Committee
USDA Partners with South Carolina to Award over $4 Million to Strengthen Food Supply Chain Infrastructure
December 19, 2023
Federal Register
Notices
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
[Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)]
Filed on: 12/19/2023 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/20/2023
FR Document: 2023-27888 PDF 3 Pages (68.6 KB) Permalink
Notices
Website Location of the Office of the Chief Scientist Proposed Guidance Development List
Filed on: 12/19/2023 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/20/2023
FR Document: 2023-27967 PDF 4 Pages (72.9 KB) Permalink
OMB
| AGENCY: USDA-AMS | RIN: 0581-AE04 | Status: Pending Review |
| TITLE: Unfair Practices, Undue Preferences, and Harm to Competition Under the Packers and Stockyards Act (AMS-FTPP-21-0046) | Section 3(f)(1) Significant: No | |
| STAGE: Proposed Rule | Economically Significant: No | |
| ** RECEIVED DATE: 12/18/2023 | LEGAL DEADLINE: None | |
| AGENCY: USDA-AMS | RIN: 0581-AE18 | Status: Pending Review |
| TITLE: Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems (AMS-FTPP-22-0046) | Section 3(f)(1) Significant: No | |
| STAGE: Proposed Rule | Economically Significant: No | |
| ** RECEIVED DATE: 12/18/2023 | LEGAL DEADLINE: None | |
| AGENCY: HHS-FDA | RIN: 0910-ZB90 | Status: Concluded |
| TITLE: Conducting Remote Regulatory Assessments–Questions and Answers; Revised Draft Guidance for Industry | Section 3(f)(1) Significant: No | |
| STAGE: Notice | Economically Significant: No | |
| RECEIVED DATE: 12/07/2023 | LEGAL DEADLINE: None | |
| ** COMPLETED: 12/18/2023 | COMPLETED ACTION: Consistent without Change | |
AMS
USDA Partners with Wisconsin to Award $27 Million to Strengthen Food Supply Chain Infrastructure
@ConsumerReports
- Lead contamination in cinnamon applesauce pouches may have been intentional. More than 100 children have been harmed as the FDA continues to investigate. https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-contamination-in-applesauce-may-have-been-intentional-a1986345311/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_TW
@FDAfood
- UPDATE on the Wanabana/Schnuck’s cinnamon applesauce pouches elevated lead levels investigation. Of note, during the plant inspection, investigators collected samples of cinnamon supplied by Negasmart to Austrofoods. https://fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/investigation-elevated-lead-levels-cinnamon-applesauce-pouches-november-2023
- See Episode 2 of “On the Road with Jim.” On his Midwest Field Tour, Jim Jones, @US_FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods is with state ag and health departments in St. Louis at @NASDAnews National Produce Safety Consortium and then Kansas City FDA lab. https://www.fda.gov/food/news-events-cfsan/road-jim
- Retail food establishments: Make your food donations count. Donate produce or foods that do not show signs of spoilage and items with intact packaging. For more key steps to food donation: https://fda.gov/food/retail-food-industryregulatory-assistance-training/key-steps-donating-food-retail-food-establishments… #NoWastedFood