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Federal Register Update — December 2-3, 2024

December 5, 2024

December 2, 2024

Agriculture Department

Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Filed on: 12/02/2024 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/03/2024

FR Document: 2024-28350  PDF 4 Pages (99.3 KB)  Permalink

Food and Drug Administration

Notices

Best Practices for Communication with Interested Parties

Filed on: 12/02/2024 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/03/2024

FR Document: 2024-28229  PDF 5 Pages (105 KB)  Permalink

Report and Plan on Best Practices for Guidance

Filed on: 12/02/2024 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/03/2024

FR Document: 2024-28228  PDF 4 Pages (92 KB)  Permalink

Food and Nutrition Service

Proposed Rules

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Thrifty Food Plan Cost Adjustment for the Price of Food in Hawaii

Filed on: 12/02/2024 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/03/2024

FR Document: 2024-27853  PDF 11 Pages (116 KB)  Permalink

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Notification Requirements for Coal and Wood Burning Appliances

Filed on: 12/02/2024 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/03/2024

FR Document: 2024-28243  PDF 4 Pages (106 KB)  Permalink

FDA

Salmonella: Cucumbers (November 2024)

Recalls

DateBrand NameProduct DescriptionProduct TypeRecall ReasonCompany Name
11/29/2024Multiple brand namesVegetable Medleys and Whole Organic CarrotsFood & Beverages, Foodborne IllnessPotential Foodborne Illness – Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O121:H194Earth Farms

OMB

AGENCY: USDA-APHISRIN: 0579-AE52Status: Concluded
TITLE: Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002; Biennial Review and Republication of the Select Agent and Toxin ListSection 3(f)(1) Significant: No
STAGE: Final RuleEconomically Significant: No
RECEIVED DATE: 10/03/2024LEGAL DEADLINE: None  
** COMPLETED: 11/29/2024COMPLETED ACTION: Consistent with Change

Marler Blog

What’s up with Salmonella and Cucumbers – a bit(e) of History?

Thanks to STOP Foodborne Illness (STOP) for trying to make poultry safer from Salmonella and Campylobacter

Raw Milk recalled over Bird Flu Risk

Ready-to-eat fruit and vegetable products recalled due to Listeria

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December 3, 2024

Federal Register

Food and Drug Administration

Notices

Food Date Labeling

Filed on: 12/03/2024 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/04/2024

FR Document: 2024-27810  PDF 13 Pages (131 KB)  Permalink

Marketing Submission Recommendations for a Predetermined Change Control Plan for Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions

Filed on: 12/03/2024 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/04/2024

FR Document: 2024-28361  PDF 8 Pages (83 KB)  Permalink

Guidance: Notifying the Food and Drug Administration of a Permanent Discontinuance in the Manufacture or an Interruption of the Manufacture of an Infant Formula

Filed on: 12/02/2024 at 11:15 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/04/2024

FR Document: 2024-28230  PDF 8 Pages (84.6 KB)  Permalink

Agricultural Marketing Service

Proposed Rules

Marketing Order: Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; Revision of the Salable Quantity and Allotment Percentage for the 2024-2025 Marketing Year

Filed on: 12/03/2024 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/04/2024

FR Document: 2024-28214  PDF 15 Pages (125 KB)  Permalink

FDA

Draft Guidance for Industry: Notifying FDA of a Permanent Discontinuance in the Manufacture or an Interruption of the Manufacture of an Infant Formula

FDA Issues 2024 Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards

Recalls

DateBrand NameProduct DescriptionProduct TypeRecall ReasonCompany Name
12/02/2024PAM PAKWhole Fresh American CucumbersFood & Beverages, Foodborne Illness, ProducePotential Foodborne Illness – SalmonellaBaloian Farms of Arizonia Co., Inc.
12/02/2024Baker FarmsCurly Mustard GreensFood & Beverages, Foodborne Illness, ProducePotential Foodborne Illness – Listeria monocytogensBaker Farms
12/02/2024Blue Ridge BeefPuppy MixAnimal & Veterinary, Pet FoodPotential Foodborne Illness – SalmonellaBlue Ridge Beef
12/02/2024Crazy Fresh and moreCucumbers and salads with kitFood & Beverages, Foodborne IllnessPotential Foodborne Illness/SalmonellaRuss Davis Wholesale

FSIS

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ineligible Pork Products Imported From Ecuador

AMS

USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Casey Weaver d.b.a. CM Livestock

USDA Lifts PACA Reparation Sanctions on Texas Produce Business

EPA

EPA Proposes Rule to Revoke Most Food Uses of the Insecticide Chlorpyrifos

Marler Blog

Grimmway Farms E. coli Outbreak Update – Washington, Minnesota and New York Hardest Hit

Salmonella Cucumber Outbreak Update – Montana, Colorado, Oregon hardest hit so far

Department of Defense alert on Listeria risk of Pero Family Farms squash

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