Federal Register Update — March 27-28, 2023

March 27, 2023

Agricultural Marketing Service

Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Federal Seed Act Labeling and Enforcement

Filed on: 03/27/2023 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 03/28/2023

FR Document: 2023-06309  PDF 4 Pages (95.9 KB)  Permalink

Food and Drug Administration

Notices

Permits; Applications, Issuances, etc.: Market Testing; Temporary; Yogurt Products Deviating from Standard of Identity

Filed on: 03/27/2023 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 03/28/2023

FR Document: 2023-06390  PDF 3 Pages (88.6 KB)  Permalink

FDA

FDA Roundup: March 24, 2023

FDA Takes Additional Steps to Improve Nutrition, Reduce Disease with Expanded Use of Salt Substitutes to Help Lower Sodium Intake

FDA Works to Further Improve Nutrition, Reduce Diet-Related Chronic Disease with Dietary Guidance Statements on Food Labels

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Dietary Guidance Statements on Food Labels

FSIS

Constituent Update – March 24, 2023

• Expansion of Generic Label Approval Now Effective
• Deadline Extended to Submit Nominations for Membership on Food Safety Advisory Committee
• Reinstatement of Paraguay’s Food Safety Equivalence and Proposed Rule Allowing Fresh Beef Imports

OMB

APHIS

USDA Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Rule to Allow Importation of Fresh Beef from Paraguay

AMS

USDA Restricts PACA Violators in California, Minnesota and Texas from Operating in the Produce Industry

March 28, 2023

Federal Register

Agricultural Marketing Service

Notices

2023 Rates for Grain Inspection Services under the United States Grain Standards Act

Filed on: 03/28/2023 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 03/29/2023

FR Document: 2023-06466  PDF 7 Pages (105 KB)  Permalink

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, All Subtypes, and Newcastle Disease; Additional Restrictions (Pet, Performing, and Research Birds; Bird Carcasses)

Filed on: 03/28/2023 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 03/29/2023

FR Document: 2023-06471  PDF 5 Pages (107 KB)  Permalink

Environmental Protection Agency

Rules

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

Fludioxonil

Filed on: 03/28/2023 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 03/29/2023

FR Document: 2023-06457  PDF 11 Pages (121 KB)  Permalink

Trinexapac-ethyl

Filed on: 03/28/2023 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date:03/29/2023

FR Document: 2023-06409  PDF 13 Pages (127 KB)  Permalink

Notices

Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations

Filed on: 03/28/2023 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 03/29/2023

FR Document: 2023-06459  PDF 4 Pages (100 KB)  Permalink

FDA

Improving Health through Nutrition Requires Continued Progress

FDA Has Stopped Accepting Submissions to the Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program (VCRP)

FDA Publishes Immediate National Strategy to Increase the Resiliency of the U.S. Infant Formula Market

USDA

USDA Announces Additional Assistance for Distressed Farmers Facing Financial Risk

USDA Assists Farmers, Ranchers and Communities Affected by Tornado in Mississippi

APHIS

USDA Announces Phase VII of the Lacey Act Enforcement Schedule

AMS

USDA Market News Proposes to Redefine Cotton Spot Markets for Reporting

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