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Federal Register Update — May 27-28, 2025

May 28, 2025

May 27, 2025

FDA

FDA Advises Consumers, Retailers, and Distributors Not to Eat, Sell, or Serve Products from Pan-African Food Distributors Inc. dba East Africa Boutique LLC

[/press-room/hhs-secretary-kennedy-argentina-global-health.html]HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to Visit Argentina

Recalls

DateBrandDescriptionProduct TypeRecall ReasonCompany
05/24/2025AldiAtlantic Salmon Portions with Seafood StuffingFood & Beverages, AllergensUndeclared allergen – soySanta Monica Seafood
05/23/2025MarketsideFresh cut cucumber slicesFood & Beverages, Foodborne IllnessSalmonellaWalmart Inc.
05/23/2025Ready Meals & Star MarketGreek SaladFood & Beverages, Foodborne IllnessSalmonellaAlbertsons Companies
05/23/2025TetroReptoMin 3-In-1 SELECT-A-FOOD reptile foodAnimal & Veterinary, Foodborne Illness, Food & Beverages, Foodborne IllnessSalmonella contaminationSpectrum Brands Pet LLC
05/23/2025Snowfruit & SnowfoxFresh cut cucumber items and sushi productsFood & Beverages, Foodborne IllnessSalmonellaJFE Franchising Inc.

The White House

Executive Order: Restoring Gold Standard Science

USDA

Constituent Update – May 23, 2025

Secretary Rollins Approves State Waivers to Make America Healthy Again by Removing Unhealthy Foods from SNAP in Indiana and Iowa

Secretary Rollins Announces Food Purchases for Communities in Need

May 28, 2025

Federal Register

Agricultural Marketing Service

Rules

Promotion, Research, and Information Order: Natural Grass Sod; Referendum Procedure; Rescission

Filed on: 05/28/2025 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/29/2025

FR Document: 2025-09697  PDF 7 Pages (102 KB)  Permalink

Recission of the Dairy Donation Program

Filed on: 05/28/2025 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/29/2025

FR Document: 2025-09582  PDF 8 Pages (104 KB)  Permalink

Proposed Rules

Promotion, Research, and Information Order: Natural Grass Sod; Withdrawal

Filed on: 05/28/2025 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/29/2025

FR Document: 2025-09696  PDF 3 Pages (91.7 KB)  Permalink

Agriculture Department

Rules

Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment

Filed on: 05/28/2025 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/29/2025

FR Document: 2025-09614  PDF 18 Pages (122 KB)  Permalink

Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Filed on: 05/28/2025 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/29/2025

FR Document: 2025-09608  PDF 3 Pages (94.5 KB)  Permalink

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Notices

Imports: Fresh Pineapple (Ananas comosus) Fruit from Indonesia

Filed on: 05/28/2025 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/29/2025

FR Document: 2025-09657  PDF 7 Pages (124 KB)  Permalink

Food and Drug Administration

Rules

Listing of Color Additives: Myoglobin

Filed on: 05/28/2025 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/29/2025

FR Document: 2025-09680  PDF 2 Pages (58.2 KB)  Permalink

Proposed Rules

Guidance: Establishing Sanitation Programs for Low-Moisture Ready-to-Eat Human Foods and

Taking Corrective Actions Following a Pathogen Contamination Event

Filed on: 05/28/2025 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/29/2025

FR Document: 2025-09653  PDF 4 Pages (73.3 KB)  Permalink

Notices

                Final Debarment Order: Quality Poultry and Seafood, Inc.

Quality Poultry and Seafood, Inc.

Filed on: 05/28/2025 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/29/2025

FR Document: 2025-09652  PDF 6 Pages (106 KB)  Permalink

Food and Nutrition Service

Notices

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

Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Filed on: 05/28/2025 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/29/2025

FR Document: 2025-09645  PDF 7 Pages (101 KB)  Permalink

Generic Clearance to Conduct Formative Research or Development of Nutrition Education

and Promotion Materials and Related Tools and Grants for FNS Population Groups

Filed on: 05/28/2025 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/29/2025

FR Document: 2025-09642  PDF 5 Pages (100 KB)  Permalink

Food Safety and Inspection Service

Notices

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

Certificates of Medical Examination

Filed on: 05/28/2025 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/29/2025

FR Document: 2025-09611  PDF 8 Pages (130 KB)  Permalink

Industry Responses to Noncompliance Records

Filed on: 05/28/2025 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/29/2025

FR Document: 2025-09609  PDF 7 Pages (125 KB)  Permalink

Environmental Protection Agency

Rules

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

Filed on: 05/28/2025 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/29/2025

FR Document: 2025-09679  PDF 20 Pages (170 KB)  Permalink

Executive Office of the President

Executive Orders

Gold Standard Science; Restoration (EO 14303)

Filed on: 05/28/2025 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 05/29/2025

FR Document: 2025-09802  PDF 11 Pages (94.2 KB)  Permalink

FDA

[/press-room/us-argentina-withdraw-who.html]Joint Statement with Argentina Health Minister(announcing Argentina’s withdrawal from the WHO)

Warning Letters

Posted DateIssue DateCompanyIssuing OfficeSubject
05/27/202512/26/2024Reunipeche SASHuman Foods ProgramSeafood HACCP/CGMP for Foods/Adulterated
05/27/202512/23/2024Rey de los Camarones S. A.Human Foods ProgramSeafood HACCP/CGMP for Foods/Adulterated
05/27/202505/02/2025San Juan Produce LLCOffice of Inspections and InvestigationsForeign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP)
05/27/202505/06/2025Wailea Agricultural Group, Inc.Human Foods ProgramCGMP/Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated

Recalls

DateBrandDescriptionProduct TypeRecall ReasonCompany
05/27/2025East Coast Fresh, TOPS, Wellsley Farms, WEIS, AHOLD, Jack and Olive, Created Fresh, Spring and SproutSalads, salsas, and other products containing salsa containing fresh cucumbersFood & Beverages, Foodborne IllnessPotential for Salmonella contamination.The Coastal Companies

USDA

Secretary Rollins Announces New Slate of Presidential Appointments at USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Farm Service Agency, and Rural Development

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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.