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Federal Register Update — September 29, 2023

September 29, 2023

Agricultural Marketing Service

Rules

Marketing Order: Almonds Grown in California

Filed on: 09/29/2023 at 8:45 am

Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/02/2023

FR Document: 2023-21702  PDF 24 Pages (146 KB)  Permalink

FDA

(DRAFT) Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Sprouts for Human Consumption

Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Sprouts for Human Consumption 

FDA Finalizes Draft Guidance for Sprout Operations under the Produce Safety Rule, Releases Certain Sections as Revised Draft Guidance

Recalls

DateBrand Name(s)Product DescriptionProduct TypeRecall Reason DescriptionCompany Name
09/28/2023KandyWhole CantaloupeFood & BeveragesPotential Foodborne IllnessEagle Produce, LLC
09/28/2023Brady StreetBrady Street Cheese Sprinkle, 2.2 oz jarFood & BeveragesUndeclared sesame seedsPenzeys Spices
09/28/2023Dick TaylorGinger Snap Milk Chocolate Bar, 2 oz.Food & BeveragesUndeclared peanutsDick Taylor Craft Chocolate

USDA

USDA Launches Nutrition Hub to Combat Diet-Related Diseases in Underserved Communities

Biden-Harris Administration Makes Available Historic $3 Billion for Climate-Smart Practices on Agricultural Lands Through Investing in America Agenda

APHIS

APHIS Updates Federal Domestic Soil Quarantine Map

APHIS Provides More Than $12 Million in Funding to Control and Prevent Chronic Wasting Disease

AMS

USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation

USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Windsor Livestock Auction Co. Inc.

USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Salem Livestock Inc.

Pre-Solicitation Announcement for Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Purchase of Vegetable Products

FNS

USDA Celebrates First Anniversary of the Historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health

Twitter

@FDA_ORA

  • Join #FDAORA TODAY from 9 AM to 5 PM EDT for a hybrid meeting, “Modernizing Recalls of FDA-Regulated Commodities,” for an opportunity to provide input on topics related to recall modernization for FDA-regulated products. https://fda.gov/about-fda/regulatory-news-stories-and-features/public-meeting-modernizing-recalls-fda-regulated-commodities-09292023

@SecVilsack

  • One year ago, @POTUS hosted the second-ever White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. Since then, @USDA has taken bold steps to achieve nutrition security and increase healthy habits nationwide.
  • Through @USDA’s efforts, thousands of additional school districts now have the option to serve free, nutritious breakfast and lunch, positively impacting the health and readiness of countless children and reducing the prevalence of childhood hunger.

@FDAfood

  • Today, @US_FDA has updated its Food Traceability FAQs to provide additional information about the FDA’s Product Tracing System and explain how the agency intends to conduct initial inspections beginning in 2027.  #FSMA
  • Today, @US_FDA released two guidance documents that outline recommendations for how sprout operations may comply with the Produce Safety Rule.  One guidance is updated and finalized, the second is a reissue of a draft guidance.

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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.