Laws and Regulations Committee 12/17 – 12/18, 2018
Federal Register
Rules
New Animal Drugs:
Approval of New Animal Drug Applications; Changes of Sponsorship; Change of a Sponsor’s Name and Address
Filed on: 12/17/2018 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/18/2018
FR Document: 2018-27238 PDF 21 Pages (221 KB) Permalink
FDA
Recalls
Date | Brand | Product Description | Reason/Problem | Company |
12/15/2018 | Eat Smart, Salad Shake Ups | Salads | Listeria monocytogenes | Apio, Inc. |
12/15/2018 | Northwest Cuisine Creations, Fresh&Local | Sandwiches | E. coli | Spokane Produce, Inc. |
USDA
USDA Highlights Opportunities for Producers and Vendors
USDA Confirms Virulent Newcastle Disease in a Commercial Chicken Flock in California
USDA Updates Branding Requirements for Mexican Cattle
FSIS
Dec 14, 2018 | PDF
- FSIS Posts FY 2019 Annual Plan
- FSIS Welcomes New Assistant CIO
- FSIS Announces PHIS Export Component’s Second Country Group
- Consumer Food Safety Education Conference to Be Held March 6-8, 2019
- FSIS Moves to WGS for E. coli and Salmonella Isolates and Discontinues PFGE as the Primary Characterization Tool
- Fiscal Year 2018 Meat and Poultry Inspection Program Review Results Available
- FSIS Posts Updated Dataset on Imports
- FSIS Posts Individual Category Status and Aggregate Results for Poultry Carcasses, Chicken Parts, and Comminuted Poultry Tested for Salmonella
Recalls
Product Recalled | Date of Recall |
122-2018 Mannarich Food, Inc. Recalls Siluriformes Products Produced without Benefit of Import Inspection | Dec 15, 2018 |
AMS
AMS Reaches a Consent Decision with JBS USA Food Company
APHIS
APHIS Seeks Comments on the Pest Risk Assessment and Risk Management Document for Fresh Guava Fruit Imports from Taiwan into the Continental United States
@SGottliebFDA, @FDArecalls, @FDASpox
- For what’s going on with food policy, food safety, innovation, and outbreak response at #FDA follow FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response @FrankYiannasFDA
- Spokane Produce Voluntarily Recalls Northwest Cuisine Creations and Fresh&Local Sandwiches and Green Leaf Lettuce Filets http://dlvr.it/QtkT9n
- Apio, Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Five Skus of Eat Smart Single-Serve Salad Shake Ups™ http://dlvr.it/QthqHP
- FDA warns of a cat food recall involving certain lots of 9Lives Protein Plus wet, canned food due to possible low levels of Vitamin B1, a needed nutrient for cats.
December 18, 2018
Federal Register
International Trade Administration
Notices
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:
Xanthan Gum from the People’s Republic of China
Filed on: 12/18/2018 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/19/2018
FR Document: 2018-27426 PDF 10 Pages (159 KB) Permalink
FDA
Michigan-based food manufacturer agrees to stop operations after repeated food safety violations
Recalls
Date | Brand | Product Description | Reason/Problem | Company |
12/17/2018 | Adam Bros. Family Farms | Red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, and cauliflower | May be contaminated with E.Coli O157:H7 | Adam Bros. Farming, Inc. |
12/17/2018 | Greens & Grains | Hummus and Quinoa Tabouleh Wrap | Undeclared soy | Atherstone Foods Inc. |
12/17/2018 | Inspired Organics | Organic almond butter | potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes | Inspired Organics, LLC |
USDA
USDA Launches Second Round of Trade Mitigation Payments
USDA Highlights Benefits of Improved Dairy Safety Net Tool
FSIS
Notices
Number | Title | Date Issued | Expiration Date |
67-18 | Import Residue Sampling Types of Inspection | Dec 17, 2018 | Jan 01, 2020 |
OEHHA
Education and Training: pesticide-related illness reporting courses for health care providers and the general public
@FrankYiannasFDA, @FDAfood, @FDArecalls
- In the future, big data-driven epidemiology (infodemiology) might detect outbreaks long before traditional health reporting. A new & exciting era of ‘smarter public health’ is on the horizon. #AI #IoT #blockchain #PredictiveAnalytics
- A food safety culture starts on the farm & ends in the home. Study identifies need to further promote consumer food safety education & that new, digitally enabled methods of outreach, focused on behavior change, are needed. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jfs.12613?af=R#.XBi15ZYgDu0.twitter … #foodsafetyculture
- #OUTBREAK UPDATE: Adam Bros. Farming, Inc., Santa Barbara Cty, on Dec 13 ’18 recalled red leaf #lettuce, green leaf lettuce & #cauliflower harvested Nov 27-30 ’18. May have come in contact w/reservoir water where E. coli O157:H7 outbreak strain was found. go.usa.gov/xP6ac
- Atherstone Foods Inc Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Soy in “Greens and Grains Hummus and Quinoa Tabouleh Wrap” http://dlvr.it/QtqxmG
- The Adam Bros. recall has prompted a sub-recall by Spokane Produce Inc. of Spokane, WA. The firm recalled #sandwiches and other products under the Northwest Cuisine Creations and Fresh & Local Sandwiches & Green Leaf Filets http://dlvr.it/QtkT9n
- Inspired Organics Issues Voluntary Recall of Organic Almond Butter Due to Potential Health Risk http://dlvr.it/QtpjT6