Date	Brand Names	Product	Type	Recall Reason	Company
04/15/2020	Polly Ann	Ice Bars	Food & Beverages, Allergens, Food & Beverage Safety, Ice Cream/Frozen Dairy	Undeclared milk	California Popsicle, Inc.
04/15/2020	Coconut Tree	Shredded Coconut	Food & Beverages, Food & Beverage Safety, Foodborne Illness	Potential to be contaminated with salmonella	Evershing International Trading Company
04/15/2020	Condies Foods	Fruit cup	Food & Beverages, Allergens, Food & Beverage Safety, Produce	Undeclared milk and egg allergen	Condies Foods
04/15/2020	Chao Café	instant coffee	Food & Beverages, Allergens, Food & Beverage Safety	Undeclared milk	Hong Lee Trading, Inc.
04/15/2020	Rely	Dried Longya Lily	Food & Beverages, Allergens, Food & Beverage Safety	Undeclared Sulfites	Wells Collection In
04/15/2020	Essential Everyday®	Coat & Bake Original Chicken Coating	Food & Beverages, Allergens, Food & Beverage Safety	Undeclared milk	Gilster – Mary Lee Corp.

Warning Letters

Posted Date	Issue date	Company	Issuing Office	Subject
04/15/2020	03/30/2020	Unitedpharmacies.md	Center for Drug Evaluation and Research \| CDER	Unapproved Products Related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
04/15/2020	04/14/2020	Earth Angel Oils	Center for Drug Evaluation and Research \| CDER	Unapproved Products Related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

NTP

ICCVAM Public Forum – May 21, 2020

FSIS

AskFSIS

Documenting noncompliance for direct product contamination

Generic Label Advisor 9 CFR Part 412.2

Generic Label Advisor Certificate

Generic Label Advisor Information

FSIS Labeling Records

APHIS

APHIS Announces Availability of Petition for Deregulation of GE Corn

USDA

DHS and USDA Move to Protect American Farmers and Ensure Continued Flow of America’s Food Supply

@SecretarySonny

We are making it easier for kids who are affected by #COVID19 to receive healthy, nutritious food in their neighborhoods. Find your meal pick-up site here: http://www.fns.usda.gov/meals4kids
I’ll be on @MorningsMaria at 7:30am ET on @FoxBusiness to talk about our critical workforce in the food supply chain and what @USDA is doing to ensure our food supply remains safe and secure during COVID-19
The health & safety of our food supply chain workers is top priority. I’m working w/ @GovKristiNoem & @SmithfieldFoods to get the Sioux Falls pork plant reopened ASAP to help minimize disruptions to our critical food supply chain,while making sure employees working there are safe

April 17, 2020

Federal Register

Agricultural Marketing Service

Notices

Meetings:

Grain Inspection Advisory Committee, Postponed

Filed on: 04/17/2020 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 04/20/2020

FR Document: 2020-08249 PDF 2 Pages (76 KB) Permalink

Food and Drug Administration

Proposed Rules

Food Standards; General Principles and Food Standards Modernization

Filed on: 04/17/2020 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 04/20/2020

FR Document: 2020-08182 PDF 5 Pages (99.2 KB) Permalink

FDA

FDA’s Perspective on Food Safety and Availability During and Beyond COVID-19

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Daily Roundup April 16, 2020

Recalls

Date	Brand	Product	Type	Recall Reason	Company
04/16/2020	Whole Foods Market	Queso Sauce	Food & Beverages,	Undeclared cashews	Whole Foods Market

Warning Letters

Posted Date	Issue Date	Company	Issuing Office	Subject
04/16/2020	04/15/2020	Dr. G’s Marine Aquaculture, Inc.	Center for Veterinary Medicine	Unapproved Chloroquine Phosphate Product
04/16/2020	04/15/2020	Fishman Chemical of North Carolina, LLC	Center for Veterinary Medicine	Unapproved Chloroquine Phosphate Product
04/16/2020	04/15/2020	The Art Of Cure	Center for Drug Evaluation and Research \| CDER	Unapproved Products Related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

FSIS

AskFSIS

Sampling Tasks and Lab Capacity

APHIS

USDA Offers Resources for New Backyard Poultry Keepers

AMS

USDA Approves Hemp Production Plans for Florida, Kansas, the Blackfeet Nation, the Cayuga Nation, Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa

FTC

FTC Halts Bogus Claims about “Miracle” Supplement for Older Adults

Food & Water Watch

USDA Is Removing Safeguards On Food While Everyone Else Is Fighting A Pandemic

CSPI

Staggering Numbers of Covid-19 Cases in Meat Packers Point to Need for Improved Worker Protections, Paid Sick Leave

@FrankYiannasFDA

#FDA has been working to ensure the food supply is safe. I’ve answered FAQs we’ve received about food safety & availability during & after the COVID-19 pandemic. We will get through this together & will be better, stronger, and more resilient than ever.
Breakfast on the #blockchain. Scan coffee (http://bit.ly/3aerB8N ) & eggs (http://prn.to/2VcSBRH ) and know where they came from. Great to see food traceability increasingly becoming the industry standard of care. #SmarterFoodSafety [shared as illustration, not an endorsement]

@SteveFDA

In an interview, Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response @FrankYiannasFDA talked about the state of the U.S. food supply, both now and beyond the #COVID19 public health emergency.
@FDAfood shared 10 helpful tips on safe grocery shopping during the #COVID19 pandemic.

@SecretarySonny

America has a great partner in agriculture with @mclaudebibeau. We live in the greatest neighborhood on Earth and during these challenging times I always know we can count on our friends to the north in @Canada.

Spoke with @AndrewMcKay1620 today about the U.S. food supply chain. We have plenty of food thanks to our great farmers, and we’re working @USDA to make sure that remains the case during this pandemic and for years after.

@DrMayneFDAfood

Food is a source of comfort, as well as nourishment for you and your family – especially now – and we have put together advice will help you continue to buy groceries with care and confidence. https://go.usa.gov/xv86k #ThankfulThursday

@FDA_ORA

#DYK FDA #WarningLetters identify violation(s) & provide directions and a time frame for the company to inform FDA of its corrective plans? VIEW and SEARCH general FDA warning letters: https://go.usa.gov/xd97Q #PublicHealth

Laws and Regulations Committee Update – April 16 – 17, 2020

April 17, 2020

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