Laws and Regulations Committee Update – December 23 – 27, 2019
Federal Register
Notices
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
Child and Adult Care Food Program
Filed on: 12/23/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/26/2019
FR Document: 2019-27764 PDF 6 Pages (84.8 KB) Permalink
Proposed Rules
UA: Reg Flex Agenda
Filed on: 12/23/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/26/2019
FR Document: 2019-26534 PDF 15 Pages (173 KB) Permalink
Notices
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Filed on: 12/23/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/26/2019
FR Document: 2019-27773 PDF 4 Pages (89.7 KB) Permalink
Filed on: 12/23/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/26/2019
FR Document: 2019-27775 PDF 4 Pages (108 KB) Permalink
Filed on: 12/23/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/26/2019
FR Document: 2019-27778 PDF 4 Pages (115 KB) Permalink
FDA
Listeria monocytogenes Outbreak Linked to Hard-Boiled Eggs
Recalls
| Date | Brand | Product Description | Type | Reason/Problem | Company |
| 12/20/2019 | 365 Everyday Value | Dark Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich Cremes & Dark Chocolate Caramel Sea Salt Sandwich Cremes | Food & Beverages, Allergens | Undeclared milk and coconut | Whole Foods Market |
| 12/20/2019 | Esmea | Sesame tahini | Food & Beverages, | Product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella | Esmea Foods |
| 12/20/2019 | Almark, Nic’s, Rainbow Farms, Sutherland’s, Egggs Select | Hard cooked broken egg whites & hard cooked eggs | Food & Beverages, | Potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes | Almark Foods |
CVM
FDA Continues to Address Antiparasitic Resistance in Livestock and Horses
FSIS
Dec 20, 2019 | PDF
- FSIS Issues Updated Labeling Guideline on Animal Raising Claims
- FSIS Issues Updated Labeling Guideline on Negative Claims
- FSIS To Post Quarterly Sampling Reports on Percent Positives for Ready-to-Eat Products and Egg Products
- FSIS Posts Individual Category Status and Aggregate Results for Poultry Carcasses, Chicken Parts, and Comminuted Poultry Tested for Salmonella
- FSIS to Host Open House at Eastern Lab
FSIS Directive 4791.16 Revision 1
FSIS Directive 6420.2 Revision 2
Recalls
| Product Recalled | Date of Recall | Retail Distribution List |
| 123-2019 Advance Pierre Foods Recalls Ready-to-Eat Ground Beef Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination | Dec 20, 2019 | N/A (Class II Recall) |
| 122-2019 Ashland Sausage Co. Recalls Sausage Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination | Dec 20, 2019 | N/A (Class II Recall) |
USDA
Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Highlights 2019 Accomplishments
@FrankYiannasFDA
- Gartner finds IoT & #blockchain integrations are booming. What does this mean for food safety? Think more than traceability. Instead, think….track, trace, MONITOR, & predict. A New Era of Smarter Safety is dawning.
- ·ALERT: FDA worked with Almark foods to recall certain hardboiled egg products linked to 7 illnesses that are part of our investigation of a Listeria outbreak. We are conducting additional inspections & sampling at the facility. https://go.usa.gov/xpAjQ
@FDAfood
- The FDA’s latest testing results of PFAS in foods show that nearly all foods sampled from the general food supply do not have detectable levels of certain PFAS.
December 26, 2019
Federal Register
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Notices
Food Safety and Inspection Service Labeling Guideline:
Documentation Needed to Substantiate Animal Raising Claims for Label Submission
Filed on: 12/26/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/27/2019
FR Document: 2019-27845 PDF 49 Pages (249 KB) Permalink
FDA
FDA Releases Supplement to the 2017 Food Code
Recalls
| Date | Brand | Product Description | Type | Reason/Problem | Company |
| 12/24/2019 | Dierbergs Kitchen | Salads and Remoulade | Food & Beverages, Prepared Food | Product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes | Dierbergs Markets |
| 12/23/2019 | LemonPrep®, PediaPrep®, Wave Prep, Cardio Prep | LemonPrep®, PediaPrep® and Wave Prep 4-ounce tubes and single use cups, Cardio Prep and Collodions, Collodion removers | Medical Devices, | Burkholderia cepacia | Mavidon |
| 12/23/2019 | Trader Joe’s | Egg salad and potato salad | Food & Beverages, Prepared Food, Foodborne Illness | Product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes | Bakkavor Foods USA |
| 12/23/2019 | Almark, 7 Select, Best Choice, more | All hard-boiled eggs manufactured at the firm’s Gainesville, Georgia facility, including all retail, pillow pack, pouch pack, frozen diced, and protein kit products | Food & Beverages, Egg/Egg Product, Foodborne Illness | Potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes | Almark Foods |
Warning Letters
| Posted Date | Issue Date | Company | Issuing Office | Subject |
| 12/24/2019 | 11/22/2019 | New 88 Japanese Food Trading Inc | Division of Human and Animal Food Operations East I | Seafood HACCP/CGMP for Foods/Adulterated/Insanitary Conditions |
| 12/24/2019 | 12/12/2019 | G & C Raw, LLC | Office of Human and Animal Foods Operations East | CGMP/Food for Animals/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated |
GAO
Agencies Could Do More to Help Address the Nutritional Needs of Older Adults
December 27, 2019
Federal Register
Agricultural Marketing Service
Proposed Rules
Beef Promotion and Research; Reapportionment
Filed on: 12/27/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/30/2019
FR Document:2019-28057 PDF 12 Pages (219 KB) Permalink
Proposed Rules
Cheeses and Related Cheese Products; Proposal to Permit the Use of Ultrafiltered Milk
Filed on: 12/27/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/30/2019
FR Document:2019-28145 PDF 8 Pages (185 KB) Permalink
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Notices
Updated Labeling Guideline on Statements That Bioengineered or Genetically Modified Ingredients or Animal Feed Were Not Used in the Production of Meat, Poultry, or Egg Products
Filed on: 12/27/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 12/30/2019
FR Document: 2019-27993 PDF 15 Pages (176 KB) Permalink
FDA
Scombrotoxin Fish Poisoning Linked to Yellowfin/Ahi Tuna, Fall 2019 (December 26, 2019 update)
Recalls
| Date | Brand | Product Description | Type | Reason/Problem | Company |
| 12/26/2019 | Pro2Snax To The Max | Snack kits containing hard boiled eggs | Food & Beverages, Prepared Food | Product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes | Reichel Foods Inc. |
AMS
@FDAMedia
- FDA continues to investigate 50 cases of Scombrotoxin fish poisoning linked to tuna supplied by Truong Phu Xanh of Vietnam. All parts of the supply chain should discard yellowfin/ahi with dates in 2019. https://go.usa.gov/xpkaB
- FDA determined the recall has not effectively removed potentially harmful products from the market, so today we are naming the 8 importers which may have sold thawed or frozen tuna as ground tuna meat, poke cubes, steaks or loins. The product could still be within its shelf life.
- While restaurants and retailers should have removed this product, consumers should ask if the yellowfin tuna being served or sold was imported from the Vietnamese supplier Truong Phu Xanh Co. or any of the 8 firms listed in the advisory.