Laws and Regulations Committee Update – July 1 – 6, 2022
July 1, 2022
Federal Register
Environmental Protection Agency
Rules
Pesticide Tolerance; Exemptions, Petitions, Revocations, etc.:
Pyriofenone
Filed on: 07/01/2022 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/05/2022
FR Document: 2022-14224 PDF 12 Pages (124 KB) Permalink
White House
President Biden Announces Eleventh Operation Fly Formula Mission
President Biden Announces Twelfth Operation Fly Formula Mission
FDA
FDA Infant Formula Update: June 30, 2022
FDA Releases Update of 2022 Priority Guidance Topics for Foods Program
Recalls
| Date | Brand | Description | Product Type | Recall Reason | Company |
| 06/30/2022 | Little Bear | Whole Vidalia onions | Food & Beverages | Potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes | A&M Farms |
USDA
Biden Administration Takes Additional Steps to Strengthen Child Nutrition Programs
APHIS
APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Avocado from Panama
APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Dragon Fruit from Vietnam
APHIS Updates Federal Domestic Soil Quarantine Map
AMS
USDA Announces Puerto Rico Signs Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement
FTC
FTC Finalizes Order Banning Deceptive Marketing by Supplement Seller
CPSC
Mary T. Boyle Sworn in As CPSC Commissioner
@FDAfood
- Daily Harvest emailed consumers who were shipped the affected product and other consumers for whom the company had contact information. Consumers were issued a credit for the recalled product. If you still have the recalled product in the freezer immediately dispose of it.
- #RECALL: Daily Harvest voluntarily initiated a recall of their French Lentil & Leek Crumbles on June 17, 2022. @US_FDA, @CDCgov, and other partners, is investigating consumer complaints of gastrointestinal illness and abnormal liver function that may…. https://fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/investigation-adverse-event-reports-french-lentil-leek-crumbles-june-2022
- …. be attributable to eating the French Lentil & Leek Crumbles frozen product. As of June 28, the FDA has received 133 Consumer Adverse Event Reports (CAERS) reports and Consumer Complaints related to this product.
@US_FDA
- The FDA will continue to dedicate all available resources to help ensure that safe and nutritious infant formula products remain available for use in the U.S. and will keep the public informed of progress updates.
- About 555K cans of formula produced by Danone (New Zealand) will be imported. That amounts to about 1.1M pounds, or about 16.6M full-size, 8-ounce bottles. The products are likely to be available in August.
- The FDA is exercising enforcement discretion for the importation of Aptamil Gold Plus following the review of information provided pertaining to nutritional adequacy and safety. https://fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-infant-formula-update-june-30-2022
@SeCVilsack
- .@USDA will continue to work with our partners to find solutions focused on supporting and strengthening school nutrition programs. For more information on these programs, check out @USDANutrition.
- Thanks to @POTUS’s leadership, @USDA is taking additional steps to strengthen school meal programs. This administration knows the pressures schools face due to ongoing supply chain issues and is using every tool at its disposal to meet those challenges.
@USDA
- USDA will provide nearly $1 billion in additional funding to schools to support the purchase of American-grown foods for their meal programs. Details: https://go.usa.gov/xJeGV
July 6, 2022
Federal Register
Notices
Guidance:
Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals
Filed on: 07/06/2022 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/08/2022
FR Document: 2022-14567 PDF 5 Pages (76.4 KB) Permalink
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Notices
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
Interstate Movement of Certain Land Tortoises
Filed on: 07/06/2022 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/07/2022
FR Document:2022-14467 PDF 4 Pages (103 KB) Permalink
Notices
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
Collection of Conflict-of-Interest Information for Participation in Non-Employee Fellowship and Traineeship Programs
Filed on: 07/06/2022 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/07/2022
FR Document: 2022-14439 PDF 6 Pages (90.7 KB) Permalink
FDA
FDA Roundup: July 5, 2022
Recalls
| Date | Brand | Description | Product Type | Recall Reason | Company |
| 07/05/2022 | Favorite Day | Lavender Shortbread Cookies | Food & Beverages, Allergens, Bakery Product/Mix | Potential for Undeclared Soy or Eggs | J&M Foods |
Warning Letters Posted:
| Posted Date | Issue Date | Company | Issuing Office | Subject |
| 07/05/2022 | 05/13/2022 | Krishna Trading LLC | Division of Northern Border Imports | Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) |
| 07/05/2022 | 05/12/2022 | La Ilusion Fresh Guava Inc. | Division of Northern Border Imports | Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) |
| 07/05/2022 | 05/31/2022 | Export Guatemala Corporation | Division of Southeast Imports | Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) |
| 07/05/2022 | 06/30/2022 | Herbsens Botanicals | Center for Drug Evaluation and Research | CDER | Finished Pharmaceuticals/Unapproved New Drug |
| 07/05/2022 | 06/30/2022 | Klarity Kratom | Center for Drug Evaluation and Research | CDER | Finished Pharmaceuticals/Unapproved New Drug |
| 07/05/2022 | 06/30/2022 | Kratom Exchange | Center for Drug Evaluation and Research | CDER | Finished Pharmaceuticals/Unapproved New Drug |
| 07/05/2022 | 06/30/2022 | Omni Consumer Products LLC d/b/a YoKratom | Center for Drug Evaluation and Research | CDER | Finished Pharmaceuticals/Unapproved New Drug |
| 07/05/2022 | 06/30/2022 | MONQ, LLC | Center for Drug Evaluation and Research | CDER | Finished Pharmaceuticals/Unapproved New Drug |
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Key Staff Appointments
FSIS
Voluntary Use and Ordering of COVID-19 Self-Test Kits
@US_FDA
- We issued warning letters, jointly with @FTC, to four companies selling unapproved kratom products and one company selling essential oils for the treatment/cure of opioid use disorder and withdrawal symptoms.
- Today we, in cooperation with @CDCgov and @USDAFoodSafety, opened registration for the 2022 Public Meeting of NARMS, taking place virtually on Wednesday, September 21 & Thursday, September 22 and open to all stakeholders at no cost.
@SecVilsack
- Thanks to @POTUS‘s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and American Rescue Plan, we have been able to make unprecedented investments in rural America. Rural communities are the backbone of the American economy, and the Biden administration is committed to supporting them.
- Last week, I announced nearly $1 billion to help schools purchase food for their meal programs. As program operators struggle with supply chain challenges and rising food costs, we are committed to providing them support as they feed our nation’s children.