Laws and Regulations Committee Update – June 23 – 24, 2021
June 23, 2021
Federal Register
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Rules
Elimination of the Requirement to Defibrinate Livestock Blood Saved as an Edible Product
Filed on: 06/23/2021 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 06/24/2021
FR Document: 2021-13160 PDF 14 Pages (150 KB) Permalink
FDA
Recalls
Date | Brand Name | Description | Product Type | Recall Reason | Company |
06/22/2021 | Living Free | dietary supplement products | Food & Beverages | Does not declare soy lecithin | Bea Lydecker’s Naturals, Inc. |
Warning Letters
Posted Date | Issue Date | Company Name | Issuing Office | Subject |
06/22/2021 | 04/15/2021 | Molecular BioLife International, Inc. | Office of Human and Animal Foods West Division II | New Drug/Misbranded |
06/22/2021 | 05/27/2021 | Fresh Nutrition Inc | Office of Human and Animal Food Operations –West Division 5 | Unapproved New Drugs/Misbranded |
06/22/2021 | 04/15/2021 | Daisy Global Trading Co | Division of West Coast Imports | Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) |
06/22/2021 | 06/08/2021 | Jaramillo Spices Corp. | Division of Southwest Imports | Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) |
06/22/2021 | 04/09/2021 | Mr Lukas LLC | Division of Southwest Imports | Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) |
06/22/2021 | 04/21/2021 | DRF LLC | Office of Human and Animal Foods Operations- West Division | New Drug/Misbranded |
06/22/2021 | 06/09/2021 | Tuty Usa LLC | Division of Southwest Imports | Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) |
FSIS
Notices
FSIS Notice 25-21 – Profile Updates in Domestic Egg Products Plants That Opt-in Early to Implement Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System Requirements
AMS
Availability of Preliminary Environmental Documents for Petition to Deregulate Corn Developed Using Genetic Engineering
@FDAfood
- [RT @myIDDBA]: This is an important interview with @FrankYiannasFDA of @US_FDA / @FDAfood for anyone who cares about and is interested in #foodsafety and #foodsafetyculture. Check it out, courtesy of @QAMagazine Quality Assurance & Food Safety – May June 2021 – A Q&A on Food Safety Culture with Frank Yiannas (qualityassurancemag.com)
- DYK – There are specific food safety issues associated with sprouts due to the conditions under which they are produced? @US_FDA ’s Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation (CORE) Network review of outbreaks linked to sprout consumption from 2012-2020: https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7202-an-overview-of-historic-foodborne-illness-outbreak-investigations-linked-to-the-consumption-of-sprouts-20122020
- We outline the efforts to identify and respond to these outbreaks, the protective regulatory and public health actions taken for future response, investigational challenges, possible contamination routes, and possible effect of #FSMA PSR and the proposed Food Traceability rule.
@DrWoodcockFDA
- Honored to speak @WHO World Local Production Forum today. #COVID19 has underscored worldwide supply chain shortcomings in essential supplies & medicines. We need to standardize manufacturing worldwide & encourage countries to establish local production & advanced manufacturing.
June 24, 2021
Federal Register
Agricultural Marketing Service
Rules
Mango Promotion, Research and Information Order:
Removal of Frozen Mangos
Filed on: 06/24/2021 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 06/25/2021
FR Document: 2021-13317 PDF 16 Pages (120 KB) Permalink
National Organic Program:
Amendments to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances per April 2019 NOSB Recommendations (Livestock and Handling)
Filed on: 06/24/2021 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 06/25/2021
FR Document: 2021-13323 PDF 22 Pages (137 KB) Permalink
Notices
Requests for Nominations:
Peanut Standards Board
Filed on: 06/24/2021 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 06/25/2021
FR Document: 2021-13584 PDF 4 Pages (114 KB) Permalink
USDA Grain Inspection Advisory Committee
Filed on: 06/24/2021 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 06/25/2021
FR Document: 2021-13504 PDF 3 Pages (97.7 KB) Permalink
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Proposed Rules
Handling of Animals; Contingency Plans
Filed on: 06/24/2021 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 06/25/2021
FR Document: 2021-13152 PDF 16 Pages (142 KB) Permalink
Notices
Concurrence with World Organization for Animal Health’s Risk Designation for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Filed on: 06/24/2021 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date:06/25/2021
FR Document: 2021-13552 PDF 4 Pages (94 KB) Permalink
Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:
Importation of Plants in Approved Growing Media Into the United States
Filed on: 06/24/2021 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 06/25/2021
FR Document: 2021-13497 PDF 4 Pages (91 KB) Permalink
FDA
Warning Letters
Posted Date | Issue Date | Company Name | Issuing Office | Subject |
06/23/2021 | 06/22/2021 | Pacific Center of Health/Pacific Center of Health & Acupuncture | Center for Drug Evaluation and Research | Unapproved and Misbranded Products Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) |
06/23/2021 | 06/21/2021 | NeuroHydrate LLC | Office of Human and Animal Food Operations East – Division 1 | New Drug/Misbranded |
AMS
USDA Announces Changes to Lentil Standards
USDA Announces Changes to Split Pea Standards
FNS
USDA Releases Study on Hurdles to Healthy Eating on SNAP
NIH/ODS
View 2021 ODS Practicum On Demand
@FrankYiannasFDA:
- California Agricultural Neighbors’ interim report showcases local, collaborative efforts to help prevent future leafy green outbreaks. This is key to achieving the goals in FDA’s Leafy Greens Action Plan. Food safety requires collaboration. @CDFAnews
- RT @ CDFAnews: California Agricultural Neighbors release interim report on best practices for #foodsafety–webinar series planned https://plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/?p=22971… #agriculture