Laws and Regulations Committee Update – October 19 – 20, 2020
October 19, 2020
Federal Register
Agricultural Marketing Service
Proposed Rules
Walnuts Grown in California:
Secretary’s Decision and Referendum Order on Amendments to Marketing Order No. 984
Filed on: 10/19/2020 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/20/2020
FR Document: 2020-22334 PDF 38 Pages (180 KB) Permalink
Environmental Protection Agency
Notices
Pesticide Product Registration; Applications:
New Active Ingredients (September 2020)
Filed on: 10/19/2020 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/20/2020
FR Document: 2020-23175 PDF 4 Pages (100 KB) Permalink
FDA
FDA establishes U.S. Agent Voluntary Identification System for Food Facilities
FDA Seeks Input on Nutrition Labeling for Certain Sugars and Issues Final Guidance on Allulose
Salmonella: Peaches (August 2020) (October 15 Update)
FSIS
Recalls
| Product Recalled | Date of Recall |
| 025-2020 Taher, Inc. Recalls Meat Products Produced Without Benefit of Inspection | Oct 17, 2020 |
Constituent Notices
Oct 16, 2020 | PDF
- FSIS Posts After-Action Review Report for Salmonella Reading Outbreak Linked to Turkey
- FSIS to Post Individual Category Status and Aggregate Results for Poultry Carcasses, Chicken Parts, and Comminuted Poultry Tested for Salmonella
- Comment Period for Consumer Education Public Meeting Reopened
AMS
USDA Approves Hemp Production Plans for Indiana, Michigan, New Mexico and South Dakota
USDA
Trump Administration Welcomes Amazon to the U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions
@FrankYiannasFDA
- [RT @neha]: FDA will be hosting a webinar, featuring Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas, on October 26, 2020 from 3-4 p.m. discussing the highlights of the first 100 days since FDA issued its blueprint for the New Era of Smarter Food Safety. Click here for more info: https://t.co/VCpXSbk5Bi?amp=1
- [RT @ScottGottliebMD]: Look forward to reading this new book on the Covid pandemic and it’s broader impacts from the always provocative and thoughtful @NAChristakis https://wsj.com/articles/the-long-shadow-of-the-pandemic-2024-and-beyond-11602860214
- Interested in tech-enabled traceability? Here’s a balanced review in IFT’s Journal of Food Science on blockchain technology and traceability in the agrifood industry. @IFT #blockchain #traceability #SmarterFoodSafety https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1750-3841.15477?platform=hootsuite#.X4rNnEF12tE.twitter
- Off to a great start. We’re holding a webinar on Monday, Oct 26 on the first 100 days of a FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety. Sign up now, tune in, and get involved. We CAN do this, TOGETHER. #SmarterFoodSafety https://go.usa.gov/x7qUr
@SecretarySonny
- [RT @FAONorthAmerica]: “Only by continuing to embrace innovative and transformative technologies are we as a world going to be able to produce enough food for the future.” – @USDA@SecretarySonnycalls for harnessing innovation to feed the world on #WorldFoodDay ! #FAO75 http://fao.org/north-america/news/detail/en/c/1314831/
@FDAfood
- Small changes can make a big difference. Start using these tips today to reduce food waste, save money, and protect the environment. https://go.usa.gov/xvR7m #WorldFoodDay #NoWastedFood
- @US_FDA is issuing guidance establishing a U.S. Agent Voluntary Identification System (VIS) for food facility registration – to be used in conjunction with our food facility registration database to streamline & expedite the US agent verification process. https://www.fda.gov/food/cfsan-constituent-updates/fda-establishes-us-agent-voluntary-identification-system-food-facilities
- Today, @cdcgov declared the end of the Salmonella outbreak in peaches. Recalled peaches are likely no longer on the market, but consumers should dispose of recalled peaches put in the freezer from June to August. The FDA will continue its investigation. https://go.usa.gov/x73a7
October 20, 2020
Federal Register
Agricultural Marketing Service
Notices
Standards for Grades:
Frozen Corn on the Cob
Filed on: 10/20/2020 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/21/2020
FR Document: 2020-23220 PDF 4 Pages (81.3 KB) Permalink
Notices
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
Record Retention Requirements for the Soy Protein and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Health Claim
Filed on: 10/20/2020 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 10/21/2020
FR Document: 2020-23285 PDF 6 Pages (106 KB) Permalink
FDA
Warning Letters
| Posted Date | Issue Date | Company Name | Issuing Office | Subject |
| 10/20/2020 | 10/09/2020 | Prollergy Corporation/Before Brands Inc | Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) | Unapproved New Drugs/Misbranded |
| 10/19/2020 | 10/16/2020 | For Our Vets LLC dba Patriot Supreme | Center for Drug Evaluation and Research | CDER | Unapproved and Misbranded Products Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) |
CVM
FDA Approves Elura (capromorelin oral solution) for Managing Weight Loss in Cats with Chronic Kidney Disease
AMS
USDA Cites LoneStar Produce Express LLC in Texas for PACA Violations
@US_FDA
- FDA & @FTC issued a warning letter to For Our Vets LLC dba Patriot Supreme for selling unapproved products with fraudulent claims that its CBD products can mitigate, prevent, treat, diagnose or cure #COVID19 in people. https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/our-vets-llc-dba-patriot-supreme-611043-10162020
@FDAfood
- Deadline extended! To encourage the very best ideas on home safe food handling & hand hygiene outreach, we have extended by ONE WEEK – until Wednesday, October 21 at 11:59 pm – the deadline for abstract submission for the 2021 Virtual Consumer Food Safety Education Conference.