Laws and Regulations Committee Update – October 29 – November 2, 2021
October 29, 2021
Federal Register
Notices
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Recordkeeping Requirements for Microbiological Testing and Corrective Measures for Bottled Water
Filed on: 10/29/2021 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/01/2021
FR Document: 2021-23741 PDF 6 Pages (107 KB) Permalink
[Note: notice solicits comments on recordkeeping measures for microbiological testing and corrective measures for domestic and foreign bottled water manufacturers that sell bottled water in the United States]
Environmental Protection Agency
Rules
Pesticide Tolerances: Fluensulfone
Filed on: 10/29/2021 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date:11/01/2021
FR Document: 2021-23628 PDF 13 Pages (126 KB) Permalink
CFSAN
FDA Issues Updated Advice about Eating Fish [Note: news release describes what has changed about FDA’s recommendations.]
AMS
USDA Announces Over $243 Million in Grants Awarded to Strengthen the Specialty Crop Industry
USDA
Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on President Biden’s Framework for the Build Back Better Act [Note: makes note of USDA funding in Build Back Better Act, including for nutrition and conservation initiatives].
@SecVilsak
- This historic investment of more than $243 million in grants will help the specialty crops industry recover from the effects of the pandemic and help us transform our food system as we work to build back better.
- The Build Back Better framework will expand free school meals to 8.7 million children during the school year and provide a $65 per child per month benefit to the families of 29 million children to purchase food during the summer.
November 1, 2021
Federal Register
Environmental Protection Agency
Rules
Pesticide Tolerances: Benzobicyclon
Filed on: 11/01/2021 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/02/2021
FR Document: 2021-23836 PDF 15 Pages (129 KB) Permalink
White House
Chair’s Statement on Principles for Supply Chain Resilience
Remarks by President Biden at Global Summit on Supply Chain Resilience
FDA
Recalls
| Date | Brand Name | Product Description | Product Type | Recall Reason | Company |
| 10/29/21 | Dole, Marketside, Kroger, Salad Classics | Garden salad | Food & Beverages, Foodborne Illness, Produce | Potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes | Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. |
| 10/29/21 | MaryRuth’s | Liquid probiotic for infants | Food & Beverages | Potential contamination with Pseudomonas aeruginosa | MaryRuth’s |
FSIS
Constituent Update – October 29, 2021
FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Salame Stick Products Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination
Notices
53-21, CANCELLATION OF FSIS DIRECTIVES
APHIS
APHIS Seeks Comments on a Commodity Import Evaluation Document for Imports of Fresh Plum Fruit from Chile into the United States
November 2, 2021
Federal Register
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Rules
Egg Products Inspection Regulations; Correction
Filed on: 11/02/2021 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/03/2021
FR Document: 2021-23703 PDF Pages (145 KB) Permalink
[Note: clarifying correction to regulations—plants that have not already implemented HACCP will continue to need to meet the times and temperatures contained in Table 1 of 9 CFR 590.530 and the times and temperatures found in 9 CFR 590.536 until the HACCP regulations become effective on 10/31/2022.]
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Notices
Proposed Revision to Requirements for the Importation of Plums From Chile Into the United States
Filed on: 11/02/2021 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 11/03/2021
FR Document: 2021-23904 PDF 4 Pages (82.6 KB) Permalink
White House
FDA
Recalls
| Date | Brand Name | Product Description | Product Type | Recall Reason | Company |
| 10/31/2021 | Tastykake | Cupcakes | Food & Beverages | Potential presence of tiny fragments of metal mesh wire | Flowers Foods, Inc. |
| 11/01/2021 | Ukrop’s | Green Salads and Chicken Caesar Wrap | Food & Beverages | May contain small pieces of brown plastic | Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods |
CFSAN
FDA Issues Guidance on Temporary Marketing Permits [Note: Guidance available here]
OMB
| AGENCY: USDA-APHIS | RIN: 0579-AD10 | Status: Concluded |
| TITLE: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Scrapie; Importation of Small Ruminants and Their Germplasm, Products, and Byproducts | ||
| STAGE: Final Rule | ECONOMICALLY SIGNIFICANT: No | |
| RECEIVED DATE: 06/29/2021 | LEGAL DEADLINE: None | |
| ** COMPLETED: 11/01/2021 | COMPLETED ACTION: Consistent with Change | |
APHIS
APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of green mature Banana from Uganda
APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Mango Fruit from Saint Lucia
@USDA
- Just announced: Agriculture Secretary Vilsack will travel to Glasgow to participate in #COP26, but first he will go to Brussels to make a major US-EU partnership announcement. https://conta.cc/3w2zbzW
@SecVilsack
- I’m approaching this trip the same way we must all approach finding more sustainable, climate-smart agricultural production systems – with a sense of urgency to find solutions and with hopefulness for cooperation. #TogetherForOurPlanet