2020 Dietary Guidelines Meeting Announced by USDA
The meeting will be held on August 11 either in-person or via webinar and review the 2020 draft guidelines. More information here.
FSIS Eliminates Requirement To Defibrinate Livestock Blood Saved as an Edible Product
More information here.
FSIS Proposes to Make Yak Eligible for Voluntary Inspection
More information here.
FSA Makes First Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Payments
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) has approved more than $545 million in payments to producers who have applied for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. More information here.
Chicken Execs Indicted for Price Fixing
A federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court in Denver, Colorado, returned an indictment against four executives for their role in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for broiler chickens, the Department of Justice announced.
Sugar Industry Petitions FDA for New Labeling of Non-Nutritive Sweeteners
The industry calls for front-of-pack labeling and warning labels. The petition is here.
USDA Farmers to Families Food Box Update
Five million boxes have been distributed.
FSIS Expands STEC Testing to Additional Raw Beef Products
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing plans to expand its routine verification testing for six Shiga toxin- producing Escherichia coli (non-O157 STEC; O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, or O145) that are adulterants, in addition to the adulterant Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7, to ground beef, bench trim, and raw ground beef components other than raw beef manufacturing trimmings (i.e., head meat, cheek meat, weasand (esophagus) meat, product from advanced meat recovery (AMR) systems, partially defatted chopped beef and partially defatted beef fatty tissue, low temperature rendered lean finely textured beef, and heart meat)(hereafter “other raw ground beef components”) for samples collected at official establishments.
USDA Codex Update
More information here.
USDA Approves Pandemic EBT for Alaska and Mississippi
More information here.
FDA on New Era of Smarter Food Safety and COVID-19
More information here.
FDA Approves Silicon Dioxide in Animal Feed and Water
The petition is available here.
FSIS Updates List of Foreign Establishments from China, Canada, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Honduras Eligible to Export to U.S.
More information here.
FDA Update on Hand Sanitizer
The update is available here.
FDA Gets Injunction Against Supplement Company for Unapproved Drug Claims
The press release is here.
USDA to Hold Webinar on Specialty Crop Imports
The webinar will be held on June 16.
FSIS Names Edelstein as Assistant Administration of the Office of Policy and Program Development
Details here.
FDA Delays Effective Date for Cigarette Label Warnings
The requirement is delayed until October 16, 2021.
South Dakota Approved for Online SNAP
More details here.
FSIS on Face Masks in Offices
FSIS has issued Notice 32-20 requiring all employees engaged in in-person human interactions–including interactions with the public or with other USDA and FSIS employees will be required to wear disposable face masks or cloth face coverings until further notice.
APHIS Approves Importation of Fresh Carrots from South Korea
More details here.
Latest FDA Import Alerts
The latest FDA import alerts are available here and include salmonella, pesticides, misbranding, seafood, and more.
Latest FDA Warning Letters:
Posted Date |
Company |
Issuing Office |
Subject |
06/05/2020 |
StemStix, Inc. |
Center for Tobacco Products |
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act/Adulterated/Misbranded |
06/04/2020 |
Chloroquineonline.com |
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Unapproved and Misbranded Drugs Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) |
06/04/2020 |
Dr. Sherrill Sellman |
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) |
Unapproved and Misbranded Products Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) |
06/04/2020 |
MVS Richardson, LLC d/b/a Metro Vapors Burleson |
Center for Tobacco Products |
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act/Adulterated/Misbranded |
06/02/2020 |
Flame On, Inc. d/b/a USA Less |
Center for Tobacco Products |
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act/Adulterated/Misbranded |
06/02/2020 |
The Dragontree Apothecary LLC |
Division of Human and Animal Food Operations West VI |
Unapproved New Drugs/Misbranded/Cannabidiol (CBD) Products |
06/02/2020 |
Jabja Inc. d/b/a Eliquidplanet.com |
Center for Tobacco Products |
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act/Adulterated/Misbranded |
06/02/2020 |
Quality Dairy Company |
Division of Human and Animal Food Operations East VI |
CGMP/Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated |
06/02/2020 |
LifeHealth Science |
Division of Human and Animal Food Operations East V |
Unapproved New Drugs/Misbranded |
06/02/2020 |
Frontier Vapor |
Center for Tobacco Products |
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act/Adulterated/Misbranded |
06/02/2020 |
Natural Solutions Foundation |
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) |
Unapproved and Misbranded Products Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) |
05/29/2020 |
StayWell Copper Products |
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research | CDER |
Unapproved and Misbranded Products Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) |
05/29/2020 |
Quadrant Sales & Marketing, Inc. |
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research | CDER |
Unapproved New Drug Products Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) |
Please contact Erik Lieberman at elieberman@usfoodimports.com or 202.765.1800 if you have questions or would like additional information. |