Food Industry Regulatory Update July 24, 2020

Food Industry Regulatory Update July 24, 2020 In this week’s edition: FDA to Begin Inspections of Small Business for Food Defense Rule Compliance in March 2021 FDA to Hold Webinar on Leafy Greens Action Plan FSIS Grants National Chicken Council Petition on Avian Leukosis Lesions Being Trimable Condition FDA Announces Qualified Health Claim for Cranberry…

Food Industry Regulatory Update – July 3, 2020

Food Industry Regulatory Update July 3, 2020 In this week’s edition: FSIS Publishes Retail Exemption Amounts FDA on USMCA USDA Amends California Olive Marketing Order FSIS Updates Directive on E. coli Enforcement Verification Activities for Raw Beef FSIS Updates Lists of Foreign Establishments From New Zealand, Israel and Croatia Eligible to Export to U.S. USDA Approves Pandemic…

Food Industry Regulatory Update Week of June 15, 2020

FSIS Updates Directive on Verifying Compliance with Requirements for Written Recall Plan Procedures APHIS Considers Allowing Importation of Fresh Raspberries and Turmeric from Peru USDA Trade Mitigation Purchases from Farmers Update USDA Extends Farmers to Families Food Box Program Contracts USDA Approves Online SNAP for South Carolina, Utah, Delaware and Mississippi FSIS Updates Lists of…

Food Industry Regulatory Update: Week of 06/08/2020

In this week’s edition: USDA Provides Update on Meatpacking Capacity Enoki Mushroom Listeria Outbreak Declared Over AMS Rule on Florida Tomato Handling New APHIS Requirements on Tomato and Pepper Imports FSIS Updates Establishment Directory AMS Proposes to Change National List of Allowable Substances in Organic Livestock Products FDA Update on World Food Safety Day FDA…

Regulatory Update Week of 03/02/2020

Food Industry Regulatory Update: Week of 03/02/2020 In this week’s edition: Kiecker Named as FSIS Administrator APHIS Publishes Final Lacey Act De Minimis Exception Rule FDA Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Update FDA Announces Public Meeting on International Cooperation on Cosmetics USDA Files PACA Action Against RRD Produce USDA Requests Comment on Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions FDA…

USFI Presents at Ka pasesi 2015

On March 26, 2015, Erik Lieberman, President of U.S. Food Imports LLC, gave a presentation at Ka pasesi 2015, an international agriculture conference in Kaunas, Lithuania, entitled “Key Issues for Food Exporters to the United States.”  Lieberman reviewed key U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory requirements among other things.  The slides may…

APHIS Withdraws GMO Rule

On March 4, 2015, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it was withdrawing its proposed rule relating to the importation and interstate movement of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and will be crafting an alternative regulatory regime.  They will holding a series of webinars in upcoming months on the issue.  Information on the webinars…