In This Week’s Edition:
- CSPI Petition to FDA Asking for Mandatory Front-of-Package Nutrition Labels
- Transparency in Poultry Grower Contracting and Tournaments
- NOP Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards Revised
- FDA Issues Final Guidance for Shell Egg Producers who Provide Laying Hens with Access to Areas Outside the Poultry House
- FDA Releases FY 2020 Pesticide Residue Monitoring Report
- USDA Invests Nearly $8M to Improve Dietary Health and Nutrition Security
- USDA Announces the Second Food Loss and Waste Innovation Fair
- FDA Announces Plans for Proposed Rule to Reduce Addictiveness of Cigarettes and Other Combusted Tobacco Products
- Revising U.S. Grade Standards for Pecans in the Shell and Shelled Pecans
- Revised Young Chicken Carcass Exploratory Sampling Program
- FDA CORE Outbreak Investigation Status Update
- FSIS Updates Lists of Foreign Establishments Eligible to Export to U.S.
- FDA Import Alerts
- FDA Warning Letters
CSPI Petition to FDA Asking for Mandatory Front-of-Package Nutrition Labels
In a regulatory petition filed this week with the FDA, CSPI is asking the agency to use its authority to establish a mandatory front-of-package labeling system for all packaged foods sold in the United States. CSPI is joined by the Association of SNAP Nutrition Education Administrators and the Association of State Public Health Nutritionists in submitting this petition to FDA.
Transparency in Poultry Grower Contracting and Tournaments
AMS is extending the comment period for our proposed rule that would revise the regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to promote transparency in poultry production contracting. Comments must be received by August 23, 2022.
NOP Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards
AMS proposes to amend the organic livestock and poultry production requirements by adding new provisions for livestock handling and transport for slaughter and avian living conditions; and expanding and clarifying existing requirements covering livestock care, production practices and mammalian living conditions.
FDA Issues Final Guidance for Shell Egg Producers who Provide Laying Hens with Access to Areas Outside the Poultry House
FDA issued final guidance for shell egg producers on how to comply with certain provisions in the final rule titled, “Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs During Production, Storage, and Transportation”. The final guidance is the FDA’s fourth guidance to help industry comply with the egg rule. This guidance provides recommendations on how egg producers who allow hens access to areas outside the poultry house can meet requirements to prevent Salmonella Enteritidis from contaminating shell eggs on the farm.
FDA Releases FY 2020 Pesticide Residue Monitoring Report
FDA made available its annual Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program Report for Fiscal Year 2020, summarizing findings from the program’s monitoring of human and animal foods in FY 2020.
USDA Invests Nearly $8M to Improve Dietary Health and Nutrition Security
USDA announced the availability of nearly $8 million to support the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program Produce Prescription Program. The funding is part of USDA’s American Rescue Plan efforts and will be administered by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
USDA Announces the Second Food Loss and Waste Innovation Fair
USDA announced that it will hold the second virtual USDA Food Loss and Waste Innovation Fair on September 14, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT. The fair will showcase the latest food loss and waste mitigation technologies, innovations and programs developed by USDA, academic institutions, local governments and businesses.
FDA Announces Plans for Proposed Rule to Reduce Addictiveness of Cigarettes and Other Combusted Tobacco Products
The Biden-Harris Administration published plans for future potential regulatory actions that include the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s plans to develop a proposed product standard that would establish a maximum nicotine level to reduce the addictiveness of cigarettes and certain other combusted tobacco products.
Revising U.S. Grade Standards for Pecans in the Shell and Shelled Pecans
AMS is extending the comment period for the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on June 1, 2022 by 30 days. The proposed rule invited comments on proposed revisions to U.S. Standards for Grades of Pecans in the Shell and U.S. Standards for Grades of Shelled Pecans. Comments must be received by September 7, 2022.
Revised Young Chicken Carcass Exploratory Sampling Program
FSIS is cancelling Notice 21-22, Young Chicken Carcass Exploratory Sampling Program and reissuing its content to instruct inspection program personnel (IPP) to collect the post-chill rinsate in two specimen jars. Under this notice, IPP will continue to collect the rehang sample rinsate in one specimen jar. This notice provides instructions to IPP for FSIS’ Exploratory Young Chicken Carcass Sampling Program and related instructions for associated National Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring System sampling. A new sampling point has been added for the duration of this Exploratory Sampling Program.
FDA CORE Outbreak Investigation Status Update
This week’s updates are:
- For the outbreak of Cyclospora in an unidentified food (ref # 1084) the total case count has increased from 60 to 77.
FSIS Updates Lists of Foreign Establishments Eligible to Export to U.S.
FDA Import Alerts
The latest FDA import alerts include imported human foods due to filth, foods containing illegal/undeclared colors, and more.
FDA Warning Letters
Boardwalk Elixir |
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act/Adulterated/Misbranded |
The Juice Bar |
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act/Adulterated/Misbranded |
Vitti Labs, LLC |
Deviations/CFR/Regulations for Human Cells, Tissues & Cellular Products (HCT/Ps) |
Valley Biosystems |
Bioresearch Monitoring Program |
Muscle Feast, LLC |
CGMP/Manufacturing, Packaging, Labeling, or Holding Operations for Dietary Supplements/Adulterated |
Amazon.com, Inc. |
Finished Pharmaceuticals/Unapproved New Drug |
JB Exchange Inc./Justified Laboratories |
Finished Pharmaceuticals/Unapproved New Drug |
Ariella Naturals |
Finished Pharmaceuticals/Unapproved New Drug |
InfuTronix LLC |
CGMP/QSR/Medical Devices/Adulterated |
Zyno Medical LLC |
CGMP/QSR/Medical Devices/Adulterated |
JJDS E Cigarettes LLC d/b/a TKO Vapor Roswell |
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act/Adulterated/Misbranded |
Vapor-Saloon, LLC |
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act/Adulterated/Misbranded |
FluxxLab LLC |
Unapproved and Misbranded Products Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) |