Food Industry Regulatory Update
February 5, 2021

In this Week’s Edition:

• FSIS Super Bowl Party Food Safety Tips
• USDA Names Key Staff Appointments
• FSIS Cancels Obsolete Directives
• FDA Import Alerts
• FDA Warning Letters

FSIS Super Bowl Party Food Safety Tips

FSIS reminds consumers not to wash poultry or meat in the sink, avoid cross-contamination, cook food thoroughly and maintain foods at proper temperatures.

USDA Announces Key Staff Appointments

• Anne Knapke was named Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations.
• Liz Archuleta was named Director in the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.
• Jasmine Dickerson was named Legislative Director in the Office of Congressional Relations.
• Jamal Habibi was named Chief of Staff for the Rural Housing Service.
• Brandon Chaderton was named Deputy White House Liaison in the Office of the Secretary.

More details here.

FSIS Cancels Obsolete Directives

FSIS Directives 4500.1, 4531.1, 4711.1, 10230.4 have been canceled. The first three directives relate to internal FSIS procedures for employee performance, position classification and labor relations. The last is for the Salmonella Surveillance Program for liquid and frozen egg products. More details in Notice 06-21 here.

FDA Import Alerts

The latest FDA import alerts are available here and include misbranding, farmed seafood, papaya from Mexico and more.

FDA Warning Letters

The latest FDA warning letters are:

02/02/2021 Prairie Dawn Herbs New Drug/Misbranded

02/02/2021 Entia Biosciences, Inc New Drug/Misbranded

02/02/2021 American Global Health Group, LLC New Drug/Misbranded

02/02/2021 Grupo Yacana Mexico, S.A.S. de C.V. Finished Pharmaceuticals/Unapproved New Drug/Misbranded/Adulterated

02/02/2021 rx2go.com Unapproved and Misbranded Products Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

02/02/2021 sandra-pharma.is Unapproved and Misbranded Products Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

02/02/2021 buy-pharma.md Unapproved and Misbranded Products Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Please contact Erik Lieberman at elieberman@usfoodimports.com if you have questions or for additional information