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USDA to Provide Pandemic Assistance to Livestock Producers for Animal LossesLivestock and poultry producers can apply for assistance through USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) July 20 through Sept. 17, 2021. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, authorized payments to producers for losses of livestock or poultry depopulated from March 1, 2020 through December 26, 2020, due to insufficient processing access as a result of the pandemic. PLIP payments will be based on 80% of the fair market value of the livestock and poultry and for the cost of depopulation and disposal of the animal. Eligible livestock and poultry include swine, chickens and turkeys, but pork producers are expected to be the primary recipients of the assistance. More details here. FDA Provides Update on New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint EffortsDetails here. CPSC Holds Amazon Responsible for Recalling Goods Sold by Third Parties on WebsiteThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) filed an administrative complaint against Amazon.com, the world’s largest retailer, to force Amazon to accept responsibility for recalling potentially hazardous products sold on Amazon.com. “Today’s vote to file an administrative complaint against Amazon was a huge step forward for this small agency,” says Acting Chairman Robert Adler. “But it’s a huge step across a vast desert—we must grapple with how to deal with these massive third-party platforms more efficiently, and how best to protect the American consumers who rely on them.” The complaint charges that the specific products are defective and pose a risk of serious injury or death to consumers and that Amazon is legally responsible to recall them. The named products include 24,000 faulty carbon monoxide detectors that fail to alarm, numerous children’s sleepwear garments that are in violation of the flammable fabric safety standard risking burn injuries to children, and nearly 400,000 hair dryers sold without the required immersion protection devices that protect consumers against shock and electrocution. More details here. FDA Allows Two New Additives in Animal FeedGuanidinoacetic Acid FDA Quarterly Color Additive ReportAvailable here. AMS Holding Continuance Referendum for Highbush Blueberry Marketing Order, Increases Assessment Rate for SE California GrapesFSIS Formally Makes Yak Eligible for Voluntary InspectionDetails here. FSIS Establishes Uniform Timeframe for Filing of Appeals Agency Inspection Decisions and ActionsThe time period is 30 days. More information here. FDA Investigating E. coli, Salmonella and Cyclospora OutbreaksMore information here. USDA Seeking Comments on Expanding Meat and Poultry Inspection InfrastructureDetails here. APHIS Proposing to Allow Release of Insects to Control potted-wing DrosophilaMore information here. FNS Publishes Reimbursement Rates for School Lunch ProgramDetails here. FSIS Updates Lists of Foreign Establishments Eligible to Export to U.S. |
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FDA Warning LettersFamily Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act/Adulterated/Misbranded Rave Salon Inc. d/b/a Joosie Vapes Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act/Adulterated/Misbranded Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act/Adulterated/Misbranded New Drug/Misbranded Dream Pharmacy 24/7 Enterprises Limited 2018 Finished Pharmaceuticals/Unapproved New Drug/Misbranded/Adulterated New Drug/Misbranded Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) Guangzhou Minghui Cosmetics Co., Ltd. Finished Pharmaceuticals/Unapproved New Drug/Misbranded/Adulterated Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) Biomedical Research Laboratories, LLC New Drug/Misbranded Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) Unapproved New Drug Products Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Please contact Erik Lieberman at elieberman@usfoodimports.com if you have questions or for additional information |
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