Food Industry Regulatory Update October 29, 2021

In This Week’s Edition:

FDA Updates Advice on Fish Consumption
FDA Investigating Fresh Onion Salmonella Outbreak
USDA Updates HACCP Model for Raw, Non-Intact Turkey
FSIS Updates Directive on Verification of Compliance of Egg Product Plants
USDA Announces Early Release of Select Commodity Tables for Agricultural Projections to 2031
USDA Announces Initial Supporters of Sustainable Productivity Growth Coalition
USDA Appoints New Members to Science and Research Advisory Board
AMS Announces Meeting on Plant Variety Protection
USDA Solicitation of Nominations for Membership on the Equity Commission Advisory Committee
USDA and APHIS Notice of Availability of Pest Risk Analysis for Fresh Turmeric
Fiscal Year 2021: Raw Cane Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota Extension of the Entry Period
FDA CORE Outbreak Investigation Status Update
FSIS Updates Lists of Foreign Establishments Eligible to Export to U.S.
FDA Import Alerts
FDA Warning Letters

FDA Updates Advice on Fish Consumption

FDA issued updated advice about eating fish that incorporates the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), 2020-2025. Done in coordination with the EPA.

FDA Investigating Fresh Onion Salmonella Outbreak

FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, is investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg infections linked to whole, fresh onions. FDA’s traceback investigation is ongoing but has identified ProSource Produce, LLC (also known as ProSource Inc.) of Hailey, Idaho, and Keeler Family Farms of Deming, New Mexico, as suppliers of potentially contaminated whole, fresh onions imported from the State of Chihuahua, Mexico.

USDA Updates HACCP Model for Raw, Non-Intact Turkey

USDA updated the HACCP model for raw, non-intact turkey, which can also serve as a starting point for other ground poultry products.

FSIS Updates Directive on Verification of Compliance of Egg Product Plants

Read the FSIS directive on the methodology utilizing the Public Health Information System for the verification of regulatory compliance in egg products plants here.

USDA Announces Early Release of Select Commodity Tables for Agricultural Projections to 2031

On November 5, 2021 the USDA will release selected tables prepared for the upcoming USDA Agricultural Projections to 2031 report. USDA will release tables containing long-term supply, use, and price projections to 2031 for major U.S. crops and livestock products, as well as supporting U.S. and international macroeconomic assumptions. The tables use the short-term forecasts from the October 12, 2021 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report as the starting point.

USDA Announces Initial Supporters of Sustainable Productivity Growth Coalition

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that more than 50 organizations and countries have officially declared their support for the Coalition on Sustainable Productivity Growth for Food Security and Resource Conservation (SPG) Coalition, which the United States launched at the United Nations Food Systems Summit in September.

USDA Appoints New Members to Science and Research Advisory Board

Read about the 14 appointments to the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board here.

AMS Announces Meeting on Plant Variety Protection

Read more about the meeting and when it will take place here.

USDA Solicitation of Nominations for Membership on the Equity Commission Advisory Committee

USDA published a notice of intent to establish and solicit nominations for membership on the USDA Equity Commission and its Subcommittee on Agriculture.

APHIS Issues Notice of Availability of Pest Risk Analysis for Fresh Turmeric

APHIS issued a notice of availability of pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with importation of fresh turmeric rhizome from Samoa into the United States (including territories).

Fiscal Year 2021 Raw Cane Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota: Extension of the Entry Period

The Foreign Agricultural Service of the USDA provided notice of an extension of the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) entry period for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 raw cane sugar TRQ.