In This Week’s Edition: |
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Key Staff AppointmentsUSDA has announced that the following individuals have been appointed to key staff positions:
Strict Regulations on Food Safety Fuel Food Safety Testing Market GrowthGovernment bodies of many countries around the world are growing efforts to advance safety measures and quality of food products. This factor is anticipated to drive sales opportunities in the global food safety testing market in the upcoming years. Read more here FDA Advances Data, IT Modernization Efforts with New Office of Digital Transformationthe U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the reorganization of the agency’s information technology (IT), data management and cybersecurity functions into the new Office of Digital Transformation (ODT). The office has been realigned to report directly to the FDA commissioner, elevating the office and its functions to agency-level. This reorganization will advance the agency’s information technology transformation with improved data and IT competencies that improve agency operations to support the public health mission. Determination of Total Amounts of Fiscal Year 2022 WTO Tariff-Rate Quotas for Raw Cane Sugar and Certain Sugars, Syrups and MolassesThe Foreign Agricultural Service announces the establishment of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 (October 1, 2021-September 30, 2022) in-quota aggregate quantity of raw cane sugar at 1,117,195 metric tons raw value (MTRV), and the establishment of the FY 2022 in-quota aggregate quantity of certain sugars, syrups, and molasses (also referred to as refined sugar) at 222,000 MTRV. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Intent to Nominate Margo Schlanger to Serve as USDA Assistant Secretary for Civil RightsRead the full quote here. FDA CORE Outbreak Investigation Table UpdateThe CORE Investigation Table is a list of outbreak investigations being managed by FDA’s CORE Response Teams. The investigations are in a variety of stages, meaning that some outbreaks have limited information, and others may be near completion. The table will be updated weekly. This week’s updates are:
Learn more here FSIS Updates Lists of Foreign Establishments Eligible to Export to U.S. |
|
FDA Import AlertsThe latest FDA import alerts include FSVP, salmonella, seafood, pesticides, and more. Warning LettersUnapproved New Drugs/Misbranded Unapproved New Drugs/Misbranded New York Nutrition Company / American Metabolix Unapproved New Drugs/Misbranded Weidenhamer and Morin Enterprises LLC d/b/a Liquivape Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act/Adulterated/Misbranded Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) |
