Food Industry Regulatory Update September 17, 2021

In This Week’s Edition:

U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Key Staff Appointments
Strict Regulations on Food Safety Fuel Food Safety Testing Market Growth
FDA Advances Data, IT Modernization Efforts with New Office of Digital Transformation
Determination of Total Amounts of Fiscal Year 2022 WTO Tariff-Rate Quotas for Raw Cane Sugar and Certain Sugars, Syrups and Molasses
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Intent to Nominate Margo Schlanger to Serve as USDA Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
FDA CORE Outbreak Investigation Table Update
FSIS Updates Lists of Foreign Establishments Eligible to Export to U.S.
FDA Import Alerts
FDA Warning Letters

U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Key Staff Appointments

USDA has announced that the following individuals have been appointed to key staff positions:

Cindy Long was appointed Administrator for the Food and Nutrition Service
Claudette Fernandez will serve as Director of Program Equity and Opportunity Strategy for USDA
Félix Muñiz Jr. was appointed Legislative Advisor in the Office of Congressional Relations

Strict Regulations on Food Safety Fuel Food Safety Testing Market Growth

Government 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 Transformation

the 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 Molasses

The 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 Rights

Read the full quote here.

FDA CORE Outbreak Investigation Table Update

The 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:

There are two new outbreaks that have been added to the table this week: Salmonella Oranienburg and Salmonella Thompson. The products linked to these outbreaks have not been identified yet.
The Cyclospora outbreak (reference #1020) has increased to 128 cases.
The E. coli in cake mix outbreak is over and the investigation has ended.

Learn more here