In This Week’s Edition:
- USDA FAS Suspends Dairy Import License Reductions
- August 2022 Cosmetic Registration Reports
- September 2022 is the 24th National Food Safety Education Month
- Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Inert Ingredients in Pesticides for Organic Production
- USDA Extends Flexibility that’s Helping Manufacturers, States get Formula to WIC Families
- FDA CORE Outbreak Investigation Status Update
- FSIS Updates Lists of Foreign Establishments Eligible to Export to U.S.
- FDA Import Alerts
- FDA Warning Letters
USDA FAS Suspends Dairy Import License Reductions
This interim final rule amends the regulations that provide for the issuance of licenses to import certain dairy articles under tariff-rate quotas as set forth in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. The rule suspends for an additional year the historical license reduction provision which would otherwise apply beginning with the 2023 quota year. This change will allow license holders additional time to adjust to challenging market conditions impacting the dairy sector.
August 2022 Cosmetic Registration Reports
Read August’s monthly report of activity in FDA’s Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program here.
September 2022 is the 24th National Food Safety Education Month
For 24 years National Food Safety Education Month has provided 30 days for health educators at the national, state, and local levels to focus attention on the fundamentals of buying, storing, preparing, and serving food as safely as possible.
While the United States has one of the safest food supplies in the world, every year an estimated one in six Americans gets foodborne illness , but consumers can help protect themselves and their families by using the basic principles of food safety.
FDA offers Food Safety Education Month resources all year round for consumers and educators on a variety of subjects, including learning who is most at risk for foodborne illnesses and how to avoid food waste while maintaining food safety.
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Inert Ingredients in Pesticides for Organic Production
This advance notice of proposed rulemaking seeks input from stakeholders about how to update USDA organic regulations on inert ingredients in pesticides used in organic production. The USDA AMS seeks comments on alternatives to its existing regulations that would align with the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory framework for inert ingredients.
USDA Extends Flexibility that’s Helping Manufacturers, States get Formula to WIC Families
USDA is extending a funding flexibility in the WIC program that has allowed state agencies and their infant formula manufacturers to work together to provide more options for WIC families in need of formula. Under this flexibility – which is now extended through the end of September – USDA is covering the added cost of non-contract formula to make it financially feasible for states to allow WIC participants to purchase alternate sizes, forms, or brands of infant formula.
FDA CORE Outbreak Investigation Status Update
This week’s updates are:
- An outbreak of Salmonella Mississippi (ref# 1097) in a not yet identified product has been added to the table and FDA has initiated traceback.
- For the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak (ref# 1081) in a not yet identified food, sample collection and analysis have been initiated.
- For the Salmonella Senftenberg outbreak (ref# 1087) in a not yet identified food, the case count has increased from 22 to 25 cases.
- For the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak (ref# 1095) in a not yet identified food, the case count has increased from 62 to 73 cases, an on-site inspection and sample collection and analysis has been initiated.
- For the Cyclospora outbreak (ref# 1080) the case count has increased from 70 to 75.
- For the Cyclospora outbreak (ref# 1084), the case count has increased from 41 to 42.
- For the Salmonella Braenderup outbreak (ref# 1075), the case count increased from 74 to 75.
- For the outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes (ref# 1057) linked to ice cream, FDA initiated an on-site inspection.
FSIS Updates Lists of Foreign Establishments Eligible to Export to U.S.
- No New Updates
FDA Import Alerts
The latest FDA import alerts include human and animal foods imported from foreign suppliers who are not in compliance with FSVP, imported foods that appear to be misbranded and more.
FDA Warning Letters
Singing Hawk LLC d/b/a Sin City Vapor III |
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act/Adulterated/Misbranded |
First Strike Pet Products |
Unapproved New Animal Drug Products |
Vapor Invasion LLC |
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act/Adulterated/Misbranded |
USA Medical LLC |
Investigational Device Exemptions (IDE)/Premarket Approval Application (PMA) Adulterated Device |
Good Guy Vapes Lab LLC |
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act/Adulterated/Misbranded |
The Elderberry Fairy & Co., LLC |
Unapproved New Drugs/Misbranded |
Gordon Laboratories Inc. |
Drug Product/Adulterated |
Green Wave Analytical, LLC |
CGMP/Finished Pharmaceuticals/Adulterated |
Nutritional Laboratories International, Inc. DBA Elite One Source Nutritional Services, Inc. |
CGMP/Dietary Supplement/Adulterated/Misbranded |