Notifications for United States of America (932 notifications)

This serves as a clarification for a corrigendum prepared previously. EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of July 19, 2023, finalizing several tolerance actions under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) that the Agency determined were necessary or appropriate during the registration review conducted under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). In that document, an instruction to redesignate a paragraph was not clearly stated. This technical correction to the final rule will address these errors.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of flonicamid in or on multiple crops.

EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of July 19, 2023, finalizing several tolerance actions under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) that the Agency determined were necessary or appropriate during the registration review conducted under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). That document inadvertently instructed the Federal Register to designate a tolerance for ginseng as time-limited, with an expiration date, but used an incorrect footnote number and neglected to include the expiration date. Elsewhere, an instruction to redesignate a paragraph was not clearly stated. This technical correction to the final rule will address these errors.

EPA is proposing several tolerance actions that the Agency previously determined were necessary or appropriate during registration review for the following pesticide active ingredients: chlorsulfuron, primisulfuron-methyl, triasulfuron, halosulfuron-methyl, sulfosulfuron, iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium, trifloxysulfuron-sodium, and mesosulfuron-methyl. The proposed tolerance actions for each pesticide active ingredient may include but are not limited to the following types of actions: revising tolerance expressions; modifying commodity definitions; updating crop groups; removing expired tolerances; revoking tolerances that are no longer needed; and harmonizing tolerances with Codex Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs).

This document announces the Agency's receipt of several initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.

This document announces the Agency's receipt of several initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of spinetoram in or on Spice group 26, and Stalk and stem vegetable subgroup 22A.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of fluazaindolizine in or on multiple commodities.

EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of July 19, 2023, finalizing several tolerance actions under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) that the Agency determined were necessary or appropriate during the registration review conducted under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). That document inadvertently instructed the Federal Register to designate a tolerance for ginseng as time-limited, with an expiration date, but used an incorrect footnote number and neglected to include the expiration date. Elsewhere, an instruction to redesignate a paragraph was not clearly stated. This technical correction to the final rule will address these errors.

We are amending the regulations for the importation of equines. These changes include increasing the number of days horses exported from regions free from contagious equine metritis (CEM) are allowed to spend in a CEM-affected region and enter the United States without testing from 60 days to 90 days; requiring an import permit for horses transiting through CEM-affected regions; adding requirements for health certifications to ensure health certifications properly attest to the health of the imported horse; requiring that horses transiting Central America or the West Indies comply with the same regulations that apply to horses directly imported from these regions; and adding requirements for shipping containers used in transporting horses. We are also adding a number of miscellaneous changes to the regulations such as clarifications of existing policy or intent, and corrections of inconsistencies or outdated information. Many of these changes will better align our regulations with international standards and allow us and the equine industry more flexibility. The changes will also add further safeguards that protect against introducing or disseminating pests or diseases of livestock into the United States.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of spinosad in or on Spice group 26, and Stalk and stem vegetable subgroup 22A.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of methoxyfenozide in or on coffee bean, sugar cane, and sugar cane molasses. There are no US registrations associated with these tolerances.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of fluxapyroxad in or on avocado; stevia, dried leaves; and stevia, fresh leaves and revises the tolerance for residues of fluxapyroxad in or on coffee, green bean.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of imazapyr in or on rice, bran and rice, grain.

EPA is proposing to revoke the tolerance exemption for residues of the antimicrobial pesticide ingredient phenol when used as an inert ingredient (solvent/cosolvent) in pesticide formulations applied to growing crops. This rulemaking is proposed on the Agency's own initiative under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to implement a tolerance action the Agency determined was appropriate during the registration review conducted under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for phenol. EPA is proposing to revoke this tolerance exemption because it corresponds to a use no longer current or registered under FIFRA in the United States.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of pyraclonil in or on rice, grain.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of pyraclostrobin in or on stevia, dried leaves and stevia, fresh leaves and revises the tolerance for residues of pyraclostrobin in or on coffee, green bean.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of trifluralin in or on tea, dried and tea, instant.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending our regulations that provide for the use of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) in food in light of our determination that PHOs are no longer generally recognized as safe (GRAS). The rule removes PHOs as an optional ingredient in the standards of identity for peanut butter and canned tuna. It revises FDA's regulations affirming food substances as GRAS pertaining to menhaden oil and rapeseed oil to no longer include partially hydrogenated forms of these oils, and deletes the regulation affirming hydrogenated fish oil as GRAS as an indirect food substance. We are also revoking prior sanctions ( i.e., pre-1958 authorization of certain uses) for the use of PHOs in margarine, shortening, and bread, rolls, and buns based on our conclusion that these uses of PHOs may be injurious to health. We are issuing these amendments directly as a final rule because they are noncontroversial given the public health risks associated with PHOs and the increasing use of PHO alternatives, and we anticipate no significant adverse comments because PHOs were declared no longer GRAS for any use in human food in 2015.This rule is effective 22 December 2023. Either electronic or written comments on the direct final rule or its companion proposed rule must be submitted by 23 October 2023. If FDA receives no significant adverse comments within the specified comment period, we intend to publish a document confirming the effective date of the final rule in the Federal Register within 30 days after the comment period on this direct final rule ends. If timely significant adverse comments are received, FDA will publish a document in the Federal Register withdrawing this direct final rule within 30 days after the comment period on this direct final rule ends and we will then proceed to respond to comments under the companion proposed rule using the usual notice and comment procedures.

On 14 March 2022, the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) proposed to amend the US poultry products inspection regulations to rescind several regulations related to the inspection and condemnation of poultry carcasses affected with any of the forms of avian leukosis (87 FR 14182). FSIS proposed these changes in response to a petition, which requested that the Agency amend its regulations to designate avian leukosis as a trimmable condition rather than a condition that requires condemnation of the entire carcass. The petition also requested that FSIS rescind the regulations at 9 CFR 381.36(f)(3) that require young chicken establishments in the United States operating under the New Poultry Inspection System (NPIS) to provide a location at a point along the production line to permit an FSIS inspector to inspect for leukosis the first 300 carcasses of each flock, together with their corresponding viscera. In addition, the petition requested that FSIS rescind the regulations at 9 CFR 381.76(b)(6)(iv) that prescribe the 300-bird leukosis inspection procedure under the NPIS. The petition asserted that the current US regulations related to leukosis are based on an outdated understanding of this poultry disease, impose unnecessary costs on US industry, and present a potential barrier to young chicken establishments in the United States that may want to convert to NPIS.As FSIS explained in the proposed rule, the Agency evaluated the available scientific information on avian leukosis and concluded that there was scientific support for treating avian leukosis as a trimmable condition under 9 CFR 381.87 in all US poultry establishments operating under FSIS' mandatory and voluntary inspection.Therefore, after carefully considering comments submitted on the proposed rule, FSIS is finalizing the proposal with no changes. Accordingly, FSIS is rescinding the regulation (9 CFR 381.82) that requires condemnation of all poultry carcasses affected with any of the forms of avian leukosis. FSIS is also rescinding the regulation (9 CFR 381.36(f)(3)) that requires young chicken slaughter establishments operating under NPIS in the United States to provide a location along the production line at which a FSIS inspector inspects the first 300 carcasses of each flock together with associated viscera for leukosis, as well as the regulation that prescribes inspection procedures for avian leukosis in young chicken slaughter establishments operating under NPIS in the United States (9 CFR 381.76(b)(6)(iv)). Under this final rule, carcasses affected with avian leukosis will be subject to the amended 9 CFR 381.87, which provides that any organ or other carcass part affected with tumors may be trimmed and that the unaffected parts of the carcass may be inspected and passed. The amended 9 CFR 381.87 also requires condemnation of any organ or other part of a carcass that is affected by a tumor where there is evidence of metastasis or that the general condition of the bird has been affected by the size, position, or nature of the tumor.Full text for this Federal Register notice (88 FR 55909) can be accessed at: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/17/2023-17451/condemnation-of-poultry-carcasses-affected-with-any-form-of-avian-leukosis-complex-recissionThis final rule, published 17 August 2023, is effective 18 September 2023.