Notifications for United States of America (932 notifications)

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.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of vitamin D3 as a nutrient supplement in breakfast cereals and grain-based bars (e.g., breakfast bars, granola bars, rice cereal bars), and to update the reference for the Vitamin D3 specifications. We are taking this action in response to a petition filed by Kellogg Company (Kellogg).

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of simazine in or on citrus fruits (crop group 10-10), pome fruits (crop group 11-10), stone fruits (crop group 12-12), and tree nuts (crop group 14-12) and amends the tolerance for residues in or on almond hulls.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of tetraniliprole in or on the grain, cereal, group 15, except rice; and grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, except field corn, popcorn, and sweet corn.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing that on 1 February 2023, the Agency will expand its routine verification testing for six Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli that are adulterants (non-O157 STEC; O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, or O145), in addition to the adulterant Escherichia coliE. coli) O157:H7, to ground beef, bench trim, and other raw ground beef components in addition to raw beef manufacturing trimmings in official establishments. The raw ground beef components to be tested for these six non-O157 STEC, hereafter “other raw ground beef components,” are: head meat, cheek meat, weasand (esophagus) meat, product from advanced meat recovery (AMR) systems, partially defatted chopped beef and partially defatted beef fatty tissue, low temperature rendered lean finely textured beef, and heart meat. Currently, FSIS tests only its beef manufacturing trimmings samples for these six non-O157 STEC and E. coli O157:H7. Otherwise, all other raw beef products are tested only for E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella.FSIS also will begin testing for these non-O157 STEC in ground beef samples that it collects at retail stores and in applicable samples it collects of imported raw beef products.Additionally, in this Federal Register notice, FSIS is responding to comments regarding the STEC testing expansion and the costs and benefits analysis (CBA), as well as its updated STEC laboratory testing criteria for determining whether a result is positive.Dates: Beginning 1 February 2023, FSIS will implement routine verification testing for the six additional STECs discussed in this document (O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, and O145) in raw ground beef, bench trim, and other raw ground beef components. At this time, FSIS also will implement testing for these non-O157 STEC in ground beef samples that it collects at retail stores and in applicable samples it collects of imported raw beef products.Information on this publication is available at: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/federal-register-rulemaking/federal-register-notices/expansion-fsis-shiga-toxin-producinghttps://www.regulations.gov/document/FSIS-2010-0023-0058

On 1 February 2023, the US Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) intends to stop using the N60 excision sampling method to sample domestic beef manufacturing trimmings and bench trim for adulterant Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) (STEC) and Salmonella. FSIS intends to replace the N60 excision sampling method with a non-destructive surface sampling method that uses a cloth manual sampling device. FSIS has found that the cloth sampling method is as effective as the N60 excision sampling method at recovering organisms in beef manufacturing trimmings. Additionally, the cloth sampling method is faster and safer for FSIS inspection program personnel (IPP) to use because it does not require IPP to use hooks or knives to collect samples. Moreover, the cloth sampling method allows FSIS to sample without destroying product, which reduces food waste.The text of the Federal Register notice (87 FR 71291) published on 22 November 2022, can be accessed at: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/11/22/2022-25333/use-of-a-non-destructive-surface-sampling-device-to-sample-domestic-beef-manufacturing-trimmings-andDatesFSIS will implement the cloth sampling on 1 February 2023, unless the Agency receives substantive comments that warrant further review. Submit comments on or before 23 January 2023.AddressesFSIS invites interested persons to submit comments on this notice. Comments may be submitted by one of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: This website provides commenters the ability to type short comments directly into the comment field on the web page or to attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions at that site for submitting comments.Mail: Send to Docket Clerk, US Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Mailstop 3758, Washington, DC 20250-3700.Hand- or Courier-Delivered Submittals: Deliver to 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Jamie L. Whitten Building, Room 350-E, DC 20250-3700.Instructions: All items submitted by mail or electronic mail must include the Agency name and docket number FSIS-2022-0019. Comments received in response to this docket will be made available for public inspection and posted without change, including any personal information, to https://www.regulations.govDocket: For access to background documents or comments received, call +(202) 205 0495 to schedule a time to visit the FSIS Docket Room at 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by Cargill, Inc., proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of hydrogen peroxide (CAS Reg. No. 7722–84–1) as an antimicrobial agent, oxidizing and reducing agent, and bleaching agent, and to remove sulfur dioxide.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is issuing a final rule establishing additional recordkeeping requirements for persons who manufacture, process, pack, or hold foods the Agency has designated for inclusion on the Food Traceability List (FTL). The final rule adopts provisions requiring these entities to maintain records containing information on critical tracking events in the supply chain for these designated foods, such as initially packing, shipping, receiving, and transforming these foods. The requirements established in the final rule will help the Agency rapidly and effectively identify recipients of foods to prevent or mitigate foodborne illness outbreaks and address credible threats of serious adverse health consequences or death resulting from foods being adulterated or misbranded. We are issuing this regulation in accordance with the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

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

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 a tolerance for residues of sulfur dioxide in or on blueberry.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the color additive regulations to provide for the expanded safe use of spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) extract as a color additive in alcoholic beverages with less than 20 percent alcohol-by-volume content, non-alcoholic beverages, condiments and sauces, dips, dairy product alternatives (identified as non-dairy yogurt alternatives, non-dairy frozen desserts, and non-dairy puddings), salad dressings, and seasoning mixes (unheated). This action is in response to a color additive petition (CAP) filed by GNT USA, Inc. (GNT).

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the effective date for requirements related to establishing and implementing supply-chain programs, records documenting supply-chain programs, and onsite audits in two final rules, Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food and Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals, that appeared in the Federal Register of 17 September 2015.The effective date for the amendments to 21 CFR 117.405(a)(2), 117.435(d), and 117.475(c)(2), which published in the Federal Register of 17 September 2015 (80 FR 55908), is 31 October 2022. The effective date for the amendments to 21 CFR 507.105(a)(2), 507.135(d), and 507.175(c)(2), which published in the Federal Register of 17 September 2015 (80 FR 56170), is 31 October 2022.

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.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is correcting a notification that appeared in the Federal Register of 11 July 2022. The notification contained errors in the subject heading and list of petitioners. This document corrects the errors.

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

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of benzovindiflupyr in or on vegetable, root, except sugar beet, subgroup 1B.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of propamocarb in or on onion, bulb, crop subgroup 3-07A; leek; and kale.

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

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.