Notifications for United States of America (932 notifications)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing that the Republic of Poland (Poland) is eligible to export poultry products to the United States. FSIS has reviewed Poland's poultry laws, regulations, and inspection system, as implemented, and has determined that they are equivalent to the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA), the regulations implementing this statute, and the United States food safety inspection system for poultry products. Therefore, poultry products derived from poultry slaughtered and processed in certified Polish establishments are now eligible for export to the United States. Although Poland may be identified by FSIS as eligible to export poultry products to the United States, the products must also comply with all other applicable requirements of the United States, including those of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), before any products can enter the United States. All such products will be subject to reinspection at United States points-of-entry by FSIS inspectors. Poland's poultry products eligible for import to the United States will be added to the FSIS Import Library (https:// www.fsis.usda.gov/importlibrary) on 7 October 2021. Full text for this Federal Register notice (86 FR 55799) can be accessed at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-10-07/pdf/2021-21889.pdf

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 bicyclopyrone in or on the fresh and dried forms of lemongrass, rosemary, and wormwood.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by Lallemand Inc., proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of vitamin D2 heat-killed (‘‘inactive'') baker's yeast as a source of vitamin D2 in specific food categories.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of mefentrifluconazole in or on banana and coffee, green bean.

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

This regulation modifies existing tolerances for residues of MCPA in or on clover, forage and clover, hay.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing that the Republic of Poland (Poland) is eligible to export poultry products to the United States. FSIS has reviewed Poland's poultry laws, regulations, and inspection system, as implemented, and has determined that they are equivalent to the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA), the regulations implementing this statute, and the United States food safety inspection system for poultry products. Therefore, poultry products derived from poultry slaughtered and processed in certified Polish establishments are now eligible for export to the United States. Although Poland may be identified by FSIS as eligible to export poultry products to the United States, the products must also comply with all other applicable requirements of the United States, including those of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), before any products can enter the United States. All such products will be subject to reinspection at United States points-of-entry by FSIS inspectors. Poland's poultry products eligible for import to the United States will be added to the FSIS Import Library (https://www.fsis.usda.gov/importlibrary) on 7 October 2021. Full text for this Federal Register notice (86 FR 55799) can be accessed at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-10-07/pdf/2021-21889.pdf

We are amending the regulations governing the importation of animals and animal products to revise conditions for the importation of live sheep, goats, and certain other nonbovine ruminants, and products derived from sheep and goats, with regard to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies such as bovinespongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and scrapie. We are removing BSE-related import restrictions on sheep and goats and most of their products, and addingimport restrictions related to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies for certain wild, zoological, or other non-bovine ruminant species. The conditions we are adopting for the importation of specified commodities are based on internationally accepted scientific literature and will generally align our regulations with guidelines established in the World Organization for Animal Health's Terrestrial Animal Health Code. DATE Effective 3 January 2022. (Published in the Federal Register, Vol. 86, No. 230, 3 December 2021, pp. 68834 to 68864).

This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of cyflumetofen in or on hop, dried cones.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of isoprothiolane in or on banana; rice, bran; rice, husked; and rice, polished rice.

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

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is amending its regulations to establish a program for the testing of food in certain circumstances by accredited laboratories, as required under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). Establishing this program will help FDA improve the safety of the US food supply and protect US consumers by helping ensure that certain food testing of importance to public health is conducted subject to appropriate oversight and in accordance with appropriate model standards to produce reliable and valid test results. This rule is effective 1 February 2022. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 1 February 2022.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is proposing to amend the agricultural water provisions of the produce safety regulation that covered farms have found complex and challenging to implement. This proposal would replace the microbial criteria and testing requirements for pre-harvest agricultural water for covered produce (other than sprouts) with provisions for systems-based agricultural water assessments that are designed to be more feasible to implement across the wide variety of agricultural water systems, uses, and practices, while also being adaptable to future advancements in agricultural water quality science and achieving improved public health protections. Additionally, we are proposing to require expedited mitigation for hazards related to certain activities associated with adjacent and nearby lands, in light of findings from several recent produce outbreak investigations. These proposed revisions to the produce safety regulation, if finalized, would more comprehensively address a known route of microbial contamination that can lead to preventable foodborne illness that is a significant public health problem.

We are proposing to amend 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 re-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; removing the requirement that horses permanently imported from Canada undergo inspection at the port of entry; 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 proposing 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 proposed changes would better align our regulations with international standards and allow us and the equine industry more flexibility. The proposed changes would also add further safeguards that protect against introducing or disseminating pests or diseases of livestock into the United States. (Federal Register, Vol. 86, No. 226, Monday, 29 November 2021, pages 67661-67669)

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 pyriproxyfen, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on egg; poultry, fat; poultry, meat; and poultry, meat by-products.

We are notifying the public of our decision to revise requirements for the importation of fresh melon fruit with stems from Japan into the United States. Based on the findings of a pest risk analysis, which we made available to the public for review and comment through a previous notice, we have determined that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh melon fruit with stems from Japan into the entire United States. (Federal Register/Vol. 86, No. 213/Monday, 8 November 2021, pp. 61751-61752)

Final Rule: We are advising the public of our decision to authorize the importation into the continental United States of fresh pummelo fruit from Thailand. Based on the findings of a pest risk analysis, which we made available to the public for review and comment, we have determined that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh pummelo fruit from Thailand (Federal Register 62465/Vol. 86, No. 215/Wednesday, 10 November 2021, pp 62465 to 62468).

This regulation increases a tolerance for residues of benzobicyclon in or on rice grain and removes any restriction on regional use.