Notifications for United States of America (932 notifications)

This regulation establishes and removes tolerances for residues of fluensulfone in or on multiple crops.

The United States has implemented a new format for phytosanitary certificates and phytosanitary certificates for re-export. The use of plain paper and proliferation of electronic phytosanitary certificates (ePhyto) during the global pandemic has illustrated that commodities can be safely and successfully traded without traditional security paper. The United States has updated security measures in its Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance and Tracking (PCIT) system to allow for any Phytosanitary Certificate (PC) to be verified and reduce the possibility for fraud.  All PCs issued by the United States include the following security characteristics: Generated through a secure, role-based system; Contain a unique certificate number located in the top center of the PC; The United States Department of Agriculture Logo on the top right of the PC; A North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO) watermark in the lower center of the PC; A unique Quick Response (QR) Code located on the bottom left of the PC, which allows validation of PCs online; and Validation of the authenticity of PCs online using the PCIT Certificate Viewer at the following URL: https://pcit.aphis.usda.gov/pcit/faces/ext_cert_viewer.jsf. APHIS has also included in this notification; a guide for using the validation tool as well as a sample of each new certificate type.In addition, ePhyto may be utilized for consignments exported from the United States to any trading partner currently utilizing the IPPC HUB. We look forward to additional trading partners joining the ePhyto system. Considering the measures of ePhyto, QR code, and online validation, the United States will print all Phytosanitary Certificates and Phytosanitary Certificates for Re-Export on plain paper starting 1 January 2022. Some PCs may still arrive on the security paper for items that were certified before 1 January 2022.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of the insecticide clothianidin in or on food and feed commodities (other than those covered by a higher tolerance) in food/feed handling establishments.

This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of propamocarb in or on vegetable, Brassica, head and stem, group 5-16.

EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of 19 April 2021, establishing tolerances for residues of the insecticide metaflumizone. That document inadvertently requested removal of tolerances for the crop group fruit, stone, group 12-12. This document corrects the final regulation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-09-28/html/2021-20357.htm

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of metalaxyl in or on black pepper.

EPA issued a final rule establishing tolerances for residues of the insecticide spinetoram in or on multiple commodities which inadvertently instructed the Federal Register to add a tolerance for "vegetable, leafy, except Brassica, group 4" and to remove a tolerance for "vegetable, leafy, group 4‑16". This notification corrects the final regulation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-09-20/html/2021-20248.htm

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 fluazinam in or on multiple commodities.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of pyraclostrobin in or on pomegranate.

Effective 14 September 2021, USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the entry requirements for the importation of Fragaria spp., Rosa spp., and Rubus spp. plants produced in Canada to prevent the introduction of the strawberry blossom weevil (Anthonomus rubi) into the United States. To prevent introduction of strawberry blossom weevil (Anthonomus rubi) into the United States, APHIS requires that Fragaria spp., Rosa spp., and Rubus spp. plants for planting produced in Canada must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with additional declarations described by Federal Emergency Order. The imported plants from Canada must have been produced and certified by the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) of Canada as a pest-free place of production or a pest free production site for the strawberry blossom weevil (Anthonomus rubi) following the requirements of the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures-10. The shipment has been inspected and found to be free of the strawberry blossom weevil (Anthonomus rubi Strawberry blossom weevil is a serious pest of strawberry (Fragaria spp.) and raspberry (Rubus spp.). Blackberry (Rubus spp.) and rose (Rosa spp.) are considered occasional hosts. When imported as plants for planting these hosts represent a pathway for the entry of this pest into the United States. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported strawberry blossom weevil populations being detected in British Columbia, Canada. This detection is the first confirmed report of this pest in North America.

APHIS is advising the public that it has prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation of fresh mango fruit from Grenada into the United States. Based on the analysis, APHIS has determined that the application of one or more phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh mango fruit from Grenada. We are making the pest risk analysis available to the public for review and comment. Published in the Federal Register, page 50524, Vol. 86, No. 172, Thursday, 9 September 2021.

Effective 20 August 2021, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is revising the entry requirements for citrus fruit from the Districts of Riverina and Sunraysia in Australia. This revision is necessary because both Riverina and Sunraysia no longer meet the requirements to be considered fruit fly free areas for Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni or QFF). This action applies to the importation of the fresh citrus species named in this Federal order, when produced in either district, as published on the USDA APHIS website on 20 August 2021 (https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/import-information/federal-import-orders APHIS is now requiring in transit cold treatment for the aforementioned citrus varieties when originating in regulated areas for QFF, including the Districts of Riverina and Sunraysia. APHIS will require treatment of citrus prior to entering the United States. All fresh citrus consignments must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) of Australia with the additional declaration stating the citrus fruit was produced in Riverina, Riverland, Sunraysia; the inland region of Queensland, the regions comprising Western Australia, or the shires of Bourke or Narromine within New South Wales District.

APHIS has determined that the introduction and establishment of BFF poses a serious threat to US agriculture including fresh fig fruits grown in the United States. APHIS has determined that additional import requirements for fresh fig fruit from Mexico are necessary to prevent the introduction and establishment of BFF in the United States. These restrictions are immediately needed and warranted to address plant pest risks associated with the importation of fresh figs from Mexico. Effective 24 August 2021, this federal order revises import requirements for fresh fig fruit (Ficus carica L.) imported from Mexico to prevent the introduction of black fig fly (BFF) (Silba adipata McAlpine) by imposing treatment requirements on all fresh figs from Mexico. To prevent the introduction of BFF into the United States via fresh fig fruit: Only commercial consignments of fresh fig fruit may be imported from Mexico; also, consignments of fresh fig fruit from Mexico will require mandatory irradiation treatment at 400 Gy, in accordance with Title 7 US Code of Federal Regulations Part 305; also irradiation treatment can occur in Mexico under an APHIS preclearance program, or upon-arrival in the United States at an APHIS-approved irradiation facility under a compliance agreement. All other shipments of fresh fig fruit from Mexico, including passenger baggage, conveyances, express couriers, or any other means are prohibited. In March 2020, the Mexican government notified APHIS of BFF detections in the state of Morelos. On 30 July 2021, Mexico notified APHIS that BFF had been found in the states of Baja California Sur, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, and Puebla, Mexico. Mexico also notified APHIS that BFF was not under official control. BFF is a lance fly species (Lonchaeidae) which attacks only figs but is considered one of the most important and destructive pests of figs. BFF is distributed throughout the Mediterranean region and the Middle East and has been introduced to South Africa. BFF has limited distribution in the United States. APHIS has determined that this species would be able to establish in fig growing areas of the United States.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by Monaghan Mushrooms Ireland Unlimited Company, proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of vitamin D2 mushroom powder produced by exposing dried and powdered edible cultivars of Agaricus bisporus to ultraviolet light.  The food additive petition was filed on 8 June 2021.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by Fermentalg, proposing that the color additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of blue Galdieria extract, derived from unicellular red algae (Galdieria sulphuraria), as a color additive in various food categories at levels consistent with good manufacturing practice.  The color additive petition was filed on 27 July 2021.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of an aqueous extract of butterfly pea flower (Clitoria ternatea) as a color additive in various food categories at levels consistent with good manufacturing practice. We are taking this action in response to a color additive petition (CAP) submitted by Exponent, Inc., on behalf of Sensient Colors, LLC (Sensient). This rule is effective 5 October 2021. See section X for further information on the filing of objections. Submit either electronic or written objections and requests for a hearing on the final rule by 4 October 2021.

SUMMARY:On 7 September 2021, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published an additional Federal Register Notice (FRN) to provide notice on the mandatory inspection of egg substitutes and freeze-dried egg products imported into the United States (86 FR 50013). This FRN provides additional information about the timelines that FSIS will follow relative to transitioning jurisdictional authority over and beginning inspection of these products. This FRN is further to the FRN published by FSIS on 29 October 2020, "Egg Products Inspection Regulations" (85 FR 68640), which, among other things, announced that FSIS would begin exercising jurisdiction over plants that produce egg substitutes and freeze-dried egg products on 30 October 2023. This FRN provides information to foreign countries that already export these products to the United States, as well as countries interested in exporting these products to the United States, about submitting their equivalence documentation to FSIS so that the Agency can begin assessing their eligibility before 30 October 2023. The text of the FRN (85 FR 68640) published on 29 October 2020, can be accessed at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-10-29/pdf/2020-20151.pdf DATES: Foreign countries currently exporting egg substitutes and/or freeze-dried egg products to the US without an egg products inspection system equivalence determination by FSIS, as well as foreign countries not currently exporting that are interested in exporting such products to the United States under FSIS jurisdiction: - Must notify FSIS of their intention to export egg substitutes and freeze-dried egg products to the United States (Phase 1) by 30 October 2021; - Must submit a complete Self-Reporting Tool (SRT), including supporting documentation that demonstrates how a country's egg products inspection system achieves an equivalent level of public health protection to FSIS' egg products inspection system (Phase 2), by 30 April 2022; - Must have submitted complete SRT responses and supporting documentation to FSIS, and FSIS must have determined that the SRT submission demonstrates that the country maintains an equivalent documented egg products inspection system to FSIS' egg products inspection system (Phase 3) by 30 October 2023. Foreign countries that currently maintain equivalent egg products inspection systems to FSIS' inspection system for egg products inspection (i.e., Canada and the Netherlands) must submit an updated certified establishment list to include egg substitutes and/or freeze-dried egg products product groups by 1 October 2023, if these countries are currently exporting these products or wish to begin exporting them to the United States after 30 October 2023. Full text for the FRN (86 FR 50013) issued on 7 September 2021, is available at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/09/07/2021-19264/mandatory-inspection-of-egg-substitutes-and-freeze-dried-egg-products-imported-into-the-united

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of acequinocyl in or on tropical and subtropical, medium to large fruit, smooth, inedible peel subgroup 24B.

Advance notice of proposed rulemaking - The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is publishing this advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to request comments pertaining to the labeling of meat and poultry products comprised of or containing cultured cells derived from animals subject to the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Poultry Products Inspection Act. Issues raised in the comments submitted in response to this ANPR will inform future rulemaking to establish labeling requirements for these products. This ANPR also discusses how FSIS will generally evaluate labels for these products if they are submitted before the Agency completes rulemaking. Cross-notified with TBT/N/USA/1772.