Notifications for United States of America (932 notifications)

This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of flubendiamide in or on tea at 50 parts per million (ppm). Nichino America, Inc. requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of flonicamid in or on multiple commodities. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the color additive regulations to provide for the expanded safe use of spirulina extract to seasonally color hard-boiled shell eggs at levels consistent with good manufacturing practice (GMP). This action is in response to a color additive petition (CAP) filed by McCormick & Company, Inc. (McCormick).The rule is effective 3 August 2017. The text is available at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-07-03/pdf/2017-13867.pdfhttp://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/USA/17_3119_00_e.pdf

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of indaziflam in or on multiple commodities. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of pyroxsulam in or on teff, grain; teff, forage; teff, hay; and teff, straw. Dow AgroSciences LLC requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of prosulfuron in or on grain, cereal, forage, fodder, and straw, group 16, stover; grain, cereal, forage, fodder, and straw, group 16, forage; grain, cereal, forage, fodder, and straw, group 16, hay; grain, cereal, forage, fodder, and straw, group 16, straw; and grain, cereal, group 15. Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public that it is proposing to recognize Japan as being free of highly pathogenic avian influenza and Newcastle disease. This proposed recognition is based on a risk evaluation APHIS has prepared in connection with this action, which APHIS is making available for review and comment. Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 125, Friday, 30 June 2017, Pages 29822-29833.

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing that starting 2 August 2017, all shipments of imported Siluriformes fish and fish products entering the United States (US) must be presented at an Official Import Inspection Establishment for reinspection by FSIS personnel.DATES: Beginning 2 August 2017, FSIS will enforce the regulations in 9 CFR part 557 (9 CFR 557.1–557.8, 557.10–557.19 and 557.24–557.26). All shipments of imported Siluriformes fish and fish products must be presented at an Official Import Inspection Establishment for reinspection by FSIS personnel beginning 2 August 2017. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/07/03/2017-13644/import-reinspection-of-fish-of-the-order-siluriformeshttp://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/USA/17_3076_00_e.pdf

The U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to amend the fruit and vegetable regulations to allow the importation of tree tomatoes from Ecuador into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, the tree tomatoes would have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that would include requirements for importation in commercial consignments, registration and monitoring of places of production, field monitoring and pest-control practices, trapping, and inspection for quarantine pests by the national plant protection organization of Ecuador. This action would allow the importation of tree tomatoes from Ecuador while continuing to protect against the introduction of plant pests into the United States. Federal Register Vol. 82 No. 118, Wednesday, 21 June 2017, Pages 28262-28266.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to amend the poultry products inspection regulations to list the PRC as eligible to export to the United States poultry products from birds slaughtered in the PRC. The PRC is currently eligible to export processed poultry products to the United States if the products are derived from poultry slaughtered in the United States or in other countries eligible to slaughter and export poultry to the United States. FSIS is proposing this action because the Agency has reviewed the PRC's laws, regulations, and poultry slaughter inspection system as implemented and has determined that the PRC's poultry slaughter inspection system is equivalent to the system that the United States has established under the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) and its implementing regulations.  Should this rule become final, slaughtered poultry, or parts or other products thereof, processed in certified PRC establishments, would be eligible for export to the United States. Although the PRC may be listed in FSIS's regulations 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 would be subject to re-inspection at United States ports-ofentry by FSIS inspectors.

The US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of commercial consignments into the continental United States of fresh pomegranate fruit from Turkey. As a condition of entry, fresh pomegranate fruit from Turkey would have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that would include grove registration, sanitation, and pest control measures; packinghouse registration and procedures designed to exclude quarantine pests; cold treatment; and procedures for packing, storing, and shipping the pomegranate fruit. In addition, consignments would have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the national plant protection organization of Turkey. This proposed rule would allow for the importation of fresh pomegranates from Turkey into the continental United States while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of plant pests. Federal Register Vol. 82 No. 118, Wednesday, 21 June 2017, Pages 28257-28262.

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of fresh pitahaya fruit into the continental United States from Ecuador. As a condition of entry, the fruit will have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that includes requirements for fruit fly trapping, pre-harvest inspections, approved production sites, and packinghouse procedures designed to exclude quarantine pests. The fruit will also be required to be imported in commercial consignments and accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the national plant protection organization of Ecuador stating that the consignment was produced and prepared for export in accordance with the requirements of the systems approach. This action will allow for the importation of fresh pitahaya fruit from Ecuador while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of plant pests into the United States. Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 117 Tuesday, 20 June 2017 Pages 27967-27970.

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public that it is adding 22 taxa of plants for planting that are quarantine pests and 34 taxa of plants for planting that are hosts of eight quarantine pests to its lists of taxa of plants for planting whose importation is not authorized pending pest risk analysis. A previous notice made datasheets that detailed the scientific evidence APHIS evaluated in making the determination that the taxa are quarantine pests or hosts of quarantine pests available to the public for review and comment. This notice responds to the comments received and makes available final versions of the datasheets, with changes in response to comments. Text available in English at https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS-2012-0076-0032 Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 116 Monday, 19 June 2017 Pages 27786-27792.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing and requesting comment on its plan to adjust inspection coverage at official establishments that slaughter fish of the order Siluriformes, which include catfish, from all hours of operation to once per production shift.http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/USA/17_2854_00_e.pdfhttp://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/USA/17_2854_01_e.pdf

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to amend the regulations governing the importation of plants for planting to authorize the importation of Campanula spp. plants for planting from Denmark in approved growing media into the United States, subject to a systems approach. The systems approach would consist of measures that are currently specified in the regulations as generally applicable to all plants for planting authorized importation into the United States in approved growing media. This proposed rule would allow for the importation of Campanula spp. plants for planting from Denmark in approved growing media, while providing protection against the introduction of plant pests.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of isofetamid in or on multiple commodities. ISK Biosciences Corporation requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). The regulation also removes the existing time-limited tolerances for residues on "bushberry subgroup 13-07B'' and "caneberry subgroup 13-07A'' because they are no longer needed as a result of this action.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of spirotetramat in or on multiple commodities. In addition, this regulation removes several previously established tolerances that are superseded by this final rule. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) and Bayer CropScience, requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of flazasulfuron in or on olives. ISK Biosciences Corporation requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of fenazaquin in or on hop, dried cones; nuts, tree, group 14-12; pineapple; and tea, dried. Gowan Company requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of benzobicyclon in or on rice, grain. Gowan Company, LLC requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).