Notifications for United States of America (932 notifications)
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of isopyrazam in or on pepper, bell; tomato; and vegetable, cucurbit, subgroup 9A. Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of flonicamid in or on multiple commodities. In addition, this regulation revokes the established tolerance for vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10 that is superseded by this action. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) and ISK Biosciences Corporation requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of fluazinam in or on tea, dried. ISK Biosciences Corporation requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of tioxazafen in or on corn, field, forage; corn, field, grain; corn, field, stover; cotton, gin byproducts; cotton, undelinted seed; soybean, forage; soybean, hay; soybean, meal; soybean, seed. Monsanto Company requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to no longer provide for the use of potassium perchlorate as an additive in closuresealing gaskets for food containers because this use has been abandoned. This action is in response to a petition filed by Keller and Heckman LLP on behalf of the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. The rule is effective 4 May 2017. The text is available at http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/USA/17_2174_00_e.pdf
FSIS Compliance Guideline for Establishments that Slaughter or Further Process Siluriformes Fish and Fish Products. https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/8ec92a7f-8f9b-45ae-b80f-7c336f7d6ff5/Compliance-Guideline-Siluriformes-Fish.pdf?MOD=AJPERES This Compliance Guideline is intended to supplement the information as notified by the United States in G/SPS/N/USA/2171 and G/SPS/N/USA/2171/Add.1. The FSIS Compliance Guideline is designed to help establishments that slaughter or further process Siluriformes fish and fish products meet FSIS regulatory requirements and policies. In particular, this guideline covers how to: • Apply for a Grant of Inspection (GOI) • Submit Labels for Approval – Understand Labeling Requirements • Comply with Sanitation Performance Standards (SPS) and Sanitation Standard Operating Procedure (Sanitation SOP) Requirements • Comply with Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Requirements • Understand Product Sampling RequirementsUnderstand Export and Import Requirements for Siluriformes fish and fish products • Develop Written Recall and Food Defense Plans http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/USA/17_2139_00_e.pdf
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is publishing in this Order, a denial for a petition requesting that EPA revoke all tolerances for the pesticide chlorpyrifos under section 408(d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and cancel all chlorpyrifos registrations under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. The petition was filed in September 2007 by the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing three waivers from the requirements of the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food (the Sanitary Transportation rule). FDA is taking this action in accord with the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act).
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is extending the comment period for our proposed rule that would revise our regulations regarding the importation, interstate movement, and environmental release of certain genetically engineered organisms in order to update the regulations in response to advances in genetic engineering and understanding of the plant pest and noxious weed risk posed by genetically engineered organisms, thereby reducing burden for regulated entities whose organisms pose no plant pest or noxious weed risks. This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments. Proposed rule: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS-2015-0057-0001 Extension: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS-2015-0057-0016
Please be informed that the information contained in G/SPS/N/USA/2916 is identical to that contained in G/SPS/N/USA/2860. Therefore, the notification G/SPS/N/USA/2916 is null and void.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of our decision to authorize the importation into the continental United States of fresh star apple fruit from Viet Nam. 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 star apple fruit from Viet Nam. This notice is available in English at: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS-2016-0032-0005. On 19 July 2016 APHIS published a notice in the Federal Register (81 FR 46886, Docket No. APHIS-2016-0032), in which we announced the availability, for review and comment, of a PRA that evaluated the risks associated with the importation into the continental United States of fresh star apple fruit (Chrysophyllum cainito) from Viet Nam. The PRA consisted of a risk assessment identifying pests of quarantine significance that could follow the pathway of importation of fresh star apple fruit from Viet Nam into the continental United States and a risk management document identifying phytosanitary measures to be applied to that commodity to mitigate the pest risk. We solicited comments on the notice for 60 days ending 19 September 2016. We received one comment by that date, from a manufacturing company. To view the notice of availability, supporting documents, and the comments received, go to: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS-2016-0032-0001.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public that we have added the Republic of Moldova to the list maintained on the APHIS Website of regions considered affected with African swine fever (ASF). APHIS is taking this action because of the confirmation of ASF in the Republic of Moldova. This notice is available in English at: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS-2016-0093-0001. Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 12, Thursday, 19 January 2017, pg. 6482.
In a final rule published in the Federal Register on 2 July 2015, and effective on 1 September 2015, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) amended the regulations governing the importation of certain animals, meat, and other animal products to allow, under certain conditions, the importation of fresh (chilled or frozen) beef from a region in Argentina located north of Patagonia South and Patagonia North B, referred to as Northern Argentina. However, we inadvertently limited the requirement for the maturation of carcasses to meat derived from bovines. Therefore, we are amending the paragraph to remove the limitation. The notice is available in English at: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS-2014-0032-0379. Federal Register/Vol. 82, No. 12/Thursday, 19 January 2017/pg. 6212.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of lemons from northwest Argentina into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, lemons from northwest Argentina would have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that includes requirements for importation in commercial consignments; registration and monitoring of places of production and packinghouses; pest-free places of production; grove sanitation, monitoring, and pest control practices; treatment with a surface disinfectant; lot identification; and inspection for quarantine pests by the Argentine national plant protection organization. Additionally, lemons from northwest Argentina will have to be harvested green and within a certain time period, or treated for Mediterranean fruit fly in accordance with an approved treatment schedule. Lemons from northwest Argentina will also be required to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that the lemons have been inspected and found to be free of quarantine pests and were produced in accordance with the requirements. This action allows for the importation of lemons from northwest Argentina into the United States while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine pests. Federal Register: Vol. 81, No. 247, Friday, 23 December 2016, pages 94217-94230.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of lemons from northwest Argentina into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, lemons from northwest Argentina would have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that includes requirements for importation in commercial consignments; registration and monitoring of places of production and packinghouses; pest-free places of production; grove sanitation, monitoring, and pest control practices; treatment with a surface disinfectant; lot identification; and inspection for quarantine pests by the Argentine national plant protection organization. Additionally, lemons from northwest Argentina will have to be harvested green and within a certain time period, or treated for Mediterranean fruit fly in accordance with an approved treatment schedule. Lemons from northwest Argentina will also be required to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that the lemons have been inspected and found to be free of quarantine pests and were produced in accordance with the requirements. This action allows for the importation of lemons from northwest Argentina into the United States while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine pests. This notice is available in English at: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS-2014-0092-0420. On 10 May 2016, we published in the Federal Register (81 FR 28758, Docket No. APHIS-2014-0092) a proposal to amend the regulations to allow the importation of commercial consignments of fresh lemons from northwest Argentina into the continental United States, subject to a systems approach. APHIS solicited comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 11 July 2016. We extended the deadline for comments until 10 August 2016, in a document published in the Federal Register on 11 July 2016 (81 FR 44801, Docket No. APHIS-2014-0092). We received 414 comments by that date.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulations on accreditation of third-party certification bodies to conduct food safety audits and to issue certifications to provide for a reimbursement (user fee) program to assess fees for the work FDA performs to establish and administer the third-party certification program under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This rule is effective 13 January 2017. https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-12-14/pdf/2016-30033.pdf http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/USA/17_0003_00_e.pdf
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the fiscal year 2017 fee rate for accreditation bodies applying to be recognized in the third-party certification program that is authorized by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act), as amended by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This fee is effective 13 January 2017. https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-12-14/pdf/2016-30034.pdf http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/USA/17_0004_00_e.pdf
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), is announcing its intent to hold livestock owners, transporters, haulers and other persons not employed by an official establishment responsible if they commit acts involving inhumane handling of livestock in connection with slaughter when on the premises of an official establishment. The Agency intends to initiate civil or criminal action, in appropriate circumstances, against individuals not employed by an official establishment, if these individuals handle livestock inhumanely in connection with slaughter when on the official premises. FSIS believes these actions will further improve the welfare of livestock handled in connection with slaughter by ensuring that all persons that inhumanely handle livestock in connection with slaughter are held accountable. The Federal Register document designates 24 January 2017 as the date FSIS intends to implement the actions discussed in the document, unless FSIS receives comments that demonstrate a need to revise this date.
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 trinexapac-ethyl, quinclorac, prometryn, imidacloprid, fluoxastrobin, sedaxane, bixafen, ziram, ametoctradin, isoamyl alcohol, montan-wax, and Aspergillus flavus AF36 in or on various commodities.
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of endothall in or on multiple commodities.