Notifications for United States of America (932 notifications)

We are advising the public of our decision to authorize the importation of fresh Hass avocado (Persea americana var. Hass) fruit from Guatemala into the United States. 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 Hass avocado fruit from Guatemala. (Federal Register, Vol. 89, No, 217, Friday, 8 November 2024, pp. 88712-88715)

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing its proposed adjusted user fee rates for the costs of providing certain goods and services, including veterinary diagnostic goods and services and veterinary services for imports and exports of live animals and animal products. This includes the basis for any proposed adjusted fee change. This action is necessary because the regulations provide that APHIS will issue such a notice. This action would ensure that the fees charged more closely align with the costs of providing the goods or services. (Federal Register Vol. 89, No. 217, Friday, 8 November 2024, pp. 88697-88712)

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of fluindapyr in or on soybean, forage; soybean, hay; soybean, hulls; and soybean, seed.

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 responding to the objection that we received from the Environmental Defense Fund, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, Environmental Protection Network, Environmental Working Group, and Healthy Babies Bright Futures on the final rule that amended the food additive regulations to no longer provide for the use of 25 plasticizers that the petition identified as ortho-phthalates because these food additive uses have been permanently abandoned. After reviewing the objection, FDA has concluded that the objection does not provide a basis for modifying FDA’s final rule amending the food additive regulations.DATES: The effective date of 20 May 2022, for the final rule published on 20 May 2022 (87 FR 31080), is confirmed.

This document announces the Agency's receipt of an initial filing of a pesticide petition requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of glufosinate-P in or on multiple commodities.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of mefenoxam in or on palm oil.

As the US competent authority for Animal Health, USDA APHIS has officially declared country freedom from three WOAH-listed aquatic animal pathogens.Effective 12 November 2024, the entire United States is declared free from epizootic hematopoietic necrosis virus (EHNV), salmonid alphavirus (SAV), and Gyrodactylus solaris. These country-level freedom declarations are made in alignment with the WOAH criteria as specified in Chapter 1.4. Aquatic Animal Disease Surveillance of the WOAH Aquatic Code, and affirm APHIS' commitment to ensuring and maintaining healthy aquatic animal populations for domestic use and international trade purposes.These country freedom declarations will be used to facilitate the continued export of healthy aquatic animal species from the United States.  If the species being exported is considered susceptible to EHNV, SAV, or Gyrodactylus solaris, APHIS will certify the aquatic animals originate from a country declared free from these pathogens, where applicable.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) received objections and requests for a public hearing submitted by the Environmental Defense Fund, Learning Disabilities Association of America, Center for Food Safety, Center for Environmental Health, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, Defend our Health, and Alaska Community Action on Toxics on the denial of a food additive petition (FAP 6B4815) requesting that we revoke specified regulations to no longer provide for the food contact use of 28 ortho-phthalates. We are overruling the objections and denying the requests for a public hearing.

We are notifying the public that we are removing three Acer spp. (Acer buergerianumA. palmatum, and A. pseudosieboldianum) dwarf plants from the Republic of Korea from our lists of taxa of plants for planting whose importation into the United States is not authorized pending pest risk analysis, thereby allowing the importation of such Acer spp. into the continental United States, subject to certain conditions. We are taking this action in response to a request from this country and after determining that the plants can be imported, under certain conditions, without resulting in the introduction into, or the dissemination within, the United States of a plant pest. [Federal Register Vol. 89, No. 203, Monday, 21 October 2024, pp. 84110-84111]

FSIS is announcing its proposed determination that raw chicken carcasses, chicken parts, comminuted chicken, and comminuted turkey products contaminated with certain Salmonella levels and serotypes are adulterated within the meaning of the Poultry Products Inspection Act. The proposed determination would establish final product standards based on these Salmonella levels and serotypes and would prevent raw chicken carcasses, chicken parts, comminuted chicken, and comminuted turkey products that contain Salmonella at the levels and serotypes that would render them adulterated from entering commerce. FSIS is also proposing to revise the regulations that require that all poultry slaughter establishments develop, implement, and maintain written procedures to prevent contamination by enteric pathogens throughout the entire slaughter and dressing operation to clarify that these procedures must include a microbial monitoring program that incorporates statistical process control monitoring methods, to require sampling at rehang instead of pre-chill, and to require that all establishments conduct paired sampling at rehang and post-chill.

This regulation establishes the tolerance for residues of the herbicide Flazasulfuron in or on Avocado.

EPA is proposing to establish tolerances for residues of the herbicide sulfentrazone in or on Corn, pop, grain at 0.15 parts per million (ppm) and Corn, pop, stover at 0.3 ppm. EPA had previously registered the use of sulfentrazone on field corn and established tolerances on Corn, field, grain at 0.15 ppm, and Corn, field, stover at 0.30 ppm. As part of that process, the use on popcorn was added to the sulfentrazone label (same use pattern as field corn), but, in error, separate tolerances on Corn, pop, grain and Corn, pop, stover were not established. EPA is now proposing to establish the tolerances required to support the use on popcorn and rectify this oversight.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of a food additive petition (FAP 2A4832) proposing that the food additive regulations for chlorine dioxide be amended to provide for an additional method for producing the additive.The food additive petition was withdrawn on 4 March 2024.

This regulation establishes new tolerances for residues of saflufenacil in or on Mint, dried leaves and Mint, fresh leaves and crop group expansions for Fruit, citrus, group 10-10; Fruit, pome, group 11-10; Fruit, stone, group 12-12; and Nut, tree, group 14-12. The Interregional Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

This regulation revokes the tolerance exemption for residues of the antimicrobial pesticide ingredient phenol when used as an inert ingredient (solvent/cosolvent) in pesticide formulations applied to growing crops. This rulemaking is established on the Agency's own initiative under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to implement a tolerance action the Agency determined was appropriate during the registration review conducted under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for phenol.

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.

FSIS is announcing its proposed determination that raw chicken carcasses, chicken parts, comminuted chicken, and comminuted turkey products contaminated with certain Salmonella levels and serotypes are adulterated within the meaning of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA). The proposed determination would establish final product standards based on these Salmonella levels and serotypes and would prevent raw chicken carcasses, chicken parts, comminuted chicken, and comminuted turkey products that contain Salmonella at the levels and serotypes that would render them adulterated from entering commerce. FSIS is also proposing to revise the regulations that require that all poultry slaughter establishments develop, implement, and maintain written procedures to prevent contamination by enteric pathogens throughout the entire slaughter and dressing operation to clarify that these procedures must include a microbial monitoring program (MMP) that incorporates statistical process control (SPC) monitoring methods, to require sampling at rehang instead of pre-chill, and to require that all establishments conduct paired sampling at rehang and post-chill.

This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of ethaboxam in or on leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B. The Interregional Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).