Notifications for United States of America (932 notifications)

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by GNT USA, LLC, proposing that the colour additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of spirulina extract in foods generally in amounts consistent with good manufacturing practice.The colour additive petition was filed on 18 July 2024.

Notification G/SPS/N/USA/3467, dated 14 August 2024, is null and void.

Notification G/SPS/N/USA/3468, dated 14 August 2024, is null and void.

EPA is proposing several tolerance actions that the Agency previously determined were necessary or appropriate during registration review for the following pesticide active ingredients: terbacil, bromacil, metolachlor and S-metolachlor, etridiazole, triclopyr, deltamethrin, cyfluthrin and isomer beta-cyfluthrin, cyproconazole, fluroxypyr, pyraflufen-ethyl, etoxazole, acequinocyl, pinoxaden, flonicamid, and d-phenothrin. The proposed tolerance actions for each pesticide active ingredient may include but are not limited to the following types of actions:Revising tolerance expressions; Modifying commodity definitions; Updating crop groups; Removing expired tolerances; Revoking tolerances that are no longer needed; and Harmonizing tolerances with Codex Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs).    Although they may not have been identified in the registration review of a particular pesticide, this rule also includes proposals to reflect the Agency's 2019 adoption of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Rounding Class Practice. Where applicable, these adjustments are proposed for specific pesticides as reflected in the proposed regulatory text section.There is no Codex MRL for Terbacil. EPA harmonizes with Codex where possible, but for some of the MRLs (tolerance) in question, the data provided to EPA support a different MRL than Codex. Please refer to the Federal Register Notice for full information regarding which MRLs are harmonized and which are not.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of kasugamycin in or on tea, dried. UPL Delaware, Inc. (UPL) requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation of fresh cape gooseberry fruit from Peru into the United States. Based on the analysis, 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 cape gooseberry fruit from Peru. We are making the pest risk analysis available to the public for review and comment. [Federal Register Vol. 89, No. 152, Wednesday, 7 August 2024, pg. 64402]

We are advising the public of our decision to revise the requirements relative to the importation into the United States of fresh table grapes from regions of Chile where European grapevine moth (Lobesia botrana, EGVM) is either absent or at very low prevalence. Based on the findings of a commodity import evaluation document, which we made available to the public for review and comment through a previous notice, we have determined that, in addition to the existing option of methyl bromide fumigation for EGVM and Chilean false red mite (Brevipalpus chilensis), grapes from Chile may be safely imported under a systems approach or irradiation for EGVM and B. chilensis. Current mitigation measures for Ceratitis capitata, or Medfly, will remain unchanged. (Federal Register Vol. 89, No. 139, Friday 19 July 2024, pp. 58703-58713)

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of pendimethalin in or on fig and fig, dried. BASF Corporation has requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

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

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing to revoke the tolerance exemption for residues of polytetrafluoroethylene (CAS No. 9002-84-0) under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) when used as an inert ingredient in pesticide formulations. EPA is proposing to revoke this tolerance exemption because polytetrafluoroethylene, which has been identified as a per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS), is no longer used in any registered pesticide product.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by Phytolon Ltd., proposing that the colour additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of prickly pear yellow for the colouring of foods generally in amounts consistent with current good manufacturing practice.The colour additive petition was filed on 3 July 2024.

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.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is reopening the comment period for the notification of petition, published in the Federal Register of 26 April 2024, announcing that we have filed a food additive petition, submitted by Environmental Defense Fund, et al., proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to remove fluorinated polyethylene. FDA is reopening the comment period to add the food additive petition to the docket. FDA is also making a correction to the filing notice.

The US Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) plans to replace the existing Import Refusals and Import Volume datasets currently available on the FSIS website, Import and Export Data page with two new datasets, Import Presented Refused and Import Refusal Reason. The existing Import Refusals dataset is published at the lot-level, including the foreign processing establishment, whereas the existing Import Volume dataset is published at the Country, Species, Process Category, Product Category, and Product Group level. The new Import Presented Refused dataset will include lot-level information for import volume along with import refusal data at the lot-level, making it easier to compare the proportion of weight refused to weight presented. Import Refusal Reason will be provided as a secondary dataset, providing each refusal reason as its own row to facilitate analysis. Datasets will be updated monthly and will be posted the third Friday of each month, with the first release occurring on 27 September 2024, in lieu of the Import Refusals and Import Volume datasets. Data will be broken out by fiscal year (FY), starting with data from FY 2014 (starting on 1 October 2013) through the most recent FY.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending our regulations to revoke the authorization for the use of brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in food. This action is being taken because there is no longer a reasonable certainty of no harm from the continued use of BVO in food. Specifically, the final rule revokes the authorization for the use of BVO as a food ingredient intended to stabilize flavouring oils in fruit-flavoured beverages. There are no authorizations for other uses of BVO in food.The rule is effective 2 August 2024. For the applicable compliance date, see section VII “Effective/ Compliance Dates” in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

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 spiromesifen in or on Oranges and Orange, oil.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is proposing to grant an exemption for certain cottage cheese products from the requirements of the Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods rule (the Food Traceability Rule). The Agency is taking this action in accordance with the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act and FDA's implementing regulations.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issues this final rule to provide clarity and safeguards that address the public health risk of dog-maintained rabies virus variant (DMRVV) associated with the importation of dogs into the United States. This final rule addresses the importation of cats as part of overall changes to the regulations affecting both dogs and cats, but the final rule does not require that imported cats be accompanied by proof of rabies vaccination and does not substantively change how cats are imported into the United States.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) has determined that there is sufficient laboratory capacity in the Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods (LAAF) program for the import-related food testing covered by the LAAF regulation for mycotoxins. As sufficient capacity is reached for additional analytes covered under the import- related food testing provisions of the LAAF regulation, those specific analytes and compliance dates will be posted on the LAAF Dashboard. Owners and consignees of imported food subject to the LAAF regulation must use a LAAF- accredited laboratory to conduct covered import-related food testing starting on the applicable compliance date, which is six months from the date a specific analyte is listed on a public registry, based on FDA’s determination that sufficient laboratory capacity has been achieved for such analyte. FDA has not yet made a capacity determination for the other food testing circumstances covered by the LAAF regulation.Compliance dates: A LAAF- accredited laboratory must conduct certain import-related food testing covered by the LAAF regulation (21 CFR 1.1107(a)(4), (5)) beginning six months from the date a specific analyte is posted on the LAAF Dashboard at https://datadashboard.fda.gov/ora/fd/laaf.htm