Other USDA Announcements

  • USDA Amends Regulations on Importing Plants for Planting from Turkey, Canada, the Netherlands
  • FSIS Proposes Allowing Lithuania to Export Meat to United States
  • USDA Announces Renewal of National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
  • USDA Solicits Nominations for Plant Variety Protection Board
  • USDA Publishes Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Conservation Reserve Program
  • USDA Announces Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for a Biological Control Agent for Asian Citrus Psyllid in the Contiguous United States
  • USDA Issues Rule on Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Age in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
  • AMS Announces Decreased Assessment Rate for Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riverside County, California

FDA Announced the Opportunity to Comment on the Following Proposed Information Collections:

  • State Petitions for Exemption from Preemption
  • Survey on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Selected Institutional Foodservice and Retail Food Stores Facility Types
  • Guidance on Consultation Procedures: Foods Derived from New Plant Varieties
  • Survey on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Selected Restaurant Facility Types

FDA Announced the Following Information Collections Have Been Submitted to OMB:

  • Veterinary Feed Directive

FDA Announced the Following Information Collections Have Been Approved by OMB:

  • Infant Formula Recall Regulations

USDA Announced the Opportunity to Comment on the Following Proposed Information Collections:

  • USDA Foods in Schools Cost Dynamics
  • Evaluation of Demonstration Projects to End Childhood Hunger
  • Agriculture Wool Apparel Manufacturers Trust Fund

USDA Announced the Opportunity to Comment on the Following Approved, Revised, and/or Extended Information Collections:

  • Emergency Management Response System
  • Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Importation of Animals and Animal Products
  • Importation of Tomatoes from the Souss-Massa-Draa Region of Morocco
  • Marking, Labeling, and Packaging
  • Advisory Committee and Research and Promotion Background Information
  • Specialty Crop Block Grant Program

USDA Announced the Following Information Collections Have Been Submitted to OMB:

  • Child and Adult Care Food Program Sponsor and Provider Characteristics Study
  • Guidelines for the Transfer of Excess Computer or Other Technical Equipment Pursuant to Section 14220 of the 2008 Farm Bill
  • Application of Laboratories, Transactions, and Exemptions
  • Self-Certification Medical Statement

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